The global art world will be focused on Basel, Switzerland, this week as the world s largest art fair presents renowned and upcoming contemporary work from across the 20th and 21st centuries.Amid so much global political chaos, the role of the artist has never been more important, said Art Basel director Marc Spiegler during a press conference before the opening of the 48th edition of the Swiss art fair.

Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass will publish next year an encyclopedia on Egypt’s ancient history in collaboration with the Egyptian-Russian Foundation for Culture and Science, Hussein al-Shafei, the foundation’s president said on Saturday.

The Egyptian Archaeological Mission in Alexandria on Thursday discovered a Hellenic-era tomb in Al-Shatby district of Alexandria city. The Head of the Ancient Egyptian Antiquities Sector at the Ministry of Antiquities, Mahmoud Afifi, said the discovery was made during the excavation work carried out by an Egyptian archaeological mission from the ministry’s inspectorate in Alexandria.

An Egyptian parliament committee is set to discuss a draft law prohibiting parents from giving their children foreign names in the country. The proposed law was introduced by MP Bedier Abdel Aziz, according to Egypt Independent. A meeting will be held by members of the Parliament s Complaints and Suggestions committee on Tuesday to discuss whether the draft law will be passed. Aziz says the law is necessary to preserve th

Egypt s interior minister has advised Christians to curtail their visits to churches and monasteries in light of the rash of violence targeted against Christians.

Starting Sunday, senior citizens and disabled passengers around Egypt can request a wheelchair when commuting by the country’s metro system, following Minister of Transport Hesham Arafat’s order last month to facilitate their availability.

Early this week, scientists and researchers from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History at the University of Tubingen in Germany revealed that the ancient Egyptians were genetically related to ancient Turkey and the Levant and not as African as had previously been thought. The results were published in the journal Nature Communication after a DNA analysis on 151 Egyptian mummies from a period lasting from 1388 BC to 426 CE when Egypt become a province of the Roman Empire had been conducted.

Shah Rukh Khan’s business manager and assistant Pooja Dadlani revealed that Shah Rukh’s episode with Egyptian prankster Ramez Galal was scripted in agreement with the Indian superstar before being staged. “Ramez Underground”, a prank show hosted by Egyptian comedian Ramez Galal, is broadcast daily on MBC channel throughout the month of Ramadan.

After walking away empty-handed at the Grammy Awards and the Academy of Country Music Awards earlier this year, Keith Urban found redemption at the CMT Music Awards, which aired live Wednesday from the Music City Center in Nashville, Tennessee. The country star picked up four awards on Wednesday night in Nashville, including video of the year, male video, collaborative video and social superstar of the year.

Ella and Alexander were born to the celebrity couple Tuesday morning – one of the most hotly anticipated births since the Jolie-Pitt twins. George Clooney was “sedated,” the couple joked, while mom and babies were fine.George and Amal Clooney are now parents, having welcomed their twins, a boy and a girl, on Tuesday.

They formed the charming backdrop to Graham Greene s sin-filled Saigon in “The Quiet American,” but the colonial-era buildings of Vietnam s biggest city are disappearing quickly.Any visitor to Ho Chi Minh City, as Saigon is now known, cannot help but notice the construction cranes dotting an increasingly crowded skyline. They are the most visible symbols of one of Asia s fastest growing economies. But like many locals, office worker Tran Trong Vu is dismayed the city s gleaming new look is so often at the expense of its colonial-era architecture. “They have cultural value, so we should preserve them, not replace them with high-rise buildings,” he told. Others are concerned the demolition of its famed French architectural gems will render Ho Chi Minh City indistinguishable from other Asian megacities. “In the 1960s and 1970s it was very much French, but now it s very Americanized, McDonald s on every corner,” said Hiep Nguyen, born in Ho City Minh City and author of several books on its architectural history. “A streetscape without a story has no value,” he added.

Since the beginning of 2017, almost no week passes by without any new discovery announced by the Ministry of Antiquities. Ten tombs dating back to the late period have been discovered on Thursday in Aswan, Mahmoud Afifi, the head of the Ancient Egyptian Antiquities Sector at the Ministry of Antiquities announced on the Ministry s official Facebook page. The tombs were discovered near the Aga Khan Mausoleum on Aswan s western bank by a team of archaeologists on a mission by the ministry.

The Egyptian Opera House, headed by Enas Abdel Dayem, will inaugurate its Ramadan celebrations, held at the Open Theater, with a performance of the Al-Hadra Sufi ensemble at 9:30 pm on Wednesday. The performance will be inspired by different Egyptian Sufi orders such as al-Naqshabandeya, al-Khalileya, and al-Borhaneya.

The first El Gouna Film Festival, scheduled for September, has received strong shows of international support since its announcement in May, including from important movie industry figures at the Cannes Film Festival, according to a press release. "El Gouna Team was greeted with the warmest wishes and congratulatory messages from the most important members of the film festival world," read the press release after Cannes.

Eating more red meat is associated with an increased risk of dying from eight common diseases including cancer, diabetes and heart disease, as well as all other causes of death, according to a recent U.S. study. Researchers examined data on almost 537,000 adults aged 50 to 71 and found the people who consumed the most red meat had 26 percent higher odds than those who ate the least of dying from a variety of causes.

Lebanese authorities banned the new “Wonder Woman” movie Wednesday hours before it was due to premiere in the capital and following a campaign against its lead actress, Gal Gadot, who served in the Israeli army, a security official and activists said.

The Ramadan TV season has only just begun, yet the drama has already started with several conflicts between Egypt’s Censorship Authority and satellite channels and producers over content rating, which was stipulated by Culture Minister Helmy al-Namnam. The head of the Censorship Authority, Khaled Abdel-Galil, said censorship is part of a system that includes the Free Zone, channels and producers. He explained that the content rating is about not only the age restrictions, sex, and violence, but also includes eight other indicators. He said he rejected the practice of excessive content rating for age-restricted content.

The General Syndicate for Air Hostesses in Egypt slammed two Ramadan series on Tuesday for the fallacies they showed about the work of flight attendants.

Lebanese authorities banned the new “Wonder Woman” movie Wednesday hours before it was due to premiere in the capital and following a campaign against its lead actress, Gal Gadot, who served in the Israeli army, a security official and activists said.

American pop star Ariana Grande sent a message out on Friday that she will hold a benefit concert in Manchester for the victims of Monday’s suicide bombing at her show in the English city. Grande said in a message on her Instagram and Twitter accounts that a date for the concert had not yet been worked out. Grande wrote “I’ll be returning to the incredibly brave city of Manchester to spend time with my fans and to have a benefit concert in honor of and to raise money for the victims and their families.”

Mostafa al-Feki held a press conference on Sunday to announce his appointment as the new director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina library, in the presence of former director Ismail Serageldin and Adel El-Beltagy, chairman of the BA Executive Committee.