The El Gouna Stars Cat and Dog Welfare Program is dedicated to to the care and wellbeing of the free roaming street cats and dogs of El Gouna "Be kind to every kind, not just man kind." Anthony Douglas Williams Shona from El Gouna Stars shows us how being  compassionate can have the best effects on animals in the accompanying video and invites volunteers to contact ‘El Gouna Stars’ on Facebook WATCH VIDEO

Rotary Club of Red Sea - El Gouna held an Orphans Day on Friday 13th  April 2018 at Senzo Mall. Over 30 orphans, and ten Bedouin children from  Rotary's Power of Hands project for the deaf and hearing impaired,  enjoyed a fun day of activities.  With thanks to Mercure Hotels, a bus was provided to pick up the  children in Hurghada. X-Nation kindly set the mood with fun music as the  children played and enjoyed coloring outside McDonald's Restaurant who   kindly offered their garden and seating area for the day. Kidzo Indoor  Playground invited the children to spend time enjoying all the  attractions of rides, dodgem cars, roundabouts, and electronic games. Founder of The Fitness Playground Nirvana Zaher gifted the children with  T shirts and held fitness games on the sand outside Senzo Mall. With all the activities the children welcomed complimentary McDonald's  Happy Meals before returning home with b...

Sea Cinema have 3 screens.  Program times are: 1: 00 pm  4:00 pm 7:00 pm 10:00 pm  location  El Gouna Behind Rehana Hotel  Ticket Price: 50 EGP face book page  https://www.facebook.com/ElgounaSeaCinema booking  http://www.elcinema.com/theater/3101280 For more info Contact :01271300042-01273393007

El Gouna Tennis club players gathered at the club courts on Friday to remember fellow friend and tennis player Martin Valnicek who sadly passed away the previous Friday, March 30th, as a result of a tragic car accident.  A minute of silence was observed before Martin’s memory was evoked: his charm, smile, superior tennis skills, his love and devotion to his wife and two children.  Ideas to preserve his memory included making a plaque with his name to place by tennis court.  Martin’s departure is still a shock for all who knew him. At 38, he was too young to go. The Slovakian had been living for over twelve years in Hurghada, working as a freelance tour guide and diving instructor.  Martin leaves behind his wife Valli and a young son and daughter.    To return to Gouna News - Press Here

By: Marina Gamil Sun, Apr. 8, 2018 In the Red Sea naturalists’ haven of Marsa Alam lies Wadi el-Gemal National Park, a series of vegetated Red Sea islands home to unique terrestrial features and an abundance of marine life. The hilly, mountainous terrain stretches across the Red Sea as well as the coastal deserts, boasting ancient rock formations and breeding grounds for endangered species, including the green turtle and Dorcas gazelle.  Over the years the area has become more and more popular with tourists, who come to see sea turtles in the summer digging holes in the sand to lay their eggs, explore the marine life, and enjoy the simple serene Bedouin life, eating traditional food and drinking tea and coffee while watching the sun disappear behind the golden sand dunes at the end of the day. At Hamata island, visitors stop at Qulaan, which is known for its white sands and shallow warm lake that cuts into the waters of the Red Sea. The area is full of mang...

El Gouna is proud to present the live broadcasting from the Metropolitan, New York’s famous Opera House,  on Saturday, April 14,  2018 at 6:30 pm ,  at El Gouna’s High Tech Facility – TUB’s Audi Max, of  Verdi’s Luisa Miller Opera.  Tickets are available at the Information Center Downtown H1, opposite CIB Bank, for 10€ or 200LE.  Opening hours are daily  from 9am-5pm . Also you can buy youir ticket prior the event at the Technical University of Berlin directly.  For more information kindly contact the Information Center on 16650 Please also check The Metropolitan Opera  website .

PV cells are typically made of polycilicon formed of Quartzite – CC via Pixabay/blickpixel By:  MENA Sun, Apr. 1, 2018 CAIRO - 1 April 2018: Minister of Electricity Mohamed Shaker Sunday conferred with CEO of the New and Renewable Energy Development Authority Mohamed el-Khayat on the latest developments in the establishment of an electricity generation station using photovoltaic cell (PV cell) systems of 20 megawatts in Hurghada in cooperation with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).  Steps are currently being taken to offer a tender to select the project's contractor in September. The project will start operation in mid-2019 to produce around 32 gigawatts that would save about 7,000 tons of oil equivalent and reduce the emission of around 17,000 tons of carbon dioxide.  The move has been taken in continuation of regular follow-up on the indices of the level of performance of companies and authorities affiliated to the electricity sector a...

Resort in El Gouna - Orascom Development Website By:  Egypt Today staff Sat, Mar. 31, 2018 CAIRO – 31 March 2018: Orascom Development Egypt (ORHD) intends to increase the percentage of free trading shares on the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) to 25 percent in 2018, up from the current 15 percent, Chief Executive Officer of Orascom Development Egypt Khaled Bishara.  Bishara clarified in a press conference that the increase will come from the sale of shares owned by parent company Orascom Development Holding.  Orascom decided to increase the number of hotel rooms in El Gouna touristic resort between 200 and 250 rooms within 24 months, starting from the second quarter of this year, the executive officer added.  The company seeks to buy two pieces of land in Cairo and the northern coast, not less than two million square meters per piece, to establish an integrated city, according to Bishara, adding that they are currently negotiating on three pieces t...

El Gouna Film Festival Slogan-File Photo By:  Egypt Today staff Sat, Mar. 31, 2018 CAIRO – 31 March 2018: CineGouna Platform gave out an award at Beirut Cinema Platform (BCP) to the film project “Dead Dog” directed by Sarah Francis.  Francis was born in Beirut and graduated from IESAV at Saint Joseph University. Since 2005, she has worked as a freelance director and has participated in several workshops and labs. In 2013, she made her feature-length documentary “Birds of September” which was screened at numerous international festivals and museums, and won several awards.  Her work also includes short videos. She is currently developing a project with the support of the Asian Cinema Fund. With “Dead Dog”, her upcoming fiction project, she was a participant of Cinephilia Bound in collaboration with La Maison des Scénaristes at the Festival de Cannes in 2017, and is also attending other major film labs.  As a result of this award, “Dead Dog” will ...

Resort in El Gouna - Orascom Development Website By:  Egypt Today staff Sun, Apr. 1, 2018 CAIRO – 1 April 2018: Orascom Development Egypt launched the Makadi Heights project on the Red Sea governorate’s Makadi Bay, on an area of 3.7 million square meters and 70 meters above sea level.  The project is similar to the nearby El Gouna, coming out as a fully integrated resort town that takes into account all tastes, according to CEO and Managing Director of Orascom Development Khaled Bishara.  Bishara added that the first phase of Makadi Heights is one million square meters with investments of LE 3 billion, including constructing 3,000 units on an area of 400,000 meters, and will start selling on April 14.  At a round table held by Orascom Development Egypt on Sunday, Bishara said that the project meets all the needs of the family members, providing shopping malls and an entertainment area.  El Gouna covers 10 kilometers of shoreline on the ...

Sea Cinema have 3 screens.  Program times are: 1:00 pm  3:00 pm 6:00 pm 8:00 pm 10:00 pm  location  El Gouna Behind Rehana Hotel  Ticket Price: 50 EGP face book page  https://www.facebook.com/ElgounaSeaCinema booking  http://www.elcinema.com/theater/3101280 For more info Contact :01271300042-01273393007  

Dear Friends of Rotary We have pleasure to attach the March 2018 Newsletter. You can also read and share the newsletter online here: https://view.publitas.com/rotary-club-red-sea-el-gouna/march-2018-newsletter-of-rc-red-sea-el-gouna/ With best regards Georgina Cole Administration Committee Chair --  Website: Rotary Club of Red Sea - El Gouna Rotary Club of Red Sea - El Gouna Facebook Page

Slow Lane is now open in Abu Tig Marina! Slow Lane, are delighted to offer you electronic vehicles that are at the cutting edge of environmental technology in addition to high end Bicycles. Electric vehicles, with zero congestion charges, zero road tax and zero operator license requirements are both, quiet and pollution free. All those 'zeros' add up to big savings over the life of the vehicle with close to zero effect on our environment. The company was created following the footsteps of El Gouna's Green Concept. They will also be running bike maintenance on the first Saturday of every month. Address: MB16-02 Next to Malus Deli Opening Hours :Daily  from 10am-5pm FB: Slow Lane Egy Phone  01008666211 Email  info@slowlaneegypt.com

The Gouna Owners Club (GOC) had their 15th Social Get-Together on March 26th at the Bleu Bleu Restaurant on the Marina.  Pictures courtesy of Mark Pigden. 

El Gouna is proud to present the live broadcasting from the Metropolitan, New York famous Opera House,  on Saturday, March 31 st , 2018 at 7 pm ,  at El Gouna’s High Tech Facility – TUB’s Audi Max of   “Cosi fan Tutte”- Mozart Come and enjoy the spectacular opera. Tickets are available at the Information Center Downtown H1, opposite CIB Bank, for 10€ or 200LE. The opening hours are daily  from 9am-5pm . Also you can buy your ticket prior the event at the Technical University of Berlin directly.  For more information kindly contact the Information Center on 16650 Please also check The Metropolitan Opera  website .

Tourists walking on the beach of Paradise Island of Hurghada. Tourist boats are in the background – CC via Wikimedia Commons/kallerna Missing Austrian tourist found uninjured at Hurghada island  By:  Egypt Today staff   Thu, Mar. 22, 2018       CAIRO – 22 March 2018: The Rescue and Environmental Protection Society (REPS) of the Red Sea announced on Wednesday that it has found an Austrian tourist who had been missing since Tuesday. REPS confirmed that the tourist was at one of Hughada’s islands and was found there after spending the night.  The tourist was on a cruise trip, and was with other tourists on a speedboat before he went missing. He had been kitesurfing and strayed too far from the boat.  Hassan Al-Tayeb, chairman of the Red Sea’s REPS, confirmed in a statement on Wednesday that the Austrian tourist had gone missing while on a speedboat cruise with a group of tourists in Hurghada and that the boat had returned without hi...

Sea Cinema have 3 screens.  Program times are: 1: 00 pm  4:00 pm 7:00 pm 10:00 pm  location  El Gouna Behind Rehana Hotel  Ticket Price: 50 EGP face book page  https://www.facebook.com/ElgounaSeaCinema booking  http://www.elcinema.com/theater/3101280 For more info Contact :01271300042-01273393007