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On the social stigma of divorce

The Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) issued a report…

Sarah El Masry

Drug rehabilitation centres in Egypt: Struggling to get clean

Addicts seeking treatment on the rise, but public centres strain to cope

Ethar Shalaby

Egypt: The question of the environment

On the occasion of World Environment Day (WED), Daily New Egypt examines…

Sarah El Masry

Egypt’s incubator shortage: A medical tragedy

Understaffing, infection, and negligence plague public neonatal units

Ethar Shalaby

The struggle: Egyptians obtaining foreign visas

It is summer time in Egypt, a season when many Egyptians prepare…

Sarah El Masry

Syrian Refuges: No work, no home

Refugees leave their homes for fear of death, often with little more…

Hend El-Behary

The “Japan” of Egypt in crisis

Damietta is one of Egypt’s most productive cities, and is considered the…

Sarah El Masry

Foreign maids: a flourishing new market in Egypt

Every month, hundreds of immigrants, whether Nigerians, Indonesians or Filipinos, arrive in…

Ethar Shalaby

Egypt’s railways: past, present and future?

Egypt has a long history of railway accidents. Over the past 20…

Sarah El Masry

Sham El-Nessim: A new spring has come

A celebration that brings all Egyptians together

Ethar Shalaby