Residents, expats, and community life on the coast.

The governorate says entries are open to anyone living, working or studying in the Red Sea, with no age limit and no memorisation test. Prizes total 50,000 Egyptian pounds.
3 November 2026

Misr Public Library ran 473 of the activities, among them first aid, sign language and job-readiness courses, for 40,323 participants, the governorate says.
1 November 2026
The Red Sea Governorate launches the fourth phase of the presidential initiative Osrati Qowati ("My Family Is My Strength") on Tuesday 20 October at 9am at the Social Club in Hurghada. The governorate has asked residents, and in particular people with disabilities and their families, to come. The programme is held under the patronage of Intissar El-Sisi, wife of the president.
20 October 2026
The video of a Hurghada girls' school choir that spread across Egyptian social media this week was recorded during the last school year, not this month, music teacher Rasha Fouad told Masrawy — and she says she was surprised to see it resurface.
6 October 2026
A video of pupils at Hurghada Secondary School for Girls performing the patriotic song «Aash Elli Qal» for the October War anniversary has spread widely online, and social media users are calling on the Minister of Education to honour the music teacher who led them.
5 October 2026
Egypt's Ministry of Social Solidarity has trained 100 nursery facilitators from Ras Ghareb down to Halayeb in the Japanese "learning through play" model, with a strand on spotting disability early. The reports do not say which nurseries took part.
4 October 2026
Admission has opened to the centre that prepares Quran memorisation teachers at Hurghada's Al-Mina Mosque, two Egyptian outlets report. Deadline, entry requirements and places were not published.
7 September 2026
The national 'To School' initiative has arrived in the Red Sea Governorate to distribute school materials and food support, Ahram Gate reported, as the cost of the new school year bites.
5 September 2026
A ceremony at Al-Mina Mosque in Hurghada honoured 1,000 people who had memorised the Quran, organised by the Red Sea Endowments Directorate, Ahram Gate reported.
5 September 2026
Bawabat Al-Ahram reports that new employment contracts have been handed to people with disabilities in Marsa Alam, in a governorate where formal jobs are concentrated in tourism and the ports.
5 September 2026

The Red Sea governor visited the 57357 children's cancer hospital in Cairo and said the governorate would mobilise support behind an appeal called 'From the Heart of Hurghada… Hope for Our Heroes', Al-Masry Al-Youm reports.
5 September 2026

The Red Sea governor says a long-disputed land plot in Safaga, known as 'Al-Zomorroda,' will finally be divided and handed to its rightful owners — though no timeline was given.
11 August 2026