Features/Interviews
Doctors protest plan to demolish Mideast’s largest psychiatric hospital
December 24, 2010
Doctors protest plan to demolish Mideast’s largest psychiatric hospital
A proposal to replace Abbasiya Psychiatric Hospital, the largest in the Middle East, with a new exhibition and convention center has provoked widespread…
INTERVIEW: ElBaradei on quiet revolution, reform tactics, and religion
December 23, 2010
INTERVIEW: ElBaradei on quiet revolution, reform tactics, and religion
Mohamed ElBaradei has chosen an interesting time to re-enter the Egyptian political arena. After his calls for a parliamentary election…
Outage takes out Skype, recovery taking hours
December 23, 2010
Outage takes out Skype, recovery taking hours
Internet phone and video service Skype went down in a global service outage on Wednesday, underscoring a weakness of the…
Press ceremony delivers awards to Egyptian photojournalists
December 23, 2010
Press ceremony delivers awards to Egyptian photojournalists
Egypt's most distinguished photojournalists and were commemorated on Tuesday night in a photo-gallery at the fourth annual press photo awards…
Interview with Tagammu Party chairman
December 22, 2010
Interview with Tagammu Party chairman
Refaat al-Said, chairman of the Tagammu Party, has said his leftist organization is currently revisiting its traditional stance of rejecting…
Shadow parliament doomed to fail, expert says
December 21, 2010
Shadow parliament doomed to fail, expert says
Frustrated with the recent parliamentary electoral results, a number of former opposition parliamentarians announced last week the formation of a…
Sunday’s papers: Internal fissures dog opposition parties while authorities ease sugar import measures
December 19, 2010
Sunday’s papers: Internal fissures dog opposition parties while authorities ease sugar import measures
State-owned Egyptian newspapers lead Sunday's coverage with news of president Hosni Mubarak's speech to a joint parliamentary session.State owned Al-Akhbar…
Service provisions indicate South Sudan is ready for separation, southerners say
December 19, 2010
Service provisions indicate South Sudan is ready for separation, southerners say
Juba--Residents in the South Sudan capital Juba say vast improvements have been made in the region since the Comprehensive Peace…
Egypt’s crocodile hunters jump the gun
December 17, 2010
Egypt’s crocodile hunters jump the gun
Aswan--Illegal crocodile hunting has spiked in recent months following press reports that led people to believe the animal had been…
Marks & Spencer opening in Egypt revitalizes calls for boycott
December 17, 2010
Marks & Spencer opening in Egypt revitalizes calls for boycott
The boycott movement against Israeli products and services in Egypt is just over a decade old. Domestically, the movement is…