Petroleum giants level criticism at current contractual agreements model
While its true that the Egyptian petroleum industry has endured the past two years of consistent political turmoil better than most industries in Egypt, and has been somewhat successful in…
The Future of Al-Wasat Party
By Nicholas Gjorvad After its split from the Muslim Brotherhood in 1996, Al-Wasat Party quickly became the darling of many western academics due to its progressive stance on several democratic…
Mob tears down Christian social centre in Fayoum
Village priest says police did nothing and turned up three hours after incident
Amin: “IMF may have required Islamic Sukuk”
Prominent economists gave their diagnosis of Egyptian economy and cast their predictions for 2013 at a media roundtable at the AUC
Nasserist parties to merge
“The United Nasserist Party” established as vehicle to contest upcoming elections
Coptic Christians reject quota
Several Coptic figures have rejected the suggestion of introducing a quota for their community in parliament
Morsy discusses democratic transition with McCain
McCain meets president after talks with opposition figures over “economic and political developments”
Cabinet approves sukuk law and defers it to legislative committee
Finance minister: Islamic Development Bank to invest $6 bn after law passes
Court advised to re-allocate Nile Uni land
State Council commissioners advise Administrative Court to return disputed lands to Nile University
Morsy: Remarks deemed anti-Semitic were taken out of context
The US administration and state department have both come out against comments by President Mohamed Morsy concerning Jews and Zionists