The Egyptian actor Farouk El Fichaoui died of cancer on July 25th in Cairo, at the age of 67. Born in 1952 in Al-Minufiyah, Farouk El Fichaoui graduated in literature from Cairo’s Ain Shams University, then continued his training at the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts. His career began in the mid-1970’s, and in 1976 …
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On June 10th the Egyptian parliament approved a draft law on the press and media, plus two additional laws which validate the work of the National Press Authority and the National Media Authority. However, none of these laws can come into force immediately because, as Ali Abdel-Aal the President of the Parliament pointed out, they …
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The Egyptian parliament’s Media, Culture and Antiquities Committee held an extraordinary meeting in February to discuss the financial problems of the ERTU (Egyptian Radio and Television Union). A “financial and institutional reform” will be developed in collaboration with the National Investment Bank. Among other things, the plan will reform the state-run television channels, trying to …
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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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The news website Ahram Online reports that the Egyptian Radio and Television Union (ERTU) will broadcast 11 television series over Ramadan, among them Tamer Mohsen’s “Taht El-Saytara” (Under Control), Ahmed Medhat’s “Zarf Eswed” (The Black Envelope) and Ahmed Nour’s “Yawmeyat Zawga Mafousa” (Diary of a Devastated Woman). They have all been co-produced by ERTU and …
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