Home accessories with an Egyptian twist
Joud Home Accessories combines Egyptian culture with modern designs everyday items
PieRide takes carpooling to the next level
The new company combines two services to enable you to manoeuvre your way through Cairo’s traffic
From January to June: Egypt’s ‘elite’ question
By virtue of my studies, my work and my own individual perversions, I happen to be one of those who enjoy reading political theory. However, I do not intend to…
Rent boys
By Philip Whitfield Who’d be in the president’s shoes? Adly schleps in the shadows. Morsi shuffles round prison in his. Mubarak hobbles in hospital pumps. Sadat died with his on.…
Egypt left vulnerable after Qatari snub
By Farah Halime It was bound to happen sooner or later. Egypt has returned to Qatar the $2bn the Gulf state deposited in Egypt’s central bank after negotiations to convert…
Merkel wins in Germany, ‘grand coalition’ likely: exit polls
Voters rewarded Merkel, often called the world's most powerful woman, with another four years at the helm for steering them unscathed through the eurozone debt turmoil that engulfed its southern…
Fatah and Hamas divided over Rafah
The crossing has been repeatedly opened and shut since the ouster of Morsi
Cabinet denies deputising university security
Sohag and Banha universities decide they will not abide by decision despite cabinet’s claims denying its existence
Labour divided over multiple-unions, minimum income
ETUF decries multiple unions as a threat to national security
Market registers highest gains in six weeks
Trading closes at 5,586.65, investor “selling appetite” said to be down