Al Iskandariyah (Egypt)

Lomami Fails Trials at El-Itthad

El-Itthad El-Iskandary based in Alexandria is one of the biggest football teams in Egypt. Read comments. Write your own. AllAfrica aggregates and indexes content from over 125 African news organizations, plus more than 200...

Concerns expressed over Indaba group manipulation

By George Conger The Archbishop of Jerusalem and the Middle East has welcomed Dr. Rowan Williams’ decision to hold the 2009 Primates Meeting in Alexandria, Egypt, telling The Church of England Newspaper the witness of Egypt’s...

ICLDC joins 500 buildings worldwide in global Monument Challenge drawing attention to Diabetes

Abu Dhabi's Imperial College London Diabetes Centre will be illuminated in blue to mark World Diabetes Day on November 14 2008. Worldwide, more than 500 buildings, well-known monuments and landmarks are being illuminated to...

Father seeks 'retribution' over child's death in Egypt school

Appearing on a popular show on official TV, Amr Badr, the father of an 11-year-old child kicked to death by his math teacher for not doing homework, demanded the resignation of the prime minister and the minister of education.

Nektarios the Wonderworker, Bishop of Pentapolis

Saint Nectarius was born in Selyvria of Thrace on October 1, 1846. After putting himself through school in Constantinople with much hard labour, he became a monk on Chios in 1876, receiving the monastic name of Lazarus; because...

Wolgang Haffner wows Alexandria

It seems jazz concerts in Egypt are like buses, you wait an age for one and then they all come at once. Those lucky enough to be present in the Jesuit Center, Alexandria, were given an insight into contemporary jazz at its very...

Media zeros in on violence in schools following child's death

CAIRO: The tragic death of 11-year-old Islam Badr has created media frenzy about corporal punishment in schools. The fourth grade student at Saad Othman Primary School in Alexandria died after being kicked in the stomach by his...

Guardia Civil board Italian ship after captain killed in fight

The crew of a Guardia Civil coastal patrol boat has boarded an Italian merchant vessel - the 'Paxi C', sailing from Alexandria (Egypt) to Gijón - anchored off Fisterra since its captain was killed in a fight with one of the...

European institute interested in Egypt’s 1st underwater museum

CAIRO: A mission launched by the European Institute for Underwater Archaeology is currently carrying out a feasibility study for the construction of the first underwater museum for Egyptian antiquities on the Mediterranean...

Sudan`s ex-president Mirghani dies in Egypt`s Alexandria

CAIRO, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- Ahmed al-Mirghani, former Sudanese president, died in Egypt's coastal city of Alexandria on Sunday, the Egyptian official MENA news agency reported. Mirghani, who is also a vice-president of Sudan's...

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