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Nearly all of Egypt's daily papers on Wednesday run front-page headlines about investigations with Tarek Abdel Razek Hassan, an Egyptian arrested on charges of being an an Israeli spy. It was announced last week that Abdel Razek was arrested...
This year has been marked by numerous incidents of labor unrest, raising questions as to how Egypt’s ruling regime plans to contain such unrest ahead of upcoming presidential elections slated for late 2011.
"From 2006 to 2010, the most...
Most Egyptians have never heard Ancient Egyptian music, a 5,000-year-old art form that has nearly disappeared. But in 2000 a small group of musicians and educators got together in an attempt to revive this music and make it available to students,...
The Hassana Dome is a unique geological formation in Giza created 100 million years ago. Although designated a natural protectorate in 1989 by Prime Ministerial Decree 946/1989, it is currently threatened by encroaching urbanization and construction...
Egypt's most distinguished photojournalists and were commemorated on Tuesday night in a photo-gallery at the fourth annual press photo awards ceremony. "Egypt Press Photo 2010--for the best journalistic photography" was held at the...
Daily newspapers focus much of their front-page coverage on developments in the truckers' strike which entered its 13th day on Wednesday. State-owned Al-Ahram runs a headline reading "Striking truck drivers kill colleague." The article...
Thousands of heavy-freight truck drivers and owners in numerous governorates across the country continue to strike. The strikes began on 10 December.
An estimated 70 thousand truck drivers and owners are protesting a series of government decisions...
The boycott movement against Israeli products and services in Egypt is just over a decade old. Domestically, the movement is closely associated with the boycott of US goods and services, which began to gain momentum during the second Palestinian...
Speculations of a ministerial reshuffle are causing unease in the newly installed parliament, according to Wednesday's coverage by Egyptian daily newspapers. The chief headline on the front page of the liberal opposition Al-Wafd newspaper reads...
Around 20 former members of parliament, including independents and opposition party members, protested on Monday outside the State Council Court in the southern Cairo district of Doqqi to reiterate calls for the establishment of a "parallel...
