Author: Athanasios Koutoupas
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Critical film unnerves Egypt’s religious scholars
Egypt’s religious scholars are up in arms over a new film that takes on the nation’s sheikhs and mosque preachers. 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…
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Egyptian museums achieve revenues of EGP 45m in 2016
The Ministry of Antiquities’ affiliated museums have achieved total revenues of $45m with 974,400 visitors 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…
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EU Parliament chief tweets about Alexander the Great’s heritage
European Parliament President Antonio Tajani sought on Thursday, with a tweet written in Greek, to set the record straight with regard to comments he made last year about the ethnicity of Alexander the Great and his father, Philip II of Macedon. “I know my history very well. Alexander the Great was Greek and his ideas…
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French Total preparing to drill off Cyprus for natural gas, says ministry source
French energy company Total is preparing to make an exploratory marine drilling off Cyprus, a Ministry of Commerce and Energy source said on Saturday. 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’…