Criteria for coal use to be announced in May: Tourism official

The Adabiya Port of Ain Sokhna will no longer be receiving coal

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Carbon tax implementation awaiting completion of environmental standards for coal usage

Head of the cement industry division at the Federation of Egyptian Industries says cement factories would respect the law if the tax was issued

Doaa Farid

Burning coal is toxic for health, environment: Greenpeace

The process of mining, burning, and disposing of the word’s dirtiest fuel contributes to climate change and health problems, says international environmental NGO

Doaa Farid

Over EGP 130bn needed to develop Egypt’s CIT infrastructure: Communications minister

When communications and IT are updated, GDP growth rate can reach 7% by 2020, says Helmy

Sara Aggour

Urgent Matters Court bans Mubarak’s party from running in upcoming elections

Court bans leaders of now-dissolved National Democratic Party from running

Rana Muhammad Taha

Qabila short film festival back for another year

Qabila encourages young people to make short films.

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New arrivals on the shelves

New arrivals this month dive into love in post-conflict Iraq and the life of the famed author Taha Hussein

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In a league of his own: Sisi is not the heir to Nasser’s legacy

By Rasheed Hammouda and Mohamed Ibrahim This article is the first of a three part series. The aim of this series is to dispel the increasingly widespread belief held by…

Rasheed Hammouda

The Arab World’s options

By Marwan Muasher When the Arab awakening began in 2011, its primary goal should have been to advance pluralism and democracy – causes that were neglected in the Arab world’s…

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After Morsi, injustice persists for Egypt’s Copts

By Johannes Amin Makar Across the street from my cousin’s apartment in Rod al-Farag, an area in Cairo’s populated Shubra district, hangs a poster that depicts the former Coptic Pope…

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