Egypt’s priceless artefacts disappear to the black market
“Stop the heritage drain” campaign fights to preserve Egypt’s inheritance by highlighting the theft of culturally significant objects
Egyptian movie Till When at the Gulf Film Festival
Egyptian silent film on the struggle of women competes in Short Film festival
Raising tyrants in the name of Islam
"In China, they have blocked YouTube, Facebook and Twitter and no one is upset; life is good and everyone is happy. And they say we do not have freedom of…
Sectarianism: Egypt’s uncomfortable question
For the past 10 years, Egypt has been reminded at least annually of its sectarian time bomb. If your only source of information were Egyptian media, sectarianism would be the…
Egypt’s banning of soccer fans from matches likely to boomerang
By James M. Dorsey Egyptian authorities have expanded the ban on fans attending matches to include international as well as domestic matches in a bid to prevent violence that is…
Egypt’s Shura Council agrees on new stamp tax
Al-Nour Party accuses government and Muslim Brotherhood of scaring away investors as a result of country’s new stock market tax
Cairo city authorities recall 1,565kg of meat and poultry
Additional 2,578kg withheld for not meeting local health standards
Al-Nour Party boycotts recent amendments to tax law
Salafi party accuses government of withholding information from public regarding pending IMF loan
Investment minister to talk with textile factory workers and discuss sit-in
Mahala Yarn Company, which employs over 20,000 people, is set to shut down operations within next two days due to shortages in cotton and raw materials
IMF meets with opposition figures
Mohamed ElBaradei, Hamdeen Sabahy and Amr Hamzawy among opposition figures meeting International Monetary Fund delegation