Egyptian cinemas tore down posters for Marvel’s latest entry to its blockbuster cinematic universe the “Eternals”, which was scheduled to be released in cinemas earlier in November, after a decree by the Censorship Authority for Artistic Works banned the movie due to homosexual scenes. A source within the censorship authority said that the film-producing company refused to make amendments to the scenes that are considered inappropriate to Egyptian morals and opted to just ban the film. The Eternals sparked great controversy due to homosexual scenes between two heroes of the movie, as well as scenes where a god appeared and was addressed during the scene. Angelina Jolie, one of the film’s heroines, denounced the ban saying at a press conference: “I’m sad for [those audiences]. This happened with the 2004 movie “Brokeback Mountain”, which was screened in Egypt after cutting homosexual scenes.

The first phase of the clinical trial of an Egyptian-made vaccine produced with raw materials at the National Research Center started Sunday, announced Ministry of Health spokesperson Hossam Abdel Ghaffar. Abdel Ghaffar said that there was still a rise in the number of coronavirus infections across Egypt. The occupancy rate of ventilators is less than 30 percent, he added. Abdel Ghaffar stated that the number of those who received the first or second doses of coronavirus vaccine in Egypt is about 40 million people. He added that the Health Ministry aims for 40 million more people to receive two doses of the vaccine at the end of December.

CAIRO - 15 November 2021: The ministries, government bodies, and universities started on Monday implementing a decision taken earlier by the higher committee for the management of the coronavirus crisis under Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli not to allow unvaccinated civil servants to enter their workplaces. The decision stipulates that non-vaccinated civil servants will have to undergo PCR tests every week otherwise they will be prevented from entering the workplace. In this regard, Higher Education Minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, accompanied by Cairo University President Mohamed el Khosht, inspected the university's gates and vaccination centers. Moreover, Local Development Minister Mahmoud Sharawi directed the governors to follow up daily the vaccination process of civil servants in the governorates. Also, Spokesman of the Agriculture Ministry Mohamed el Qersh told MENA that no unvaccinated civil servant has entered his workplace, adding about 10,000 doses had been administered to the ministry's staff.

CAIRO – 15 November 2021: Egypt has received 73 million doses of eight different coronavirus vaccines, Health Ministry Spokesman Hossam Abdel-Ghaffar said on Monday. Egypt has received doses from the vaccines of Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Moderna, AstraZeneca, Sinovac, Sinopharm, Sputnik V. This is in addition to the raw material for the production of Sinovac/VACSERA vaccine doses. Egypt has vaccinated almost 40 million people against coronavirus since the start of its vaccination campaign, Health Ministry Spokesman Hossam Abdel Ghaffar told media on Sunday. Egypt has set a deadline of 15 November for those working in the education sector as well as public sector employees. All those who have not received the vaccine will not be able to enjoy governmental services, Abdel Ghaffar said.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Sunday approved giving the COVID-19 vaccine to children between the ages of 5 and 11. The Health Ministry decision follows approval by U.S. health authorities earlier this month to OK the vaccine for the same age group. Experts say Israel’s aggressive vaccination efforts have helped curb the spread of the coronavirus and bring a recent wave of the delta variant under control. But it has seen the coronavirus continue to spread among unvaccinated populations, including children. In a statement, the Health Ministry said its director general, Dr. Nachman Ash, accepted a recommendation from expert advisers to inoculate children with the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine.

CAIRO – 15 November 2021: Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry hailed the long-standing strategic ties between Egypt and the UAE. Shoukry's comments came during his meeting, Sunday with his UAE counterpart Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan on the sidelines of the 12th session of the annual Sir Bani Yas Forum, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Hafez said. Shoukry initiated the meeting with conveying President Abdel Fattah El Sisi's greetings to UAE President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. On his side, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan lauded the UAE-Egyptian ties, confirming his country's support for the current development boom that Egypt witnesses at all levels. Shoukry participated in the 12th annual Sir Bani Yas Forum organized by the UAE Foreign Ministry under the auspices of Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Sunday.

Egypt’s Ministry of Health and Population on Saturday reported 929 new coronavirus cases, 69 deaths, and 543 recoveries. A total of 343,026 cases have been disclosed in Egypt, this includes 19,435 deaths and 286,891 recoveries. Moreover, the Health Ministry has stated that official figures most likely only represent 10 percent of actual cases. Egypt has thus far succeeded in providing all types of vaccines against the coronavirus, according to the directives of the political leadership. Taj Eddin explained that Egypt has diversified sources of obtaining vaccines, such as the Chinese vaccine, AstraZeneca, or Johnson & Johnson, as well as vaccines from the Global Vaccine Alliance.

Recently, she joined El Gouna Film Festival and Carthage Film Festival (JCC) with her short film Khadija, directed by Mourad Mostafa. Furthermore, She co-instructed the Costume Design workshop, along with prolific American costume designer Deborah Landis, who worked on the costume design of a number of significant Hollywood works; Indiana Jonesfilm series and Thriller music video by Michael Jackson. Earlier this year, Alexandria Short Film Festival selected Costume Designer Reem El Adl as a jury member at the festival’s latest edition in 2021. Egyptian Costume Designer Reem El Adl worked on more than 30 films and TV series. After working as an assistant costume designer in several films and TV series, she trained with veteran costume designer Nahed Nasrallah for a whole year.

CAIRO – 14 November 2021: The Engineering Automotive Manufacturing Co. (EAMCO), one of the companies of the Ministry Public Business Sector signed a cooperation agreement with the Egyptian Brightskies Company to develop control technology for managing the operation of electric vehicles. This agreement comes within the framework of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi’s directives to switch to using clean energy vehicles, especially electricity, and to localize this important industry in Egypt. Minister of Public Business Sector, Hisham Tawfik who witnessed the signing ceremony stressed that the cooperation with Brightskies reflects the state's keenness to maximize partnerships with the private sector, especially with regard to modern technology in light of the global trend and the development witnessed in the field of electric cars, with the aim of keeping pace with progress in this industry and increasing the proportion of the local component and localizing technology in Egypt, according to a statement today. He explained that the agreement aims to cooperate in the production of power units, units and electrical control systems and the installation of a basic engine for the vehicle to complete the operation, in preparation for obtaining all credits to complete the localization of the electric vehicle industry in Egypt as repetitive patterns with multiple capabilities to serve all market needs of different models, starting from private cars to mass transit buses. He added that the prototype is scheduled to be developed within a year to manufacture a microbus (15 passengers) to work in the local market, containing a local component of more than 80 percent, as all the basic components are designed and manufactured through cooperation between the engineering company and the Egyptian Brightskies Company.

Meteorologists predict moderate weather on Monday during the daytime on Greater Cairo, Lower Egypt, northern Upper Egypt, and the northern coasts and moderately hot on South Sinai, and hot on southern Upper Egypt. The weather will be mild at night and moderately cold at late night and the early hours of the morning. Maximum temperatures:Alexandria and Cairo: 26CHurghada: 29CSharm el-Sheikh, Qena and Luxor: 30CAswan: 32CMists are expected in the morning on some roads leading to Greater Cairo, Lower Egypt, the northern coasts, Suez Canal cities, and central Sinai. There are chances of light rainfall (30%) on the northwestern coasts. Waves in the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea will be low to moderate, ranging between one and 1.5 meters in height with northwestern surface winds on both seas.

CAIRO – 14 November 2021: Egypt’s Minister of Trade and Industry, Nevine Gamea, issued two ministerial decisions to stop the work of resolution No. 907 of 2019 and 168 of 2021, which are related to imposing preventive measures on imports of billet, rebar and aluminum products. The minister said in a statement Sunday, that these two decisions came as a result of the significant rise in the global economy from high inflation rates and energy prices, as well as the rise in the prices of materials and production requirements, which negatively affects the Egyptian productive and export sectors, stressing the ministry's keenness to support all industrial sectors. , especially that the industrial sector is a major locomotive for the national economy. "This matter negatively affects the competitiveness of Egyptian exports of these products, as well as the economic and development policy adopted by the Egyptian state, especially in light of the national projects being implemented to achieve sustainable development,” he added.

Barca announced the deal on Friday and Alves, 38, will arrive in Spain on Saturday. Alves had just become a free agent after terminating his contract with Sao Paulo following a dispute over unpaid wages. They played together at Barcelona for seven seasons, from 2008 to 2015, and won 19 titles together, including three Champions Leagues. With Xavi's blessing, club officials called Alves' agents on Thursday to schedule an online meeting for Friday. Alves agreed to keep the contract and salary to a minimum, helping Barca avoid breaching Financial Fair Play rules.

CAIRO – 13 November 2021: Minister of Workforce Mohamed Saafan highlighted Saturday the accident/life insurance of up to LE100,000 ($6,250) offered to irregular workers saying that 10 of those have received the insurance sum. Minister of Social Solidarity Nevine al-Qabaj stated in April in meeting with media personnel that Egypt is the only country in the world that dedicated a budget for granting monetary subsidies to irregular workers. In previous statements, the minister noted that the number of irregular workers in Egypt is 11.8 million contributing by 40 percent in the country's GDP. That initiative also targeted irregular workers in the tourism sector, which was hit badly worldwide. The first consists of the five governorates with the largest number of irregular workers benefiting 30,000 families.

Meteorologists predict moderate weather on Sunday during the daytime on Greater Cairo, Lower Egypt, and the northern coasts and moderately hot on northern Upper Egypt, and South Sinai, and hot on southern Upper Egypt. Maximum temperatures:Alexandria and Cairo: 27CSharm el-Sheikh and Hurghada: 29CQena and Luxor: 30CAswan: 31CMists are expected in the morning on some roads leading to Greater Cairo, Lower Egypt, the northern coasts, Suez Canal cities, and central Sinai. There are chances of light rainfall (30 percent) on the northwestern coasts, and southern Upper Egypt. Waves in the Mediterranean Sea will be low to moderate, ranging between one and 1.75 meters in height with northeastern to northwestern surface winds. Waves in the Red Sea will be low to moderate, ranging between one and 1.75 meters in height with northwestern surface winds.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi held talks at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Friday with French President Emmanuel Macron. Sisi also held separate talks with Prime Minister Jean Castex, Minister of Economy and Finance Bruno Le Maire, and Minister of the Armed Forces of France Florence Parly. President Sisi’s meetings with French officials came on the sidelines of his current visit to Paris to participate in the international conference on Libya. President Sisi praised the distinguished level of bilateral and strategic relations between the two countries in various fields, especially at the political, economic, commercial and military levels. Sisi expressed his desire continue consulting with the French president on a regular basis, whether regarding issues of bilateral cooperation and deepening Egyptian-French partnership, or in connection with regional and international issues of common interest.