In Pictures: Ahmed Fouad Negm’s funeral
On 3 December, a group of friends and family bid their final farewells to Egyptian poet Ahmed Fouad Negm. The funeral procession began after prayers at Al-Hussein Mosque and…
Turkey says ball in Iraq’s court over oil dispute
Iraq's federal government in Baghdad and Kurdistan have long been at odds over how to share the region's vast energy wealth, a dispute which is seen as impeding the development…
Poet Ahmed Fouad Negm dies at 84
Revolutionary poet dies, leaving a legacy of cultural and artistic rebellion
CBE extends assistance to tourism investors
The CBE announced that it will extend the “Support Tourism” initiative until December 2014
Damascus blast kills four as rebels take Christian town
The small town is renowned as a symbol of the long Christian presence in Syria and is famous for the fact that many residents still speak the ancient language Aramaic,…
Interests
Our dear military, we have a problem, and one that needs to be addressed immediately. We seem to have conflicting interests, and I fear that those interests, or rather your…
Inclusive entrepreneurship
Gedety was too good to be true. Yasser El Zahhar, its founder, had the idea to start a social business that would employ non-working Egyptian women to make products…
