Mohamed Diab is an Egyptian director and screenwriter – and with “Moon Knight”, Marvel’s first Arab director. Diab made it his mission to involve as much Egyptian talent on the project, both on and off-screen. Even the main theme for Moon Knight blends its oriental and modern aspects effortlessly. Moon Knight along with upcoming Marvel projects are proof that people need new, diverse stories. If renewed for a second season, Diab promises to include more Egyptian talent and give them the platform they rightfully deserve.

CAIRO, 15 June 2022: The Egyptian national football team's delegation arrived in Cairo from South Korea, after a friendly match between the two teams on Tuesday. The delegation of the Egyptian national team was headed by Khaled El Darandali, Vice President of the Football Association, and Mohamed Barakat, EFA Board member. Our national team lost 1-4 against South Korea during the match that brought them together on Tuesday afternoon, at the latter's stadium in the Korean capital, "Seoul". The national team presented a modest show over the 90 minutes, to continue the lackluster performances after losing to Ethiopia last Thursday with a clean double in the African Nations Qualifiers (Cote d'Ivoire 2023). Our team played a friendly Korea Republic with a formation that included Muhammad Al-Shennawi, Yasser Ibrahim, Omar Jaber, Mahmoud Al-Wensh, Omar Kamal, Amr Al-Sulayya, Muhannad Lashin, Ahmed Refaat, Ahmed Hamdi, Ibrahim Adel and Mustafa Muhammad.

As NATO and allied defense ministers prepare to meet with their Ukrainian counterpart in Brussels, a top adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his compatriots are eagerly awaiting “a decision” on weapon supplies. “Ratio [Russia] / [Ukraine] artillery in some areas: 10 to 1,” said Mykhailo Podolyak, adviser to the Head of the Office of President of Ukraine, on Twitter. “Daily, I receive a message from the defenders: ‘We are holding on, just say: when to expect the weapons?.’ I address this question to the Rammstein participants. Ukrainian officials have warned that Russia is gaining ground in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, specifically in the city of Severodonetsk, which has seen some of the heaviest fighting recently. Without an influx of more weapons, some Ukrainian officials have said it will be increasingly difficult to halt Russia’s incremental progress or reclaim occupied ground in the region.

He continued by saying that the inauguration of this forum in Egypt represents great achievements for the Egyptian state. Egypt and other gas-producing countries will benefit from directing gas to bridge the gap in Europe. Egypt will benefit from using its infrastructure and its more than 130 years of experience to export its own gas, or the gas of neighboring countries such as Cyprus and Israel, he added. He said that Egypt’s production of gas is currently close to 7 billion cubic feet, pointing out that only Egypt and Algeria have gas liquefaction stations as Mediterranean countries have no infrastructure to build gas liquefaction plants. Egyptian Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Tarek al-Mulla said in May that Egyptian gas exports to Europe range from 10 to 15 percent.

CAIRO – 15 June 2022: The eighth version of the annual Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians kicked off on Wednesday in Egypt’s Sharm El-Sheikh city to coordinate parliamentary action to mitigate the climate change impact. Bringing together young parliamentarians from dozens of countries, the Eighth Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians (15-16 June) will also coordinate action on ensuring that global warming does not exceed 1.5 degree Celsius in line with the Paris Agreement. The Conference is open to young parliamentarians under 45 years of age. As climate change and global warming represent the most urgent and vital issue in 2022, the eighth IPU conference will address efforts to mitigate climate change impacts. Egypt has expressed keenness to put the African climate change concerns at the forefront of the topics the session will address.

CAIRO - 14 June 2022: Minister of State for Military Production Mohamed Ahmed Morsi has stressed the depth of relations with Iraqi Defense Minister Jomaa Enad Saadoun during a Tuesday meeting. Morsi said that his ministry is keen on implementing the directives of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to increase cooperation with Iraq in all fields, especially in military industrialization and technology transfer among others. The two ministers toured a factory producing and repairing armors (Military Factory 200) accompanied by top Egyptian and Iraqi military officials along with Iraqi Ambassador in Cairo Ahmed Nayef Al Deleimi. The Iraqi minister, for his part, hailed Egypt's efforts to support Iraq at all levels and expressed hope for promoting cooperation and making use of Egypt's experiment in the development domain. Media advisor to the Ministry of State for Military Production and official spokesman for the ministry Mohamed Bakr said the two sides agreed to continue coordination and consultations on issues of mutual concern and cooperation.

CAIRO – 14 June 2022: The Royal Diwan of Saudi Arabia announced Tuesday that U.S. President Joe Biden would attend on July 16 a summit encompassing the heads of state of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, as well as Egypt, Jordan, and Iraq. Biden's tour in the Middle East also comprises Israel and Palestine, as his arrival is set for July 13. The last direct contact between Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and US President Joe Biden was on May 24, 2021. “Both presidents agreed to intensify diplomatic efforts in the coming period to reach an agreement that preserves water and development rights for all parties,” the Egyptian Presidency's statement indicated. The US President had also affirmed that his country would deploy efforts to ensure Egypt's water security would not be put in jeopardy.

CAIRO – 14 June 2022: Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli attended Tuesday the signing of a quadrilateral memorandum of understanding (MoU) to build an automotive factory in the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCzone) located Eastern Port Said. The factory, to be named EPAZ, should be able to produce 75,000 vehicles per annum in the first phase. The prime minister had stated earlier today that Egypt imported $4-billion worth of vehicles in 2021, and that demand is estimated to rise threefold in the coming decade. Chairman of GAFI Mohamed Abdel Wahab noted that Sumitomo Egypt already produces braided cables, supplying to automotive corporations in Europe and the Middle East. Chairman of Sumitomo Egypt Ahmed Magdy stated that the factory is estimated to be accomplished in a year and a half, so it would enter service by the end of 2023.

CAIRO – 14 June 2022: Egyptian wrestler Ashraf Mahrous, known as Kabonga, is aiming to register a new record of pulling heavy vehicles, by a new challenge on Tuesday, where he plans to pull 6 metro vehicles. He celebrated his achievement by posting a picture of the official record certificate on his Facebook account, along with photos of his attempts to pull the truck. He previously pulled a metro vehicle using his arms at a workshop in Shubra district, Cairo, to break the Malaysian record of 204 tons in 2021. In a press statement to Veto, Mahrous said that he had submitted a request to the metro company and he's just waiting for approval to pull the metro using his physical and arm strength. He also confirmed that he met with the spokesman for the metro company to discuss his request and the possibility of implementation.

Cairo, Egypt (CNN) – After eight months of political paralysis, the kingmaker of Iraqi politics has ordered his bloc to withdraw from parliament. The stepdown of Shia Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr’s entire group of 73 lawmakers is the largest shakeup in Iraqi politics since an October election saw Iran-backed Shiite blocs losing seats to the Sadrists. “This is a tectonic shift that threatens to derail the post-2003 political order in its entirety,” said Ranj Alaaldin, nonresident fellow in the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution, a think tank in Washington, DC. Sadr may be signaling to his supporters that he has done all he can to try to form a government with his Iran-aligned Shiite rivals, said Jiyad. The move may also be a threat to other parties, showing them that they cannot do without him, he added.

Egyptian singer Amr Diab topped Twitter trends after announcing the launch of a new resort in the North coast this summer. Diab’s Facebook account announced the imminent opening of a resort, his second project in cooperation with Emirati businessman Mohammed al-Abbar, combining music and sports features. Diab announced early in June the launch of a series of luxury hotels named “Locanda” as an investment project away from singing. And Diab recently released a new remix of his “Hatedalaa” song through a music app. The audience interacted with Diab, who sang his latest abum songs “Hatedalaa”.

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"Raqamyat" announces the launch of its business in the Egypt's market with exclusive packages, boosting E-commerce, maximizing sellers' profits"More Than Just a Seller" is a national initiative to support SMEs with a smart business bundle, tying it to achieving financial goalsIn line with Egypt's Vision 2030 towards digitization, Raqamyat, a company specialized in providing integrated solutions to e-payments and e-commerce, has announced launching its business in the Egypt's market with exclusive packages to boost e-commerce and maximize sellers' profits. The size of retail e-commerce is on the rise globally, especially after Covid-19 pandemic. He adds that "Raqamyat provides an innovative model from successful strategic partnerships that eventually serves the market in Egypt. Egypt comes in the second place in MENA region in regard to size and value of e-commerce. The size of e-commerce in Egypt reached 4.9 Billion USD in 2021 following Covid-19 crisis, as the size of retail e-commerce sales had reached 3.6 Billion USD before the pandemic.

The Al Azhar Islamic Research Academy launched an initiative calling for saving the high costs of marriage dubbed “Li Taskono Ilayha” (To dwell in tranquillity with them). The Islamic Research Academy announced the launch of the comprehensive initiative to confront some of the wrong customs and traditions that some people resort to in their marriage, which has resulted in continuous suffering for young people. According to what the Islamic Research Academy stated through a video published on their official Facebook page, on Sunday, this initiative addresses several stages of marriage, namely engagement, preparation for marriage, and marriage itself. The initiative advised minimizing mutual gifts as gifts are a symbol of affection and not for bragging. It advised against extending the engagement period in a way that leads to problems, and recommended agreeing on the costs of marriage before signing the marriage contract.

CAIRO - 13 June 2022: The Ministry of Planning and Economic Development allocated LE 200 billion to implement the first phase of the presidential initiative Hayah Karima "A Dignified Life" mid-last year at the level of 1,500 villages in 52 centers, where 30 percent of the allocations were directed to green projects and environmental improvement. In the forefront of these projects are the drinking water and sanitation projects, irrigation and agriculture, transportation and energy. The canal lining project is one of the projects with economic and environmental returns that the state is implementing within the projects of a decent life at the level of Egyptian villages. The ministry explained in its report that the cost of decent life projects increased from LE 600 billion to nearly LE 1 trillion, as the decent life initiative is the largest development initiative in the world, both in terms of the scope of the impact that extends to 60 percent of the population of the republic, and the size of the projects that are being implemented. The Egyptian state aims to complete the development of all 4,600 villages in the Egyptian countryside, comprising 58 million people, by 2025 instead of 2030, which will contribute to shortening 5 years of development, and achieving one of its most important goals, which is the eradication of poverty.