President Obama Should Heed World Leaders’ Opinion
By Dr Cesar Chelala At the St. Petersburg meeting of the Group of 20 (G20) of developed and developing economies, President Barak Obama faced growing opposition on his decision to go to war…
Egypt’s underground sisterhood
What the post-revolutionary Islamist and conservative onslaught against Egyptian women distorts is the growing strength of Egypt's feminist counter-culture and grassroots female emancipation. Surveying Egypt's political landscape, you might be…
Squandered Opportunities
Over the past 3 years, there may have been numerous instances when Egypt has taken the wrong turn. Some of those wasted chances are indeed lamentable. The bitter irony is…
Crackdown on journalists continues
Ismailia's military prosecution detains award-winning Sinai journalist Abu Deraa for 15 days.
Dollar skids after weak US jobs data
The euro also declined against the Japanese currency, trading at 130.62 yen compared with 131.35 yen the prior day.
Egyptian government unifying citizens’ database
Six Egyptian ministries are cooperating in a project to integrate and unify the citizens’ database information to develop the subsidies programme and ensure its arrival for those deserving
Constituent assembly prepares for first meeting
Assembly members express aspirations about constitutional amendments
G20 warns global recovery ‘too weak’, shadowed by risks
They backed a "Saint Petersburg action plan" to boost growth and employment as host Russian President Vladimir Putin cautioned that the "risks are still very, very large" for the fragile…