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Eid Al Adha Films in Egypt Lure People with Comedy, Suspense

Eid Al Adha Films in Egypt Lure People with Comedy, Suspense
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Eid Al Adha Films in Egypt Lure People with Comedy, Suspense

Eid Al Adha Films in Egypt Lure People with Comedy, Suspense

Comedy and action movies are competing during Eid Al Adha holiday in Egypt to lure the largest number of spectators to the box office with light comedy or suspense and action. The season can be described as star-studded with names including Tamer Hosny, Ahmed Fahmi, Amir Karara, and Karim Abdel Aziz, alongside Hana el-Zahed and Yasmine Sabri.

Sources of production companies confirmed that four films are partaking in the Eid Al Adha season so far: “Mister X”, “Taj”, “Al Booboo”, and “Bait Al Roubi”. The company behind Mohamed Ramadan’s “A’ Zero” apologized for not taking part in the season because the “post-shooting phases such as montage, audio mixing, and soundtracks are not finished yet,” the company said in a press release.

Actor Ahmed Fahmi and his wife, actress Hana el-Zahed are co-starring “Mister X”, which revolves around marital struggles and the couple’s desire to recover their freedom after marriage in a comic frame. In the movie, men characters appear like “victims of unmerciful creatures represented by women.”

The title of the film recalls the ‘Mister X’ character previously played by late actor Fouad el-Mohandes in his film “The Most Dangerous Man in the World” (1967), and “The Return of the Most Dangerous Man in the World” (1973).

“Taj” combines comedy and romance in a love story between the film’s two main actors, Tamer Hosny and Dina el-Sherbiny. The plot of the movie is based on a Marvel-like superhero story. According to critics, “the production company spent a huge budget to bring high-end visual effects and graphics”

“Al Booboo” bets on the fame of Amir Karara, a star who brought great revenues in former action movies such as “Casablanca”.

The new film tells the story of Sultan, a former outlaw who’s being chased by a gang despite giving up on his old life. Then, a pharmacist (Yasmine Sabri) appears to add some comedy to the work.

“Bait Al Roubi” combines action and comedy with the character of Ibrahim al-Roubi (Karim Abdel Aziz) who leaves Cairo to live in peace in a far city, but then he is forced to return to the capital and live several adventures with his younger brother (Karim Mahmoud Abdel Aziz).

Film critic Ahmed Saad said “the comedy-action mix is the best choice for the Eid audience looking for light productions with a rich dose of laughter and entertainment and a touch of action and suspense that helps avoid boredom.”

“Laughter has become a common factor in Eid films, even in works based on action or romance. Comedy is an unavoidable touch in all Egyptian productions in the meantime,” he told Asharq Al-Awsat.

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Sleepy Seal Diverts Traffic in Australian Seaside Town

This frame grab from handout video footage by Laura Ellen taken on April 10, 2026 shows traffic along a road in the seaside Australian town of Dromana, located south of Melbourne in the southern state of Victoria, that was briefly diverted after a local seal decided to take a nap. (Photo by Handout / LAURA ELLEN / AFP)
This frame grab from handout video footage by Laura Ellen taken on April 10, 2026 shows traffic along a road in the seaside Australian town of Dromana, located south of Melbourne in the southern state of Victoria, that was briefly diverted after a local seal decided to take a nap. (Photo by Handout / LAURA ELLEN / AFP)
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Sleepy Seal Diverts Traffic in Australian Seaside Town

This frame grab from handout video footage by Laura Ellen taken on April 10, 2026 shows traffic along a road in the seaside Australian town of Dromana, located south of Melbourne in the southern state of Victoria, that was briefly diverted after a local seal decided to take a nap. (Photo by Handout / LAURA ELLEN / AFP)
This frame grab from handout video footage by Laura Ellen taken on April 10, 2026 shows traffic along a road in the seaside Australian town of Dromana, located south of Melbourne in the southern state of Victoria, that was briefly diverted after a local seal decided to take a nap. (Photo by Handout / LAURA ELLEN / AFP)

Traffic in a seaside Australian town was briefly diverted on Friday when a local seal decided to take a nap on the road.

The dozy pinniped was spotted snoozing on a road in Dromana in the southern state of Victoria.

Local police placed cones around the seal -- known to some locals as Sammy -- who could be seen sunning himself with little concern for the traffic.

"You don't know where he will pop up next," local Laura Ellen, who spotted the slumbering animal, told AFP.

"He usually sleeps all day," she said.

"It made me laugh when I saw him on the road. Haven't seen him do that before."

The seal was later redirected back to the beach by wildlife rescuers and the lane was re-opened.

Seals are a common sight along Victoria's coast and it is illegal to touch or feed them, the state government says.

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Saudi Ministry of Interior, Red Sea Global Sign MoU

The Saudi Ministry of Interior and Red Sea Global signed a memorandum of understanding. (SPA)
The Saudi Ministry of Interior and Red Sea Global signed a memorandum of understanding. (SPA)
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Saudi Ministry of Interior, Red Sea Global Sign MoU

The Saudi Ministry of Interior and Red Sea Global signed a memorandum of understanding. (SPA)
The Saudi Ministry of Interior and Red Sea Global signed a memorandum of understanding. (SPA)

The Saudi Ministry of Interior and Red Sea Global signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Thursday at the ministry’s headquarters in Riyadh.

The agreement was signed by Undersecretary of the Ministry of Interior for Security Capabilities Abdullah Al-Kathiri and Chief Executive Officer of Red Sea Global John Pagano, the Saudi Press Agency said.

The agreement aims to promote integration between the two sides in strengthening public safety requirements and standards.

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Citizen ‘Frog Patrol’ Helps Amphibians Survive a Dangerous Road Journey in Poland

Biologist Krzysztof Klimaszewski holds a common toad during a "Frog Patrol" in Otrebusy, Poland, Monday, March 30, 2026. (AP)
Biologist Krzysztof Klimaszewski holds a common toad during a "Frog Patrol" in Otrebusy, Poland, Monday, March 30, 2026. (AP)
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Citizen ‘Frog Patrol’ Helps Amphibians Survive a Dangerous Road Journey in Poland

Biologist Krzysztof Klimaszewski holds a common toad during a "Frog Patrol" in Otrebusy, Poland, Monday, March 30, 2026. (AP)
Biologist Krzysztof Klimaszewski holds a common toad during a "Frog Patrol" in Otrebusy, Poland, Monday, March 30, 2026. (AP)

On rainy spring nights in a forest near the Polish capital, a citizen “Frog Patrol” springs into action — humans helping amphibians survive dangerous road crossings for a chance to enjoy millennia-old mating rituals.

As warmer weather comes to Mlochowski Forest, 30 kilometers (19 miles) west of Warsaw, thousands of toads and frogs wake up from their winter slumber and begin their meticulous spawning journey to the marshes, a few kilometers away.

The females carry the burden of the journey. Male toads here don't really give off princely vibes but travel on the backs of their much larger female partners, tightly holding on to ensure they are not dumped in favor of a rival upon reaching the waters.

While generations of toads and frogs have traveled to these marshes to mate, a road built in the last decade right across their route made the spring journey much more dangerous.

What followed was sheer amphibian slaughter — when the mating season started and the frogs were on the move, thousands would get run over.

Enter the ‘Frog Patrol’

Łukasz Franczuk, coordinator of the “Frog Patrol” initiative, recounted the sad scenes from four years ago.

“The frogs were being run over in the hundreds or thousands,” he said. “When you were driving on this road, you could see the decomposing corpses of the frogs. People going to collect the surviving ones were crying, they couldn’t stand to watch what was happening.”

Franczuk and his friends responded by helping locals organize, starting three years ago.

Volunteers would meet every wet, rainy evening as soon as spring starts, fan out along the road by the forest and collect frogs from the roadside, then carry them safely across to the marshes. Frogs breathe through their skin, which must stay humid, so they only move and migrate when it rains.

Wearing reflective yellow vests emblazoned with the words “Frog Patrol” and armed with head lamps and buckets, hundreds of volunteers can now be routinely seen out in the evenings during migration season.

Locals, including children, have also started carrying gloves with them during the day, so they can pick up the amphibians if they see them in distress at any time.

“It's really impressive to see whole families with kids walking in the rain, with buckets, in these lovely jackets to make them visible because it's pretty unsafe, this road is narrow, and they carry the frogs from one side of the road to the other,” said Katarzyna Jacniacka, one of the participants.

“When the frogs are migrating, there are a lot of people here,” she added.

For Aleksandra Tkaczyk, another volunteer, this is “the kind of connection with nature about which some of us care deeply.”

Locals say they have saved about 18,000 amphibians since their initiative started.

Helping frogs survive

Biologist Krzysztof Klimaszewski from the Institute of Animal Sciences at the Warsaw SGGW University, who took part in a few of the frog patrols, said that what the locals are doing here is very important because “it actually allows this local population of amphibians to survive.”

Such citizen initiatives to help toads and frogs cross roads built through their natural habitats are not unique to Poland.

In New Hampshire, US volunteers from the Harris Center for Conservation Education save all sorts of amphibians, including salamanders, from being run over by cars. In Bavaria, in southeastern Germany, volunteers from BUND Naturschutz say they rescue up to 700,000 frogs, toads, newts and salamanders every year.

Even in France, where frog legs are a culinary delicacy, local volunteers help the suffering amphibians. In the southern French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, people have installed nets on the roadside to collect the frogs before they head into the dangerous traffic.

And in the Estonian capital of Tallinn, authorities announced in early April the construction of additional frog fences on Tahetorni Street — right on the frogs' springtime migrating route — to guide the amphibians and other animals safely into underground tunnels and avoid getting them killed by traffic.