Samar Samir

Egypt’s Parliament discusses amendments to decades-long Rent Laws

Mon, 05 May 2025 - 09:31 GMT

The Housing and Public Utilities Committee opened the discussion among the lawmakers in presence of the Minister of Housing on May 4, 2025. This comes in response to a a ruling by the High Constitutional Court in November 2024. The Court mandated- in its ruling- the parliament to issue an amended law regulating the relations between the owner and the tenant in a period of seven or eight months to put an end to a controversy between the two parties who subject to the terms of the Rent Laws of 1977 and 1981. The court in its ruling also said that setting a fixed rental value is unconstitutional.

Egypt, South Korea celebrate 30 years of diplomatic ties with traditional, modern Korean shows

Thu, 01 May 2025 - 03:09 GMT

The symposium resulted in the “Cairo Arts Declaration” to support the global artistic cooperation. The declaration was signed by 11 luminaries including Korea’s Cho Kang-hoon and Egyptian architectural engineer and former actor Seif Abo El-Naga. It aims to safeguard artistic freedom and diversity, to foster cross-cultural co-creation and education, and to build sustainable creative ecosystems.

Egypt’s Suez Canal revenues go down by 61% to $3.9 billion in 2024 due to Red Sea tensions

Thu, 17 Apr 2025 - 10:25 GMT

Rabie noted that a total of $39.919 billion is the value of the Suez Canal revenues over the period between 2019 and 2024 as the revenues have been negatively impacted by several crises like the Covid-19 pandemic, the grounding of the Ever Given Ship in the canal, and the ongoing tensions in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandeb.

What you need know about sighting crescent in Islam

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 - 06:08 GMT

"Calculations remain the foundation of the process, and it will continue to be applied," said Amir Hussein Hassan, professor in the National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics.

President Sisi, Cypriot counterpart witness signing of deals in natural gas

Mon, 17 Feb 2025 - 07:28 GMT

As per the agreements, the natura gas in two fields of Cyprus’s Exclusive Economic Zone Cypriot (Aphrodite and Cronos) will be liquified in Egypt’s Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plants to be then exported to Europe.

Egypt to Host Emergency Arab Summit on Palestinian Issue

Sun, 09 Feb 2025 - 09:33 GMT

To host the summit, Egypt coordinated with the Kingdom of Bahrain, the current president of the Arab Summit, and the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States.

Egypt mobilizes Arab support to thwart US scheme for displacing Palestinians out of Gaza Strip, West Bank

Fri, 07 Feb 2025 - 02:49 GMT

The Arab discussions led to a consensus on the necessity “to reach a permanent and just political solution to the Palestinian issue through the only practical path, which is the establishment of an independent Palestinian state on the lines of June 4, 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital, in accordance with international legitimacy resolutions.”

How Egyptian Truck Drivers Are Eager to Help Palestinians in Gaza

Fri, 31 Jan 2025 - 11:24 GMT

Abbas decided to drive without charge for the Palestinian people, saying, "If I continue to deliver aid to Gaza all my life, I will not be able to fulfill even a part of our humanitarian duty towards them."

In Pics: Over 300 Trucks in Largest Humanitarian Aid Convoy Depart Cairo for Gaza

Sun, 26 Jan 2025 - 05:22 GMT

The trucks are loaded with medical supplies, equipment, medicines, large quantities of canned food, bottled water, juices, clothing, blankets, tents, carpets, milk, baby formula, diapers for both children and seniors, disinfectants, and personal care items.

Deep Dive Into the Revival of Pre-School Kuttabs

Thu, 09 Jan 2025 - 05:55 GMT

Egyptians take pride in their complex identity, and are boastful of the prominent intellectuals and sheikhs who learned how to write and read in the kuttab before joining public schools, such as Noble Laureate Naguib Mahfouz and great writer and thinker Taha Hussein among others.

Exclusive to UMS: Foreign Minister addresses Egypt’s foreign policy amid ongoing regional tensions

Fri, 18 Oct 2024 - 08:46 GMT

Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said that Egypt is one of the very few countries, if not the only one in the region, that maintains relations and contacts with all regional and international parties and actors. These connections facilitate an effective foreign policy that ultimately serves the interests of security and stability in the region.

How Israel commits ecocide in Gaza

Sun, 13 Oct 2024 - 07:40 GMT

Approximately 85,000 tons of explosives have been thrown on the Gaza strip, equivalent to the impact of five or six nuclear bombs. This devastation has severely harmed the region’s air quality, agriculture, water supply, irrigation, and marine life, with consequences that may last for hundreds of years.

Korea, Egypt explore expanded cooperation in electricity and renewable energy

Tue, 08 Oct 2024 - 01:54 GMT

Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Egypt, Kim Yonghyon, met with H.E. Mahmoud Esmat, Egypt's Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, to discuss ways to enhance bilateral cooperation in the electricity and renewable energy sectors.

Hamas holds Netanyahu failure of Doha round of talks on Gaza ceasefire

Sun, 18 Aug 2024 - 08:23 GMT

“Netanyahu also set new conditions for the prisoner exchange file, and backed down on other items, which prevent the completion of the prisoner swap deal,” the movement said.

Skin diseases on the rise among Children in Gaza

Mon, 29 Jul 2024 - 05:40 GMT

Due to the ongoing Israeli genocidal war against the besieged Gaza Strip, piles of war and hospital waste, polluted sewage, contaminated potable water and temperatures rise have led to a wide spread of skin diseases like rashes and chickenpox and bacterial infection among Palestinian children.

Korea’s Culture Week to convene on May 18-24 at Opera House amid push to expand Korean language teaching

Sun, 12 May 2024 - 10:01 GMT

The Director of the Korean Cultural Center revealed plans to establish a center for teaching the Korean language in Egypt, citing the increasing demand from Egyptians eager to learn.

Egypt’s FM at WEF: Our aim is to establish a Palestinian State, end conflict

Mon, 29 Apr 2024 - 04:44 GMT

“As for the negotiations, […] it is a sensitive issue and there is a new proposal on the table up to the two sides that they consider and accept but there is an objective, which is a permanent ceasefire and dealing with the humanitarian conditions," said Shoukry.

Grand Imam of Al Azhar laments inability of Arabs, international human rights bodies to stop Israeli genocidal war on Gaza

Sat, 06 Apr 2024 - 11:29 GMT

“Our dealings with the issue of Palestine and Holy Jerusalem do not reflect the magnitude of what Allah has bestowed upon us in terms of vast human and natural resources, boundless energies, and creative minds across all spheres of contemporary life - scientific, social, political, and economic. Above all, [we hold] steadfast faith in Allah Almighty and unwavering confidence in His mercy towards the weak and oppressed,” he said.

Palestinian ambassador in Cairo: We reject deportation of our people from Gaza to Egypt

Sun, 15 Oct 2023 - 05:06 GMT

“We will continue to reject all plans to displace Palestinians to Egypt or any other place. There is no Palestinian state without Gaza and there is no capital without Jerusalem […] Jerusalem is the eternal capital of the State of Palestine,” he continued, noting that 2,000 Palestinians are waiting in the Egyptian city of Arish to return to Gaza through the border crossing.

Egypt to hold presidential elections in December 2023

Mon, 25 Sep 2023 - 03:30 GMT

ET publishes Egypt’s 2024 Presidential Election Timetable.

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