Month: November 2012

Dr. H.A. Hellyer
Opinion

The nurseries: a dutiful father goes AWOL for Arabic

When my wife and I were choosing nurseries in Cairo, we wanted,…

H.A. Hellyer H.A. Hellyer

From the other side

Marxist-Leninist!

Gamal Eid Gamal Eid
Protesters take to the streets of downtown Cairo on 12 November 2012 in rejection of the International Monetary Fund loan. (PHOTO BU JOEL GULHANE)
EgyptPolitics

Rights centre demands transparency on IMF loan

Egyptian Centre for Economic and Social Rights files lawsuit

Hend Kortam Hend Kortam
British Foreign Secretary William Hague arrives for the ministerial meeting of the Arab League and European Union in the Arab League headquarters in Cairo. (AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI)
EgyptPolitics

Britain snubs Brahimi’s plan at the Arab League

President of the Syrian opposition requests weapons

Joel Gulhane Joel Gulhane
Hatim Salah, Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade, right, signs one of the EU-Egypt task force agreements. (PHOTO BY MOHAMED OMAR)
Business

EU-Egypt pact signed

Investors still remain timid of the high risk they would be assuming…

Mohamed El-Bahrawi Mohamed El-Bahrawi
Egyptian tycoon Naguib Sawiris wants to invest 3-4 billion euros in Telecom Italia. (AFP / PHOTO)
Business

Sawiris to buy shares in Telecom Italia

The deal may put Sawiris in conflict with Telecom Italia’s controlling shareholders

Mohamed Salah Mohamed Salah
Members of the Association for the Welfare for Dwarves attend a meeting in Alexandria. (Photo courtesy of the Association for the Welfare for Dwarves)
EgyptPolitics

Arab world’s first dwarf rights NGO to be established in Alexandria

Protection of people with disabilities still severely lacking

Luiz Sanchez Luiz Sanchez
Egyptian Prime Minister Hesham Qandil. (AFP PHOTO / GIANLUIGI GUERCIA)
EgyptPolitics

Qandil presents three month report

PM highlights cabinet successes and challenges

Basil El-Dabh Basil El-Dabh

Subsidies on prime gasoline to end as IMF delegation leaves

Morsy government set to take steps toward economic reform although a formal…

Daily News Egypt Daily News Egypt
Incidents of women wearing Niqab attacking and preaching the liberties of others are increasing (file photo) (AFP FILE PHOTO / FRED DUFOUR)
EgyptPolitics

Coptic women attacked on the metro

Women wearing niqab cut the hair of two Coptic females

Fady Salah Fady Salah