Mohamed Ramadan, left, with director Mohamed Diab on the set of Asad. Photo: Mohamed Diab

Mohamed Diab brings Hollywood scale to Egyptian cinema with Asad

Moon Knight director praises actor's 'absolute commitment' to historical epic's two-year production

Film & TV

El Sisi opens new desert farmland with 'artificial river'

MENA

Egypt deepens Eritrea ties as it seeks to isolate Ethiopia in Horn of Africa

MENA

AnalysisHow Egypt's balancing act aims to preserve relations and prevent war

MENA

Cairo's Nilometer measures mood of Egyptians gripped by threat of Ethiopia's dam

MENA

President Sheikh Mohamed and Egypt's El Sisi meet pilots keeping UAE safe

UAE

Remembering Hany Shaker, a balladeer caught between old and new music traditions

Music & On-stage
Egyptian singer Hany Shaker has died aged 74 in Paris after a prolonged illness. EPA

Hany Shaker, ‘Prince of Arab Song’, dies aged 74 in Paris

The Egyptian singer, whose romantic ballads defined generations across the Arab world, died after weeks of treatment for severe health complications

Culture

Derelict buildings becoming a blot on the landscape of Cairo's medieval quarter

MENA

UAE's Dana Gas receives $20m from Egypt to settle outstanding payments

Energy

Egypt concludes major war drills east of Suez that caused a stir in Israel

MENA

Egypt secures Lebanon deal to legalise status of undocumented workers

MENA

Egyptians relieved as early-closing measures scrapped

MENA

Jail for Egyptian hotel manager who turned away solo female traveller

MENA
The Lebanese General Security building in Beirut, where a deadline for Egyptians working illegally in Lebanon to arrange proper documentation has been set. EPA

Egypt secures Lebanon deal to legalise status of undocumented workers

Cairo and Beirut agree on mechanism for Egyptians who entered on tourist visas before end of 2025

MENA

Egyptians relieved as early-closing measures scrapped

MENA

Jail for Egyptian hotel manager who turned away solo female traveller

MENA

Salah has played his last game for Liverpool, claims Hassan

Football

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