Bani Mazar and train accidents illustrate government inefficiency
Local press argues over right to criticize president and censures U.S. war on terrorism on the fifth anniversary of 9/11CAIRO: While writers were busy reporting and analyzing the recent onslaught…
Preponderance of corruption leads to poverty, say experts
CAIRO: While Egypt faces a number of social dilemmas, including rampant unemployment and high levels of illiteracy, many analysts say that official corruption, more than any other factor, represents the…
Literary debuts
CAIRO: The American University in Cairo Press hosted a reception to celebrate the new publications Sunday evening at the Falaki Campus. AUC Press Director Mark Linz introduced the authors of…
Preserving Egypt's heritage – but at what price?
CAIRO: Protruding from the corner of a torn up, dirty street in the Gamaliya neighborhood of Islamic Cairo is the clean and imposing, freshly restored Old Cairo Wall. The ancient…
Poor now need certificates to receive rations
Government cuts subsidized products and clamps down on recipientsCAIRO: Millions of people in low and limited-income brackets depend on what ration cards (subsidized food supplies vouchers offered by the government)…
Increasing cement and steel prices hampering economic growth
CAIRO: High-priced cement and steel are slowing the growth of the Egyptian construction industry. The Egyptian government is working with cement and steel rebar manufacturers in an attempt to keep…
Love gone wrong
A screen study of why men just don't get womenCAIRO: A romantic comedy staring Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn sounds like a perfect lighthearted date flick, but actually "The Break-up…
CMA licenses four brokers to provide online trading
CAIRO: The Capital Market Authority has licensed another four brokerage firms to provide online trading services in the Cairo and Alexandria Stock Exchanges (CASE), according to CMA head Hany Sarie…
Police officer and constables suspended and scheduled for trial following investigation of abuse
CAIRO: On August 1, Amgad Mukhtar Hussein was en route to vacation in Quesseir on a Gouna-bound bus with his wife Shereen Hussein and friend Dr. Mostafa Mahmoud Aboul Fotouh.…
