Shark attacks are of rare occurrence in Egypt, but experts say feeding sharks and sport fishing may provoke attacks
Ahram Online , Monday 7 Aug 2017
An Austrian tourist has flown home for further medical treatment after suffering a leg injury in a shark attack in the Red Sea resort of Marsa Alam, Al-Ahram Arabic website reported on Monday.
Christine Schachinger, 20, was bitten by a shark while taking part in water sports in the Red Sea. She was rushed to a private hospital in Marsa Alam and received treatment on her right leg.
She was later transferred to Austria by private jet for further medical treatment.
Shark attacks are very rare in Egypt, with only 34 cases reported since 1827, according to the Shark Research Institute, a US-based scientific research organization.
However, environmentalists say certain actions on the part of divers and swimmers may provoke attacks.
The Society for the Rescue and Protection of the Environment of the Red Sea warns diving guides and tourists against feeding sharks or otherwise provoking them.
The organization says the Austrian tourist was probably attacked in response to such actions.
Last year, Egypt imposed a temporary ban on sport fishing and offshore swimming at Ain Sokhna on the Red Sea after a man was bitten by a shark.
At the time, officials and scientists said the attack was likely caused by a combination of fishing and swimming in the same spot.
In 2010, three shark attacks in the span of one week have left four eastern European tourists seriously injured and one German tourist dead.
Blocked media includes independent news website Mada Masr, the privately-owned Daily News Egypt, Qatar-owned news agencies Al-Jazeera, El-Sharq, Al-Raya and El-Watan, in addition to the US-based HuffPost Arabic.
There has been no official announcement or clarification from any telecommunications entities regarding the reason.
Seven alleged terrorists have been killed in an exchange of gunfire with police in central Cairo's Agouza district, an interior ministry official told state-run news agency MENA on Sunday.
The incident occurred when police attempted to raid an apartment they believed to be a terrorist hideout, with the suspects opening fire on police first, the official said.
Two policemen were also injured during the raid.
The gunmen were planning to carry out a number of terrorist attacks, according to the official, prompting police to conduct the raid.
Egypt's military and security forces have been battling various Islamist militant groups in Sinai and elsewhere, with some groups in Cairo and Giza conducting deadly attacks on security personnel.
Police frequently conduct raids on suspected terrorist hideouts, often resulting in deadly gun battles.
9月25日 AFP】「世界で最も重い女性」とされ、インドで減量手術を受け体重が半分以下となっていたエジプト人女性、エマン・アフメド・アブド・エル・アティ（Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty）さんが25日朝、アラブ首長国連邦（UAE）のアブダビ（Abu Dhabi）にある病院で、心不全および腎不全により死去した。
Egypt public sector workers to take Thursday off to celebrate 6 October
Ahram Online , Sunday 1 Oct 2017
Egyptian Prime Minister Sherif Ismail announced that 5 October will be an official day off for public sector workers, Al-Ahram Arabic news website reported on Sunday.
Thursday will be a day off since 6 October falls on Friday, an official weekly day off from work in Egypt.
6 October is a national holiday to celebrate the Egyptian army’s victory over Israel in the 1973 war.
Egypt's security forces killed 13 high-risk terrorist elements on Friday during a raid on an abandoned ranch building located at the 47km mark on the Assiut-Al-Kharga Oasis highway, the interior ministry said in a statement.
The operation “resulted in the seizure of a large amount of arms and ammunition, including detonative charges and explosive belts, that were in the possession of the terrorist elements, who started opening fire at security forces upon their arrival at the shootout site," the statement said.
The approximate location of the raid is around 234 km south of Cairo.
“Security forces are currently working on identifying the slain terrorist elements, while the shootout resulted in some damages to a security vehicle.”
The operation comes as part of the ministry's effort to eradicate terrorist hideouts in remote areas of Giza and of Upper Egypt governorates, said the statement.
Last Friday, 16 policemen were killed and 13 were injured in a shootout with terrorists on the Wahat highway, about 135km southwest of Giza.
The interior ministry said that 11 police officers, four conscripts and one sergeant were killed in the shootout, and a search is underway for one missing police officer. Four police officers and nine conscripts were also injured.
【10月30日 AFP】イスラエルのホロコースト追悼記念館は26日、第2次世界大戦（World War II）中に自らの命を賭してユダヤ人を救ったとして、アラブ系の人物では初めて、既に他界しているエジプト人医師を「諸国民の中の正義の人（Righteous Among the Nations）」として顕彰した。
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi inaugurated on Sunday in Cairo the annual Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Conference, where Egypt’s new e-Visa service was launched.
The online e-Visa system will serve visitors looking to travel to Egypt from any of 43 countries, including the United States, Canada, the UK, France and Cyprus.
The eVisa is an electronic travel authorisation that is stored electronically and is linked to a passport number. Applications for the e-Visa are done online.
El-Sisi also inaugurated through video conference the new technological zones in Beni Suef, Menoufiya and Assiut governorates.
During the inauguration, telecommunication and information technology minister Yasser El-Kady presented to President El-Sisi the first Egyptian-made mobile phone as a gift.
Manufactured in the technological zone in New Assuit City, the Sico Smartphone is the first mobile phone to be manufactured in Egypt, with 58 percent of its components manufactured locally, according to Minister El-Kady.
The Android Smartphone is manufactured by Sico Technology, which is a subsidiary of El-Siyad Salem Group.
The company is set to launch eight models of the Smartphone locally as well as in African and Arab markets.
The ICT conference, which has been held annually for the past 20 years, is Egypt's largest conference for information technology.
According to its organisers, at least 500 Arab and international companies in the IT field have participated in the conference, attracting millions of visitors throughout the years.
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先週金曜日（29日）の夜に事件の犠牲者らが弔われる中、教会が繰り返し襲撃されることに対してキリスト教徒たちは怒りをあらわにし、若者たちは怒りのスローガンを繰り返し叫んだ。一方、カイロ中心部の教会を統括するアンバー・ラファエル総主教（H.G. Anba Raphael Bishop of Central Cairo）は、テロリズムの思想に立ち向かい、「暴力・狂信・テロ・憎悪」を拡散する精神を断罪する必要性を強調した。ラファエル総主教は「問題は武器を手に取る人にあるのではない、そのような行動をとるよう彼らをけしかける人物にある」と述べ、「こうした事案が国家の安全保障（に関わるもの）に分類され、対策がとられないはなぜなのか」と疑問を呈した。同総主教はテロリズムについて、「我々キリスト教徒のみに危害を加えるのではなく、テロはすべてを喰らう」と警告を発した。
今回の化石を発見した米カーネギー自然史博物館（Carnegie Museum of Natural History）などの研究チームは「マンスーラサウルス（Mansourasaurus）」と命名されたゾウほどの大きさの新種草食恐竜の化石について、アフリカと欧州の恐竜の間の関係に新たな光を当てる標本だとしている。
Cairo appeals court acquitted on Tuesday famous Egyptian pop-singer Sherine Abdel-Wahab of charges of "offending Egypt" over statements she made in August 2016 about the existence of the Bilharzia parasite in the Nile River.
Sherine was originally senteneced in absentia to six months in prison in February 2018.
In August 2016, a fan asked the 37-year-old Sherine during a concert in Lebanon to perform her popular 2007 song Mashrebtesh Men Nilha? (Have You Not Drunk from Its Nile?), a patriotic song that extols Egypt's beauty.
The singer jokingly replied, “You will get Bilharzia if you do," adding, "drink Evian instead."
A video of the incident surfaced online and went viral on social media networks in Egypt, sparking controversy and anger from some fans.
The Bilharzia disease is caused by water-borne parasites living in ponds and closed streams in several of Egypt's governorates.
【5月27日 AFP】サッカー欧州チャンピオンズリーグ（UEFA Champions League 2017-18）決勝のレアル・マドリード（Real Madrid）対リバプール（Liverpool FC）戦を放送していたエジプト・カイロのカフェは、リバプールの同国代表、モハメド・サラー（Mohamed Salah）が前半途中に負傷交代すると、ファンたちの怒りと悲しみで満たされた。それでも彼らの多くは、リバプールを応援したのはサラーがいるからだと話し、すぐにレアルの応援にまわっている。
【6月5日 AFP】エジプトサッカー協会（EFA）は4日、2018年W杯ロシア大会（2018 World Cup）に臨む23人の同国代表メンバーを発表し、欧州チャンピオンズリーグ（UEFA Champions League 2017-18）決勝でけがをし、現在も治療中のFWモハメド・サラー（Mohamed Salah）が名を連ねた。
Cairo International Airport increased parking fees on Monday by 100 percent.
The Cairo Port Authority, which manages the entrance gates at Cairo airport's parking lots, said that different rates will be applied according to the category of vehicles.
Parking fees for taxis and privately owned cars have been set at EGP 20 for the first three hours and EGP 10 for each subsequent hour. Parking fees for a full day have been set at EGP 100.
For microbuses and pickup trucks, fees have been set at EGP 30 for the first three hours and EGP 15 for each subsequent hour, while buses and transport vehicles will be charged EGP 30 for the first three hours and EGP 20 for each subsequent hour.
Trucks and the semi-trailers will pay EGP 60 the first three hours and EGP 30 for each subsequent hour.
The increase does not apply to airport employees and workers with affiliated companies, the port authority said.
In 2016, parking fees at Cairo airport witnessed their first increase in nine years from EGP 5 to 10.
The port authority said that the new increase is due to renovations, maintenance and services newly installed at airport gates, which cost around EGP 60 million.
この後も数か月にわたって治安部隊と抗議者らの衝突が頻発。数百人が死亡し、大量の逮捕者が出た。国際人権団体のアムネスティ・インターナショナル（Amnesty International）とヒューマン・ライツ・ウオッチ（Human Rights Watch）によれば、モルシ氏が失脚した13年7月からの1年間で、少なくとも4万人が身柄を拘束されたという
CAIRO (Reuters) - An explosion destroyed a car near a bridge in central Cairo on Monday after a collision, a health ministry spokesman said.
It was not immediately clear what caused the blast. Two security sources told Reuters a faulty battery may have been responsible.
Ministry spokesman Khaled Megahed told journalists three people were injured and transferred to hospital. Another health ministry official told a local radio station that several others were treated for minor injuries.
The security sources said flames from the car spread to a minibus, which Reuters witnesses said was also destroyed, with debris and metal scattered close by.
A civil defense officer told Reuters at the site that at least five people were hurt.
Nine people were injured by a microbus colliding with a private car at el-Batal Ahmed Abdel Aziz Street in Dokki, Giza on Monday, according to Egypt’s Health Ministry.
A statement by the ministry said that both vehicles caught fire before October Bridge.
12 ambulances have rushed to the scene, transferring the injured to the Agouza, al-Salam, and Qasr al-Aini Hospitals, according to ministry spokseman Khaled Megahid.
Megahid stated that all victims are receiving treatment and care, adding that the injuries ranged from minor to medium wounds and burns.
Authorities didn’t report any casualties as a result of the fire, while civil defence forces brought the fire under control
Ahram Online , Wednesday 8 Aug 2018
Egypt's public prosecution has mandated a forensic team to inspect Cairo's Downtown Rivoli Cinema, which erupted in fire early Wednesday, with the main theatre hall and upper storey of the building destroyed.
Authorities didn’t report any casualties as a result of the fire, while civil defence forces brought the fire under control.
Cairo's governor ordered a committee of engineers to find the cause of the fire and prepare a report on losses and damages.
Downtown Cairo's Rivoli Cinema is one of the oldest in the country, among 10 first opened in 1948.
It was also one of the largest theatres in the country with a capacity of more than 2,000 viewers and a landmark location in the capital.
The Egyptian Museum of Modern Art / Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil Museum
Locals: EGP 10
Students: EGP 5
Expats or tourists: EGP 20
Camera-holders: EGP 20
Artistic & Cultural Museums: Al-Nasr Museum of Modern Art / Effat Nagy & Sa’ad Al-Khadem Museum / Mohamed Nagy Museum / Mahmoud Mokhtar Museum / Zakaria Al-Khanani Museum / Rati b Sadik Museum / Anji Aflaton Museum / Hassan Heshmat Museum
Locals: EGP 5
Students: EGP 3
Expats or tourists: EGP 10
Camera-holders: EGP 20
National Museums: Beit El-Umma Museum / Ahmed Shawki Museum / Taha Hussein Museum / Mansoura Museum (Dar Ibn Loqman) / Denshway Museum
出産時に死亡した可能性のある妊婦が発見されたことは大変貴重であると、サンドラ・ウィーラー教授は話す。この遺骨が、古代における妊産婦の死亡について知る手掛かりになるかもしれない。（Courtesy Ministry of Antiquities and the Mission）
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ウィーラー氏は今回の発見に携わっていないが、古代エジプトの、妊娠から出産、赤ん坊の離乳にいたる女性の生活史の研究に、考古学者たちと取り組んでいる。現在、発掘作業を行っているエジプト西方砂漠のダクラオアシスの墓地跡では、流産したと見られる未熟な胎児200体が個別に埋葬されているのが見つかっている。「古代エジプトで、人間がいつから人格を認められていたかを示しています。埋葬の様子からは、胎児のときから完全な人と考えられていたように見えます」（参考記事：「「エイリアンのミイラ」ついに正体が判明、チリ」）
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An Egyptian explosives expert has been killed while he was attempting to defuse a bomb near a church in Cairo, Al Arabiya’s correspondent reports.
“There were suspicions of an unattended package near the church in Nasr city after which a bomb squad was immediately deployed and attempts were made to diffuse it,” Al Arabiya News Channel’s correspondent Ahmed Othman said.
“The church in question is located in Nasr city and is one of the smaller ones in the areas and the capital,” he added.
Two policemen and an onlooker were also injured when the device exploded, security sources said.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the incident.
The incident took place 24 hours before Egypt marks Coptic Orthodox Christmas on Monday. Coptic Orthodox Christians, who make up a substantial majority of all Christians in the country, celebrate Christmas on 7 January, following the Julian calendar.
Christians make up around 10 percent of Egypt’s population.
Last Update: Sunday, 6 January 2019 KSA 00:59 - GMT 21:59
エジプトの人口約10％を占めるコプト教徒は近年、イスラム過激派組織「イスラム国（IS）」による度重なる攻撃で標的にされてきた。コプト教のクリスマスの7日を控え、カイロでは警備が強化されていた。事件翌日の6日には、アブデルファタハ・シシ（Abdel Fattah al-Sisi）大統領も出席してカイロの東45キロの新首都に建設された聖誕大聖堂（Cathedral of Nativity）の落成式が行われる予定になっている。
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beINSPORTS_MENA TO STOP BROADCASTING IN EGYPT EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY
As announced by the Qatari-owned global sports network, a 'deal' to continue operating in Egypt has fallen through, meaning all BeIN channels will stop broadcasting starting January 8th.
The new Sphinx International Airport (SPX) in western Cairo saw its first regular domestic flight as part of a trial operation of the airport, which is the part of the government's plan to stimulate tourism to the country.
The Minister of Civil Aviation Younes El-Masry and thr Minister of Tourism Rania Al-Mashat attended the ceremony to launch the flight from Sphinx to the popular South Sinai resort of Sharm El-Sheikh.
The airport aims to alleviate pressure on Cairo International Airport, which is located in eastern Cairo, and serve the Greater Cairo districts of 6 October and Sheikh Zayed, as well as the governorates of Fayoum and Beni Suef.
It also aims to serve tourists coming to visit the pyramids and the new Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), which is set to open in 2020, according to a statement issued by the ministry.
Construction work on the new airport started in 2017 by the Egyptian Consultancy Company with a budget of EGP 300 million.
Saturday’s flight was one of 30 flights scheduled to run by state airliner EgyptAir from 25 January to 9 February from Sphinx to the domestic airports of Sharm El-Sheikh, Hurghada, Luxor, and Aswan
During his tour of the new airport, El-Masry said that 2019 will witness a breakthrough in the civil aviation industry through the construction of new airports in the New Administrative Capital, which is located 45 kilometres east of Cairo, and the resort town of Berenice in Marsa Allam’s on the Red Sea in South in south Egypt.
The SPX has been dubbed the “300 passenger airport” per its accommodation capacity per hour.
The airport has a 975 square metre departure hall and a 1,100 square metre arrival hall. It also has a VIP hall.
The new airport is equipped with state-of-the-art technology in air traffic control and automatic landing systems and security systems such as x-ray explosive detectors and high end CCTV and thermal surveillance cameras.
訂正 東 → 西 ；The new Sphinx International Airport (SPX) in western Cairo saw its first regular domestic flight as part of a trial operation of the airport
【6月27日 AFP】エジプトサッカー協会（EFA）は26日、セクシュアルハラスメント（性的嫌がらせ）を行った疑いで、アフリカネーションズカップ（2019 The Africa Cup of Nations）に出場している同国代表のMFアムル・ワルダ（Amr Warda）をチームから追放したと発表した。
Dear frequent travellers, it’s now time to kiss your not so favourite trips to Mogamma goodbye and say hello to Abbasiya!
According to Youm7, the Egyptian Passports, Immigration, and Nationality Administration has been moved from the El Tahrir complex to the old Police Academy in Abbasiya. As of today, Monday 1st of July, 2019, Egyptians and foreigners should visit the new location to get their paperwork done. Services offered include issuing or renewal of passports, getting a security clearance, certificates of movement, applying for immigration, finishing refugee paperwork, applying for foreign and Egyptian nationalities.
It’s worth mentioning that you can now contact the administration via p.academy@moi.gov.eg. We hope that with this relocation we won’t have to worry about the crowds.
Ministry officials added that EgyptAir has also opened duty-free shops in both the arrival and departure halls ahead of today's launch
Ahram Online , Tuesday 9 Jul 2019
トゥクトゥク運転手がすべて同胞団支持者かどうかは別にしても、貧しい無職の若者層の声を代弁しているのは確かだろう。2016年、ある衛星テレビ番組がトゥクトゥク運転手にインタビューした。聞かれた運転手は正直に答える。「カイロなんてテレビの画面でみりゃウィーンみたいかもしれないけど、中にいりゃあソマリアみたいなもんさ」。この発言は多くの共感を得、政府の横やりでさっさと削除されたにも関わらず50万回再生され、「私はトゥクトゥク卒業生（#I am a Tuk Tuk Graduate）」というハシュタグが広まった。ちょうど経済悪化、生活物資不足が深刻化していた時期である。同年11月に久々に大規模な反政府抗議運動が企画されたが、政府にあえなく鎮圧された。
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He added that the bus will operate for a three-month trial period on one route from Tahrir Square (Abdel-Moniem Riad bus stop) to the American University in Cairo in the Fifth Settlement, passing by the Finance Ministry, Ramses and Air Force Hospital bus stops.
During the trial period, the governorate will test whether the bus is compatible with the operational conditions in Cairo.
The head of the Central Cairo electric bus operation department, Sami Hagag, said that the ticket price for the electric bus during its trial run will be EGP 10.
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【カイロ＝佐藤貴生】エジプトのマドブリ首相は１６日、新型コロナウイルスの感染拡大を防ぐため、１９日から３１日まで航空便の運航を停止すると発表した。同国政府は１５日から学校や大学を２週間、休校にするなど急ピッチで防止策を打ち出しているが、国庫を支える観光業への影響の懸念などから対応が遅れ、感染がさらに広がるとの見方も出ている。
Egypt’s Prime Minister ordered all restaurants, retail stores, cafes, cafeterias, night clubs, amusement parks, casinos and shopping centres to shut their doors from 7PM until 6AM each day until 31 March 2020 as part of the country’s efforts to battle COVID-19.
In a statement released on Thursday morning, the Prime Minister said that pharmacies, bakeries and supermarkets would be exempted from the measures. The Prime Minister also added that the measures will not prevent home food delivery services and other businesses that sell food and other goods, such as bakeries, supermarkets and pharmacies.
The number of confirmed cases rose to 210 as of Wednesday night, according to the Ministry of Health.
Egypt is imposing a partial curfew from 7 pm to 6 am for two weeks as of Wednesday morning as part of stricter measures to limit the spread of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said on Tuesday.
During the curfew hours, all mass public and private transport will be banned, Mabouly said.
Violators will be subject to emergency law penalties, which vary from a EGP 4,000 ($253) fine to jail terms.
The prime minister said the “firmer and stronger” measures are meant to minimize the risk of quick virus transmission, adding that even “stricter” measures may be taken in the future.
He urged Egyptians to comply with the new steps, warning of reaching the “dangerous” tally of 1,000 infections.
Egypt has so far registered 366 coronavirus cases, including 19 fatalities.
All shops and malls will be completely closed on the weekend and will shut down from 5 pm to 6am on weekdays, the prime minister said. Only supermarkets, pharmacies and bakeries will be exempt from the closure.
All Coffee shops will be totally shuttered and restaurants can only run delivery services.
エジプト国 大エジプト博物館・新首都移転 ２０２１年に延期 新コロナのため。 ：Egypt's Sisi puts off inauguration of New Administrative Capital, Grand Egyptian Museum to 2021 due to coronavirus concerns htt
エジプトの出生率は08年以降に上昇した。国連によると、同国では女性1人当たり3．5人の子を産み、人口の伸び率は1．8％になった。これは同国の過密な都市に半年ごとに100万人増える計算になる。 「子どもたちがどんどん増えている」。カイロのアメリカン大学講師で「Understanding Cairo： The Logic of a City Out of Control（カイロが分かる：混迷都市の論理）」の著者のデビッド・シムスは言った。「いったい彼らはどうなってしまうのだろう？」と疑問を投げかけた。tps://globe.asahi.com/article/13302112
The Islamic holy month of Ramadan will start in Egypt on Friday, the Islamic Dar El-Iftaa has announced .
During Ramadan, the ninth month on the Islamic calendar, Muslims abstain from drinking and eating from dawn until dusk, a practice that constitutes one of their religion's five pillars.
Endowments minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa has received a letter from health minister Hala Zayed stressing that there is no harm from fasting during Ramadan for healthy people. According to the letter, no studies have proved that fasting could reduce immunity and increase chances of contracting the coronavirus.
The Ministry of Endowments stressed in a statement on Wednesday that fasting is obligatory for healthy Muslims.
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The step aims to achieve discipline and reduce crowding in the capital's streets amid the coronavirus pandemic, Abdel-Aal said
Ahram Online , Monday 30 Nov 2020
According to the new decision, Cairo's commercial shops and centres will be allowed to operate from 7am local time to 11pm in the summer and from 7am till 10pm in the winter, while bazaars and restaurants will be open from 5am to 1am in the summer and from 5am to 12pm in the winter.
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