Stock market performance surpasses analysts’ Ramadan forecast
By Fatheya Al-Garhy The Egyptian Stock Exchange (EGX) closed after the first session of Ramadan with prices maintaining relative stability, the opposite of what most analysts expected. Observers predicted that the…
FJP takes a shot at fixing slums
By Mohamed Darwish Solving the problem of slums located all over Cairo is part of President Mohamed Morsy’s first-100-days presidential programme. He has stressed that housing is among the fundamental…
Regional Briefs
Libya Libya’s Olympic chief was released on Sunday, less than a week before the Olympic games begin in London, United Kingdom. His abductors never made a public statement and Olympic…
Saudi King calls for Muslim Leader Summit
Summit will address ‘sedition and fragmentation’ in the aftermath of the Arab uprisings
Notary offices on week-long strike across Egypt
By Hend El-Behary Employees of notary offices throughout Egypt continued their strikes into the eighth day on Tuesday. The nationwide strike started on 15 July when protests began in Cairo,…
Scores die in Iraq attacks
Coordinated attacks targeting security personnel in both Sunni and Shia neighbourhoods ripped through Iraq
Constituent Assembly to reconvene over Shari’a articles
The body tasked with writing the constitution will meet on Tuesday to debate some of the document’s more controversial articles
Syria claims Egyptians in rebels’ ranks
State TV shows bodies of two men said to be fighters from Egypt
A ban on the sale of alcohol to Egyptians
A long standing ban on sale of alcohol to Egyptians during holidays is revived while tourism industry wonders out loud about the timing
Hardly an end to military rule
As Egypt reckons with the 60th anniversary of the 23 July 1952 revolution, it is important to revisit the historical context which led to the officer’s coup as well as…
