Transport workers plan Friday protest
Transport workers' union demands passing of Union Liberties Law to guarantee freedom for independent unions
Al-Nour party opposes electoral quotas
Salafi party says including quotas would jeopardise constitutionality of new electoral law
Second fatal train crash this week
Train collies with taxi in Ard Al-Lewa in Giza while Egypt still reeling from Badrashein train crash
Sekhmet’s bits: Forgotten statue uncovered
Made of granite, the statue was discovered last Tuesday as part of the delegation of the American Research Centre In Egypt (ARCE) with the cooperation of the Ministry of Antiquities
Editor’s letter: Worshipping and whipping on Nasser’s birth anniversary
Two days ago was the 95th anniversary of President Gamal Abdel Nasser’s birth (1918 – 1970). The man who said, “He who cannot support himself, cannot make his own decision,”…
Train disaster fuels rising anger
News of Monday night's deadly train accident in Badrashin, 40 km south of Cairo, shocked and dismayed Egyptians . Nineteen young conscripts of the Central Security Forces were killed and…
Shura Council forms committee to investigate train crash
Tuesday’s fatal train crash provokes backlash of criticism of government
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…