Egypt Today Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St Mark, congratulated Muslims on the occasion of the ‘Eid al-Adha’; on Thursday, expressing his wishes of a blessed Eid. ‘Eid al-Adha’ will fall nest Tuesday 20 July. “Pope Tawadros wishes that feasts in general be …
Read More »
Egypt Independent Egypt’s ‘Dar al-Iftaa’ confirmed the moonsighting of the Higri month of Shawwal crescent on Tuesday evening. “Wednesday is the last day of Ramadan and Thursday 13 May is the first day of Eid al-Fitr”, the Grand Mufti of Egypt Shawky Allam announced. Astronomical calculations indicated that the first …
Read More »
Egypt Independent Egypt’s Ministry of Health confirmed “1,102 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, up from 1,090 on Tuesday”. The Ministry’s data revealed that “64 COVID-19 related deaths were recorded, while 876 patients recovered from the virus”. Egypt’s “total COVID-19 infections has reached 232,905 with 174,217 confirmed cases recovered and 13,655 …
Read More »
Egypt Independent Egypt’s Dar al-Iftaa, the government’s principal Islamic legal institution for issuing fatwas (non-binding religious rulings), has announced that the Shawwal moonsighting will take place on Tuesday, 11May. Moonsighting, which takes place after the Maghrib (sunset) prayer, will dictate the exact end-date of the holy month of Ramadan and …
Read More »
Egypt Today Al-Azhar Grand Imam Dr Ahmed el-Tayeb greeted President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the Egyptian people and all Muslims around the world on the occasion of Eid Al-Adha. Tayyeb urged “all Muslims to mark the occasion and present help and aid to the poor, the needy and patients, especially in …
Read More »
Egypt Independent Lebanon announced strict COVID-19 restrictions on Monday. The measures will be applied for two weeks and include closing places of worship, cinemas, bars, nightclubs, sports events and popular markets, after a sharp rise in infections. Shops, private companies, banks and educational institutions would be permitted to open, only …
Read More »
Egyptianstreets Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly announced new measures allowing cafes, cafeterias, restaurants and street food vendors to remain open until midnight, starting on 26 July. The measures allow increasing customer capacity to 50%. Madbouly added commercial shops and commercial centres (malls) will close at 10pm, and that cinemas and …
Read More »
Ahram Online “Egypt will celebrate Eid Al-Adha on 31 July, the second of two major annual religious Muslims global holidays celebrated”, according to the National Institute of Astronomy Research and Geophysics (NRIAG) statement on Tuesday. The institute said, “based on astronomical calculations conducted by its observers, the Day of Arafah …
Read More »
Egypt Independent Gold prices in the Egyptian market dropped by £E6/gram on Wednesday compared to the past 24 hours. The price of 21-karat gold, the most popular grade locally, stood at £E756/gram on Wednesday, compared to £E762 on Tuesday. The price of 18k gold decreased £E5 on Wednesday, settling at …
Read More »
Egypt Independent Hurghada hotels witnessed significant increase in occupancy rates on the second day of the Eid al-Fitr holiday, due to a rise in domestic tourism. Domestic tourism in Egypt has now resumed, following guidelines of the Ministry of Tourism to combat the coronavirus outbreak. The hotels of Al-Gouna and …
Read More »
