Author: Athanasios Koutoupas
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Critical film unnerves Egypt’s religious scholars
The film, called “Mawlana” (“Preacher”), has been screened at cinemas nationwide since Jan. 4. It has stirred up controversy among Islamic scholars who accuse its makers of tarnishing their reputation and call for it to be pulled from theaters. “Works that address religious texts should be reviewed by religious institutions before being made into films,”Shoukri…
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Egyptian museums achieve revenues of EGP 45m in 2016
According to a statement by the ministry’s museums division, the museums achieved the highest revenues in December, recording EGP 6.8m with 117,000 visitors, while the lowest revenue reached was $1.7m in June with 21,800 visitors. Minister of Antiquities Khaled El-Anany told Daily News Egypt that the number of visits of museums and archaeological sites has…
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EU Parliament chief tweets about Alexander the Great’s heritage
“I know my history very well. Alexander the Great was Greek and his ideas contributed to the birth of Europe,” he tweeted. Tajani had kicked up a storm last February saying, during a visit to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), that Alexander and Philip were very popular “ancestors” of the country’s Slavic population.…
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French Total preparing to drill off Cyprus for natural gas, says ministry source
Total, along with Italy’s ENI and Exxon Mobil, was awarded licenses for hydrocarbons exploration by Cyprus last month. The ministry source said Total plans to drill in block 11 of Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone, which shares a boundary to the south with the giant Egyptian Zohr natural gas well, the largest ever field discovered in…