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Sahar underlines importance of mountainous tourism

Cairo - Mohamed Ammar

Egyptian tour guide Sahar Maged said that a new kind of tourism has emerged and attracted the attention of tourists from all over the world which is the mountainous tourism. She explained that the tourists who prefer to take this kind of tourism like to visit mountains. She added, in a statement to “Arabs Today”, “Indeed, the reason for theRead more

Eiffel Tower goes dark for Las Vegas victims

Paris - Muslimchronicle

The Eiffel Tower went dark on Monday night in tribute to the victims of the attacks in Las Vegas and Marseille. At least 59 people were killed and hundreds wounded Sunday when a gunman opened fire on a concert in Las Vegas in the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history. Earlier Sunday, a man knifed two young women toRead more

Al Sheikh expects notable increase

Cairo - Mohamed Ammar

Egyptian tour guide Wala Al Sheikh said that the world is preparing for a few months to welcome the new year, and there are several tourist destinations around the world that attract tourists because of their popularity, including the Eiffel Tower in France, Big Ben Square in England, Temples of Luxor and Aswan in Egypt, "along with the pyramids also.Read more

Man carrying knife arrested at Eiffel tower

Paris - Muslimchronicle

A man carrying a knife was arrested as he tried to force his way into the Eiffel Tower, the company that runs the Paris landmark said Sunday. The man, who was apparently alone, was "very quickly overpowered and arrested" and nobody was hurt, the statement added. The incident happened at 11:30 pm (2130 GMT) Saturday night, about half an hourRead more

Eiffel Tower knifeman wanted to attack soldier

Paris - Muslimchronicle

A man arrested at the Eiffel Tower brandishing a knife has told investigators he wanted to attack a soldier, a source close to the case told AFP Sunday. The man, aged around 19 and with a history of psychological problems, also said he had been in contact with someone from the Islamic State terror group who had encouraged him, theRead more

Egyptian tour guide calls Arab countries

Cairo - Mohamed Ammar

Egyptian tour guide Engy Jamal said that there is a kind of tourism that international tourism companies have begun to take care of, which is climbing tourism, saying that climbing before was based on the mountains, but today the climbing of the highlands either the world's largest buildings or archaeological buildings. She added, in a statement to “Muslimchronicle”, that aRead more

Paris tourism alive and kicking again

Paris - Muslimchronicle

High-kicking dancers are enthralling full houses again at the Moulin Rouge and art lovers are swarming the Louvre as Paris enjoys a tourism revival after plummeting numbers brought on by terror attacks. Tourists are increasingly refusing to give in to fear of being caught up in a jihadist attack such as the November 2015 bloodbath in the French capital andRead more

Activist demands Iran Olympics ban over 'sexual apartheid'

Paris - AFP

Iranian human rights activist Darya Safai on Friday demanded sports sanctions against her country as punishment for banning women from stadiums, a policy she described as "intolerable sexual apartheid". Speaking in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, one of the two cities bidding for the 2024 Olympics, the 42-year-old, wearing a tee-shirt bearing the slogan "Let Iranian women enterRead more

France’s Fillon battles to keep campaign afloat

Paris - Arab today

French conservative candidate Francois Fillon battled to keep his presidential bid afloat on Saturday by unveiling his policy platform in the eye of a storm over a fake jobs scandal. Marking his 63rd birthday, Fillon is trying to turn the page on a nightmare week that saw scores of defections from his camp after he admitted he will face criminalRead more