Local news outlets reported that Egypt’s Ministry Supply and Internal Trade announced during a press conference on Saturday that the government will no longer support the third children through subsidy cards as of the end of August. The decision comes a few weeks after raising fuel subsidies and a new wave of price increases. Egyptian Supply Minister Ali al-Muselhi said that the non-beneficiaries will be removed at the end of August after the grievances are examined. He added that no new children will be added to a subsidy card with four individuals already in hand. In 2017, Justice and Development Organization President Zidane al-Qayni proposed the idea of a “reproductive license” aimed at reducing the fertility rate, which is currently 3.47. The proposed law requires a license for each newly wed couple where they are allowed to have one child, and the license must be renewed every five years. The proposal was to impose a fine on the birth of more than one child during the period of the license. When more than two children are born, the third and subsequent children are deprived of state support such as free…
19 Killed in Explosion Near Cairo’s Cancer Institute
At least 19 people have been killed and 30 injured after a large explosion in the surroundings of Cairo’s Cancer Institute. According to the Ministry of Health, an explosion outside the Institute, located in El Manial area, also caused damage to facilities inside the Institute. The Ministry of Health also announced that it had evacuated patients from the Institute following the explosion. A preliminary statement released by the Ministry of Interior says that the explosion occurred shortly before midnight and was caused by a vehicle driving outside the Institute in the opposite direction before colliding with up to three other vehicles. No further information was made available. Egypt’s Prosecutor General ordered an urgent investigation into the causes of the explosion and dispatched investigators to the scene. Photographs released by Al-Masry Al-Youm from within the Institute shows damage to some of its rooms, windows and walls. The Ministry of Health has not said whether any patients or staff inside the Institute were among those killed or injured. The cause of the size of the explosion remains unclear. Initially, security sources quoted by Youm7 cited an oxygen tanker inside the Institute as…
Cairo Governorate to Impose Fines For Animal Slaughter In Streets
The Deputy Governor of Cairo’s eastern province, Ibrahim Saber, warned citizens from animal sacrifice in the streets during this year’s Eid holiday, which causes great pollution in addition to harming pedestrians and destroys sewage networks. Saber announced that the province is to impose at least EGP 5,000 in fines upon those who perform their slaughtering in the streets. He added that this done to preserve infrastructure, public hygiene, and eliminating the environmental harm caused by performing the ritual in the streets, encouraging citizens to visit meat butchers this Eid season. Eid al-Adha, also called the “Festival of the Sacrifice”, honors the willingness of Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his son as an act of obedience to God’s command. Yet before Abraham could sacrifice his son, God provided a lamb to sacrifice instead. An animal is sacrificed and divided into three parts, one for the poor and needy, another for home, and the third for relatives. Islamic law put regulations on the slaughter ritual that guarantees the most humane way to kill the animals, and prevents people from slaughtering animals in a brutal manner. The ‘Dar Al Ifta’ religious institution, affiliated to Egypt’s largest Muslim…
Tamreena: A Hassle-Free Way to Book Personal Training Sessions
As technological solutions grew in popularity over the last five years, entrepreneurs keep tapping into new markets, such as ride-hailing apps, fin-tech and health-tech, to digitize services. One of the newest markets that is being digitized is sport-tech pioneered by Tamreena.com. Tamreena.com is a mobile application that serves as a market place for the personal trainers and one-on-one coaches founded in January 2019 by Barak Samir alongside Ibraheem Abo El Soud. The user-friendly app allows the clients to locate their training area ,trainer gender and the training timing. Clients are also able to compare their biographies, ratings, reviews and prices. The health and fitness industry is a huge industry that keeps growing. Recently, it has been booming in Egypt and the Middle East. Tamreena.org is aiming to create a whole ecosystem for the industry through building such platform. Tamreena.com started as a booking platform that connects the clients with the personal trainers, while offering fitness and health tips for people through their Facebook page. Later, it started a B2B (Business to Business) project that offers a trainer management system and club management system under the name the Tamreena Technologies. According…
Egyptian Premiere League Matches Start in September With Fan Attendance
Egypt’s Premier League, a popular professional league for Egyptian clubs, is due to start on September with ensured fan attendance. According to Ahram Online, the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) has announced that fans will be allowed to attend matches once more according to stadium capacity. This decision is yet to be confirmed by Egypt’s security apparatus; however, judging from the successful and stable fan participation during the African Cup of Nations held in Egypt, the plans to allow regular fan attendance are expected to proceed forward. “We will work with a system similar to Tazkarti that was used in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations,” stated EFA Competitions Committee Amer Hussien. “It’s difficult to use the VAR system in the coming edition of the Egyptian Premier League due to its high cost,” Hussien said. Tazkarti, an Egyptian online market place, was praised by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi at the National Youth Conference held July 30 and 31, 2019 in the New Administrative Capital. The system required for fans to enter personal data and information from their national identification card to be able to register their attendance to matches…
Saudi Arabia Allows Women to Travel Without Male Guardian’s Approval
Saudi Arabia just published new laws on Friday that remove restrictions on women by allowing any citizen to apply for a passport and travel freely, ending the guardianship policy that gave men control over women. Other changes issued in the decrees allow women to apply for passports, register a marriage, divorce and be issued official family documents, and that either a father or mother can be legal guardians of children. Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman has introduced significant changes since 2017, limiting the role of the religious police and religious authorities in the country, removing the decades-long decree banning women from driving and allowing the entertainment and cultural scene to boom. Dr Maha al-Muneef, the executive director of the National Family Safety Program (NFSP) told The Guardian, “This takes the dependency on men out of women’s lives. We feel very strong and empowered, and it is completing me as a woman.” “It means not only we are equal to men from a human rights perspective but on a practical level it will help women move, do their businesses, attend conferences and learn and be empowered further. It will…
Egypt’s U16 Women National Team Reach African Championship Final
Egypt’s U16 women national basketball team have reached the African Championship final after beating Angola 71-50, succeeding in securing their spot in the upcoming World Cup. They will now face Group B leaders Mali in the tournament’s final on Saturday, August 3. The victors finished second in Group B after beating Uganda in their opening game with a 80-46 score, though losing to Mali 88-57 in their second match. They won with with an easy 88-41 scoreline against Tanzania in the quarter-finals scoreline, and then finally beat Angola 71-50 in the semi-final. Earlier in July, the male national basketball team finished first in the African Championship after beating Mali 66-57, as well as achieving first place in the 2015 FIBA Africa U16 Men. In August, Egypt’s women basketball team will play in the 2019 AfroBasket Women, which will be held from 9th till the 18th of August in Dakar, Senegal….
Dutch Affinity for Antiquities: The Egyptian Collection at Leiden’s Rijksmuseum
One of the most fascinating truths about ancient Egyptian artifacts is that they can almost be found everywhere in the world. The fascination with ancient Egypt is as ancient as its monuments and for years, museums have competed to become the most elaborate hosts of artifacts, although this has sparked criticism from locals and experts alike. Before the traffic of antiquities became regulated in 1983, European high figures and archeologists travelled through Egypt and collected a plethora of treasures, taking them back to their homelands where many are now permanently settled. The Rijksmuseum Van Oudheden, tucked in Leiden – the Netherland’s own version of Venice – is a humble home to a reputedly beautiful collection, which through my visit, became a convincing fact. “Over 1,400 objects from the world-renowned Egyptian collection of the National Museum of Antiquities are on display in the permanent exhibition Egypt,” reads the museum’s official website. “The highlights naturally include the museum’s fascinating mummies and their colourful cases. The exhibits tell the story of Egypt, one of the most imaginative cultures of ancient times.” A ticket to the museum is around € 12,50, it allows entry…
Tracing the Evolution of Beer in Egypt on International Beer Day
Just over 10 years ago, International Beer Day was inaugurated in Santa Cruz as a day-long celebratory event dedicated to the popular brewed drink. Since, worldwide celebrations have taken place in breweries and pubs across the globe with connoisseurs and thirsty individuals gathering to taste and enjoy their favorite beers on the first Friday of the month of August. Now we could brush this event aside as simply another one of those countless ‘International Days’ that seem to pop up all the time, were it not for the fun fact that beer has a history that can be traced back to ancient Egypt. Surveying the kind of information, historical sources as well as the many speculations available about what is considered to be one of the world’s oldest and most popular beverages, it is possible to find countless passages referring to its early presence in Egypt. In fact, with its emergence suggested to date back to the Predynastic period, beer has entered many pages of Egyptian history and evidence of its changing production and consumption patterns over time reveals much about the Egyptian economy, politics and class dynamics. According to…