Future of Egypt’s coal imports still topic of heated debate
With Egypt in the grips of both an economic crisis and a severe power shortage, the question of whether to allow energy-intensive industries to import coal has been one of…
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With Egypt in the grips of both an economic crisis and a severe power shortage, the question of whether to allow energy-intensive industries to import coal has been one of…
As the boundaries of the analogue world of network television and print journalism seem to keep tightening, journalists in Egypt are increasingly fleeing to the Internet in search of greater freedoms,…
As 20 Al Jazeera journalists stand trial in the Cairo Criminal Court on charges of belonging to a terrorist organization — arguably the most serious escalation against press freedoms since the…
Abandoned houses destroyed by shellfire, a mosque turned to rubble and burned huts lay among sand dunes, citrus farms and olive groves in the villages of Mehdeyya and Muqataa, a few kilometers…
A labor uprising in the textile industry is witnessing an unprecedented number of factory occupations, solidarity strikes and other protest actions among over 45,000 workers. At least 13 public sector…
I grew up 30 miles outside of Washington, DC. During school breaks we would often drive south to brown-watered east coast beaches like Myrtle in South Carolina. Myrtle Beach was…
Tens of thousands of workers, employees, professionals and even policemen are embarking on strikes and other industrial action across the country to demand the new minimum wage, which the state…
Although it’s mainly open air and full of restaurants and shops, Qattamiya's Downtown Mall may be a bit of a distance for most. If you don’t live in the area,…
Towards the end of November, Minister of Interior Mohamed Ibrahim held a press conference “to expose the details of terrorist groups arrested recently by security bodies.” Ibrahim identified a “terrorist…
Images of a yipping fox, leaping dolphins, marine turtles stippled with light, and a crocodile half-hidden in the murky waters of the Nile decorate the walls of Zamalek’s El Sawy…
Nubi is told not involve the Socialist Party in "a tale of homosexuality, homicide, drugs, politics, arms trading and terrorism"
Six graffiti artists are sitting at a café on Bostan Street in downtown Cairo just after sunset. It’s a mixed bunch, men and women ranging from 17 to 30 years…
For fashionistas and sartorialists, 2014 was ushered in with a flurry of debate over the (ir)relevance of the fashion blogger — the controversial country mouse guest that some think has…
As all those concerned with Egypt's turbulent political situation hold their breath for Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's much-anticipated presidential bid, there are a few others who believe that there…
Thursday, February 6, 2014, was the first time I experienced a prison visit, an experience shared by thousands of Egyptian families, an experience we know nothing of, nor of…
The artist had dissected her own drawings and exploded them in a different scale and to a different medium.
In 2012, feminist punk rock group Pussy Riot stormed Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Savior and performed in neon masks to protest the Orthodox Church leader’s support for Vladimir Putin’s…
This week, the drop in aggregate savings could be a cause for concern in the long run. To counter this, Egypt is expounding upon the post-June 30 economy to foreign…
While the declaration of force majeure by UK-based energy company BG Group for its Egypt operations came as a shock to the market, it was much less surprising to anyone…
If there is one song that in years to come will immediately conjure up the heady days of June 30, 2013 and everything that has happened since, it is "Tislam…