On Wednesday, January 27th Al-Jazeera announced it was taking Egypt to an arbitration tribunal connected to the World Bank. Al-Jazeera accuses Egypt of “confiscating” its investments and causing “a loss of at least $150 million”.
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EGYPT / A presenter suspended having criticised Al Sissi
On November 8th Azza El Hennawy, a presenter on the public channel Al Qahera Al Youm (Cairo Today), was suspended by the management. Hani Jaafar, chairman of ERTU’s regional channels (Egyptian public television and radio), said the journalist had been laid off for not fulfilling her “duty of objectivity”. In early November, Ms El Henawy …
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EGYPT / 37th Cairo International Film Festival
The 37th Cairo International Film Festival will take place from November 11th to 20th. 16 films will be in competition for the Golden Pyramid Award. In addition to films screened in the official competition, there will be 20 films shown in a “Special Screenings” category and a further 40 films in the “Festival of Festivals” …
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EGYPT / The Anna Lindh Foundation: call for proposals 2015
This call for proposals is to help projects in the fields of Education for Intercultural Citizenship and Intercultural Artistic Co-productions. The Anna Lindh Foundation only supports multilateral projects on the basis of a 1+1 partnership – in other words with at least one partner from a southern Mediterranean country and at least one partner from …
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EGYPT / A new series about Talaat Harb
The newspaper Egypt Independent has reported that the historical TV series “Talaat Harb”, which has been talked about for many years, is finally being made, with Mohamed al-Sayed Eid as writer and Sherif Arafa (“Dark Birds”, “Halim”) directing. Talaat Harb (1867-1941) was an Egyptian economist, founder of Banque Misr (Bank of Egypt) and other large …
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EGYPT / Anna Lindh: Mediterranean Journalist Award
The Anna Lindh Foundation has launched its call for applications for the 9th Mediterranean Journalist Award. Journalists working in the written press, television, radio and citizen media of the 42 countries of the Union for the Mediterranean, plus Syria and Libya, are invited to submit their applications. The award recognizes outstanding journalistic work which contributes …
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EGYPT / Omar Sharif is no longer
The Egyptian actor Omar Sharif died July 10th at the age of 83. He began his film career in 1954 in Youssef Chahine’s “Struggle in the Valley” (1954) and “Dark Waters” (1956). But it was his role as the desert prince Sherif Ali in David Lean’s “Lawrence of Arabia” (1962) which made him an international …
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