Criteria for coal use to be announced in May: Tourism official
The Adabiya Port of Ain Sokhna will no longer be receiving coal
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
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
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
Urgent Matters Court bans Mubarak’s party from running in upcoming elections
Court bans leaders of now-dissolved National Democratic Party from running
Qabila short film festival back for another year
Qabila encourages young people to make short films.
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
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…
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…
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…