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Le Lab, founded by Rasheed Kamel, has relocated from Sheikh Zayed City to Downtown’s La Viennoise, reimagining its gallery as an experimental atelier. The gallery recently presented Egyptian artists at Frieze Masters London.
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Egyptian filmmaker Mohamed El Zayat’s feature debut, In the Name of Galeela, has been selected for the International Film Festival Rotterdam, bringing a 1990s-set Egyptian dramedy to the international festival circuit.
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Egypt’s Cabinet has approved a 30% discount on electricity consumption charges for six months for citizens using coded electricity meters installed before 2024 who have not yet settled building violations.
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Egyptian student Mayar Mohammed, 11, has won this year’s Arab Reading Challenge at a ceremony in Dubai, receiving AED 500,000 after reading more than 60 books during the competition.
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The Grand Egyptian Museum will mark the first anniversary of its opening on November 1st with the launch of ‘Eternal Sun’ light show. The light show takes visitors through 5,000 years of Egyptian heritage after dark.
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Egypt’s Cabinet has approved the issuance of two non-circulating commemorative coins to mark one year since the Grand Egyptian Museum opened.
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Egypt will turn its clocks back one hour at midnight on Thursday, October 29th, ending summer time and returning to GMT+2 from GMT+3.
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Preliminary financing terms worth USD 650 million have been signed for a one gigawatt solar power project in Nag Hammadi, Qena Governorate, alongside a 200 megawatt hours battery energy storage system.
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In this CairoScene exclusive, Al Ismaelia CEO Karim El Shafei explains how they’ve given an 1896 heritage building the Cinema Radio revitalization treatment.
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Scientists have identified molecular evidence that aloe-derived substances were used in some ancient Egyptian embalming mixtures, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. scenenow.com/News/Aloe-Trace…
An Egyptian man detained after crossing the border into Israel had been missing from his home since July and was experiencing psychological instability, according to Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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“Many women have grown accustomed to being behind the scenes,” Rania Deabes tells CairoScene for this week’s Photo of the Week.
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Palma and Ellie Home bring fashion, pottery and homeware together in a new collection set to launch at Bayt Yakan on October 24.
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The World Economic Forum’s two-day Country Strategy Meeting on Egypt will be held in the New Capital on November 16th and 17th, bringing together nearly 80 leaders from major companies, international economic institutions and private-sector firms.
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A four-year national housing programme is planned to deliver around one million residential units with estimated investment of EGP 1 trillion, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly announced during Egypt Forum 2026.
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A five-year programme to improve the welfare of working horses and other animals in the Pyramids area and wider Giza was detailed in Cairo on October 26th, 2026 by the Egyptian Equestrian Federation and the Longines Global Champions Tour.
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Two museums in Glasgow have taken ancient Egyptian human remains out of public view following a reassessment of how such material should be displayed.
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At Bayt Al-Suhaymi, Art D’Égypte’s Crafts Re-Imagined brings traditional crafts into dialogue with contemporary art, spotlighting artisans and generations of knowledge. The exhibition runs to 8 November, surrounded by Old Cairo’s historic craft workshops.
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President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi recognised Helm and its inclusion champions at Egypt Forum 2026 under the ‘Egypt’s Future Makers’ initiative, marking 15 years of the organisation’s work to advance the inclusion of persons with disabilities.
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Orascom Pyramids Entertainment has launched a free AI-powered virtual assistant on WhatsApp for visitors to the Giza Pyramids Plateau, providing practical information before arrival and throughout a visit.
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