#SceneBuzz
: Egyptian Actor Amir El Masry Calls For Ceasefire at BAFTA Scotland Awards
Egyptian-British actor Amir El Masry addressed the audience at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Scotland Awards, advocating for a ceasefire in Gaza, Palestine.
Invited
#SceneSpotted
: If you're not keeping up with the cast of B100 Wesh on social media, you're missing out. Don't believe us? Maybe this TikTok clip from
@AsserYassin
will change your mind.
#ب100وش
#SceneArts
: Palestine Film Institute Launches Online Film Program to Amplify Palestinian Voices
The Palestine Film Institute (PFI), a leading organisation dedicated to supporting Palestinian cinema, is currently hosting 'Unprovoked Narratives', an online film program that
Writer and feminist icon Dr. Nawal El Saadawi has passed away after being hospitalized. The exact details of her health at the time of passing are still unknown. She would have been 90 this October.
Built over a century ago in 1914, the Abdel Meguid Pacha Seif El Nasr palace in Mallawi, Minya serves as a symbol of status and standing - especially for the man after whom it was named.
#SceneLive
from the first ever
@backstreetboys
concert in Egypt!
We knew it - since the moment low-rise jeans, monochromatic outfits and metallic lipgloss flooded TikTok FYPs - 00s boybands are BACK! Look at them dancing their little frosted tips out 🥹.
Farewell for now
#SceneLive
from the first ever
@backstreetboys
concert in Egypt!
Rest assured ladies and gentlemen, the Molokheyas and Kosharis did in fact work. Somewhere in New Cairo, an infatuated AJ McLean delivered a promise to us all…Backstreet will be BACK (to Egypt) once more in the
#SceneLive
from the first ever
@backstreetboys
concert in Egypt!
Rest assured ladies and gentlemen, the Molokheyas and Kosharis did in fact work. Somewhere in New Cairo, an infatuated AJ McLean delivered a promise to us all…Backstreet will be BACK (to Egypt) once more in the
Telecom Egypt and GRID Telecom, a division of the Greek Independent Electricity Transmission Operator (IPTO) have signed an agreement for joint cooperation to link Egypt and Greece through the construction of a new submarine cable.
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#SceneThrowback
: ‘The Egyptian Lion’, Hakim, alongside global megastar
@rihanna
in Geneva, after Hakim’s live performance at the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony in 2006.
#SceneLive
from the first ever
@backstreetboys
concert in Egypt!
You heard it here first, the man keeping our Sony Walkman classics safe and sound is in fact…Egyptian 🥹
🎥
@CairoScene
After being lost for millenia, an Egyptian mission led by Dr. Zahi Hawass has uncovered a buried city in Luxor, in what’s being called “the second most important archeological discovery since the tomb of Tutankhamun.”
#SceneThrowback
: We all know Egypt’s award-winning sweetheart,
@NellyKarim
is a woman of many talents. From modelling and acting to ballet-dancing, there's nothing she can't do.
The Film Observer’s Instagram Live series is set to feature actress
@HendSabry
tomorrow, Monday June 1st at 10PM, where she will discuss her diverse career and experiences in blockbuster and independent films.
@Netflix
just announced that the iconic Tunisian actress
@HendSabry
is getting her own series! Described as a heartwarming dramedy, Sabry will serve as both the star and the executive producer of the show through her company, Salam Production.
#SceneBuzz
: Famed Ancient Egyptian Obelisk in Paris Restored With New Golden Tip After 200 Years
The iconic Luxor Temple obelisk at Place de la Concorde in Paris, which had been gifted to France by Muhammad Ali Pasha in 1830, has finally regained its missing golden tip after
Through careful research, visual artist
@itsnorazeid
approaches and documents Cairo’s public spaces to tell the story of those who inhabit them one illustration at a time at
@cairopolitan
.
Mohamed Ramadan wasn't joking about when he sang about being "Number One." And if you don’t believe him, he’s putting out a movie that’s called exactly that.
#SceneLifestyle
: Mystery Unlocked! This is How Celebs Like Tom Hanks, Katy Perry & Orlando Bloom Visit Egypt Undetected
In a world where every move a celebrity makes is documented and dissected, there remains a captivating mystery surrounding the A-listers who manage to visit
#SceneSpotted
: The Grand Egyptian Museum is finally coming together and this arial photo is showing off just how grand it is. It's set to open later this year with over 100,000 artifacts, and a direct view of the pyramids. On a scale of King Tut to Fifi Abdo, how excited are you?
#SceneThrowback
: Egyptian actors Menna Shalaby, Nahed El Sebai and Bassem Samra along with acclaimed filmmaker Yousry Nasrallah at the 65th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in 2012. The image was captured during the photocall for the Egyptian film ‘After the Battle’, which
#SceneBuzz
: Travis Scott's Concert Permit Revoked by Musicians Syndicate
Egypt’s Musician Syndicate has revoked the permit that would have enabled Travis Scott to perform at the Pyramids of Giza.
American multi-award-winning rapper, Travis Scott had announced his first-ever
Faiza Heider has been appointed as the general coach for the first Ideal-Goli Men’s team, marking the first time a woman has been selected to lead an all-male professional football team in Egypt.
A French-Norwegian archaeological mission at the Bahariya Oasis, just south of Qasr al-Aguz, has uncovered a lost settlement made of mud bricks and basalt hidden beneath the sand. The site includes an ancient church with Greek letters on the walls.
Burkinis can no longer be banned at hotels and resorts across Egypt. The Egyptian Tourism Federation made the decision after a video of a woman with a burkini being denied access to the pool went viral.
#SceneArts
: Haifa Wehbe & Mohamed Hamaki Will Perform Together in an Outdoor Party in Beirut on July 1st
Lebanese singer Haifa Wehbe and Egyptian superstar Mohamed Hamaki will perform live at Beirut’s Saint Georges’ Yacht Club & Marina Hotel for a special Eid al-Adha celebration
#SceneBuzz
: Egypt Breaks Tourism Records With 1.35 Million Visitors in April 2023
In April 2023, Egypt received a record-breaking 1.35 million tourists - the largest number of visitors to come into the country within a month. The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities aims to
Across Egypt, animal loving celebrities and their pets speak out against animal cruelty and the abandonment of pets due to the belief that they can transfer the Coronavirus to humans - a belief that has been contradicted by the
@WHO
.
#SceneBuzz
: BBC Censors Amir El Masry’s Ceasefire Speech at BAFTA Scotland
The BBC has censored Egyptian-British actor Amir El Masry’s ceasefire speech during their coverage of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) in Scotland.
While presenting the award for
The
@EgyptianSpace
will launch two lightweight satellites by 2022, and plans to establish an African Space Agency to serve the continent's astronomers.
#SceneStyled
ARCHIVES: Elissa Looking Spec-tacular In ‘08 Vogue Eyewear Campaign
Elissa took centre stage in the 2008 Play Everyday Vogue eyewear campaign, transporting us to an era when twilight still held its natural allure, before the social media frenzy engulfed our lives,
#CairoScenery
: Winter has finally fallen upon us!... At St. Catherine, at least. linuxl, neptune_dahab, yehiazz and Mountain Rose spread their stunning shots of the snow across social media.
#SceneNowSaudi
: Egyptian Superstar Tamer Ashour Will Perform Live in Saudi Arabia
Egyptian superstar Tamer Ashour will perform in Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah on Friday, May 5th.
Known for his romantic ballads that have mended (or broken) many a heart across the region, Ashour’s
16 meters long and carrying 113 magic spells from the Book of the Dead, ancient Egypt’s biggest and oldest papyrus is now on display at the Egyptian Museum’s newly renovated wing.
#SceneSpotted
: What does Alexandria look like after a few weeks without people on the beach or cars on the streets? This photo of the corniche after Alexandrians have gone into quarantine has gone viral, giving Egyptians a glimpse of its natural beauty and leaving us in awe.