Robert F. Kennedy Center honours Egyptian attorney Ragia Omran with human rights award
Egyptian lawyer Ragia Omran is awarded by the RFK Center for Justice and Human Rights
Keeping Egyptians in check
A 16 year old boy, the son of an acquaintance, went to attend the Ghana-Egypt match dressed in an Al-Ahly t-shirt and holding a fireworks stick. The boy watched the…
Thy will be done
In this column we have often discussed the past and the present, so let’s for a minute discuss the future. Make no mistake, this is not a column about hopes…
Will women Rise Up as Egypt’s entrepreneurs?
Rise Up, Egypt’s first major entrepreneurial summit held in Cairo on November 24-25 was a resounding success. It brought together many different and important players from the entrepreneurial ecosystem:…
Political movements condemn Protest Law
Activists submit notice for a protest against the law; movements say the law violates basic rights
Farmers and labourers in last ditch effort to save parliamentary quota
Minister of Manpower and Union leader meet to discuss plan to push forth parliamentary quota request
Egypt to start fuel cuts in 2014: PM
In a country with an unemployment rate of 13 percent, mostly men aged between 15 and 29 years, and where 40 percent of the population lives below the poverty line,…
Fuel crisis in Damascus as fighting blocks key highway
Dozens of cars idled outside the Azbakiya petrol station in a lengthy queue that wrapped into side streets in a bid to avoid blocking traffi