26 October 2019 - Tunisian Monitor Online

‘THE IRISHMAN’ TO OPEN THE CAIRO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

26 October 201926 October 2019 BGMN

The 41st edition of the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) will open on the 20th November with a MENA premiere gala screening of Martin Scorsese’s eagerly-awaited ‘The Irishman’ starring Academy Award winners Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci at the prestigious Cairo Opera House. A passion project long in the making, Netflix’s ‘The Irishman’ is based on Charles Brandt’s book, I Heard You Paint Houses, and sees director Martin Scorsese reunited with Robert De Niro for their ninth collaboration. In addition to the gala premiere, there will be a second preview…

Date production expected to beat all records this year

26 October 201927 October 2019 BGMN

The date production this year is expected to beat all records with a very good quality yield estimated at 340 thousand tonnes, against 289 thousand tonnes in 2018 and 305 thousand tonnes in 2017, Director General of Agricultural Production at the Ministry of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries Ezzeddine Chalghef told TAP in an interview. He said Tunisia exports dates to more than 80 destinations in total. Morocco is Tunisia’s first customer, since it buys almost ¼ of the country’s exports, with quantities ranging from 30 to 35 thousand tonnes.…