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Cairo International Film Festival in Collaboration with “El Warsha” Organizes Acting Workshop with Marwa Gabriel

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The Cairo International Film Festival is organizing a special acting workshop in collaboration with “El Warsha” Foundation as part of the 45th edition of the festival, which runs from November 13 to 22. The four-day workshop will be led by renowned actress and acting coach Marwa Gabriel and aims to support and develop the skills of emerging actors. The workshop provides a unique opportunity for participants to hone their acting abilities through interactive, hands-on sessions. Applicants must be at least 21 years old and have a professional background in acting.…

FIPA and TIA listen to investors to boost Tunisia’s textile sector

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Credit goes to entreprises-magazine The Foreign Investment Agencye (FIPA-Tunisia) and the Tunisian Investment Authority (TIA) took part, from October 17 to 19, 2024, in the 6th edition of Intertex Tunisia, the largest North African trade show dedicated to the textile industry.This joint presence of the two organizations is part of an approach aimed at strengthening dialogue with potential investors and providing them with relevant information to support their projects, underlines FIPA.Organized at the Foire Internationale de Sousse, the event brought together some 250 companies from 19 countries. The Tunisian textile…

Draw results for Jasmin Open Monastir 2024 announced

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The Palais du Ribat in Monastir hosted the draw for the third edition of the Jasmin Open Monastir, which kicks off on Saturday September 7 and runs until September 15 on the courts of a hotel in the city. The tournament, ranked in the WTA 250 category, offers a total prize money of $250,000. In her opening speech, Salma Mouelhi, President of the Tunisian Tennis Federation, emphasized that the Jasmin Open has rapidly become one of the world’s most renowned tournaments on the women’s tennis circuit. In her opinion, the…

10 entrepreneurs in sustainable tourism receive awards as part of “Grow Together” program

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Ten entrepreneurs on Monday received prizes ranging from €4,000 to €8,000, or an overall amount of €52,000, as part of the contest of the entrepreneurial programme dedicated to businesses, startups and associations active in sustainable tourism “Grow Together”, The competition is part of the accompaniment component of the “Grow Together” programme, supported by the project “Promotion of Sustainable Tourism in Tunisia,” project manager Hela Ben Yahmed said at a workshop on “Entrepreneurship in Sustainable Tourism” held in Tunis. This is a joint action of the European Union under its “Tounes…

Tunisian Insurtech Startup Avidea Raises $696k in Pre-Series A round

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The Tunisian startup AVIDEA, announced that it has completed a Pre-Series A round of 2 million dinars led by one of the main private equity investors in Tunisia, Capsa Capital Partners, and the specialized investment fund 216 CAPITAL FUND I managed by the management company 216 CAPITAL VENTURES, ffnews reports. This funding round will be allocated to strengthen the AVIDEA team with new talent, develop the functional scope of its products and search for new markets. The products currently offered by AVIDEA, namely DigiClaim and DigiFraud, respectively for the digitalization of the automobile disaster…

Global Olive Oil Imports down

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Global virgin olive oils and non-virgin olive oils imports have significantly fallen during the 2020/21 crop year, according to the data reported by the International Olive Council (IOC). Between October 2020 and August 2021, total olive oil imports reached 813,476 tons, representing an eight-per cent drop compared with the previous season. Virgin olive oils constituted 76 per cent of all imports, followed by non-virgin olive oils with 19 per cent and olive pomace oils at six per cent The 2020/21 crop year was heavily affected by the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic on olive oil commercialization,…

Egyptian film ‘The Curfew’ to participate in Cairo Int’l Film Festival competition

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Written and directed by Amir Ramses, the film will have its world premiere during the 42nd edition of CIFF, scheduled to take place in November. The film The Curfew (Hazr Tagawol) by Amir Ramses has been chosen to participate in the international competition of the 42nd Cairo International Film Festival scheduled to take place between 19 and 28 November, the CIFF organisers revealed. The festival’s president’s Mohamed Hefzy revealed on the festival’s website that “the audience of CIFF are always interested in any participation of an Egyptian movie in the…

Tunisia is reopening to international tourists this month

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In hopes of salvaging summer along its thousands of kilometres of Mediterranean coastline, Tunisia is reopening its borders to international visitors at the end of the month. Algerians and Europeans – including British tourists – will be permitted back into the country from 27 June, and a further announcement about conditions of entry into the country is expected next week. Tunisia was locked down in mid-March and has recorded zero new coronavirus cases since 2 June, as well as one of the lowest numbers of cases per capita of any country on…

Cairo Film Festival to close its 41st session on Friday evening

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The 41st session of the Cairo International Film Festival, which kicked off on November 20 with the film “Irish” by Famous Director Martin Scorsese, will close on Friday evening. The festival was marked by the screening of more than 150 films from 63 countries, including 35 films in its first international screenings in addition to the 84 films in its premiere in the Middle East and North Africa. The festival also registered the organization of the festival platform “Days of the Cairo Film Industry” as well as a large number…

Germany denies it plans to fly migrants back to Italy

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Germany on Sunday denied an Italian newspaper report that it planned to fly migrants back to Italy, after the allegation drew a threat from Italy’s Interior Minister to refuse landing permission to unauthorised planes carrying asylum seekers. La Repubblica reported on Saturday that Germany’s refugee agency had sent “dozens of letters” to migrants advising them of a planned transfer back to Italy, possibly via charter flights. The first such transfer is planned for Oct. 9, it said. Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said on Sunday Italy would close its airports to…