Visitors to the Egyptian Museum are now allowed to come in with cameras, Egypt's Antiquities Minister Mohammed El Damaty announced.

The general supervisor of the Egyptian Museum, Dr. Khaled Al Anany, said that Egyptian nationals and foreigners were now allowed to take pictures inside the Museum, with no additional cost.

However, photography inside the museum will only be allowed until Jan. 7, leading to speculation that the museum could be set to charge visitors for the privilege in the future.

The decision to allow photography inside the museum is the country's latest attempt to boost domestic and foreign tourism, which has suffered since the 2011 uprising.

Holiday season is getting near and that means time for some gift shopping! There's nothing harder than trying to buy a gift for busy students. To rephrase that, there's nothing harder than buying her or him a gift she or he will love. I mean yeah, you could always go out and buy clothes, shoes, notebooks, etc... but maybe you can find something to make her or his life easier. All taken from souq.com, the largest e-commerce site in the Arab world, here are 9 alternate gift ideas you could order if you're living in the UAE, Egypt, Saudi, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, and Qatar.

Students have early call times and most of them just hate getting up in the morning, that's why this innovative Gun Alarm Clock is perfect for students, as it eliminates the snooze option and makes shooting a gun at a target the only way for the ringing to stop.

Every student needs a good backup to carry around their laptop, this laptop backup from Case Logic is perfect as it fits laptops with up to 17 inch displays and has smart features for everything a student needs to carry.

This portable charger and hand warmer is perfect for the students whose phones die on long days and it warms hands on cold winter days as well.

Every student needs a classic and color-neutral backup that can be thrown on any day of the week, this gender-neutral is an excellent choice.

Keeping a journal is a great way to handle stress and to record memories. It's always interesting to go back later and see what was written.

White boards like this magnetically adhesive one are perfect for organizing to-do lists and notes on late nights spent studying.

Every student needs a great blazer for attending formal events and doing presentations, here's one for him and one for her .

Students use USB flash drives all the time, that's why it's great when they're bright, funny and adorable instead of grey and boring, like this cute ice cream flash drive.

The Galaxy Gear smart watch from Samsung is an excellent smartphone accessory for students, it picks up notifications, controls music playback and has an integrated camera and microphone.