rural areas
Rural areas in Egypt will have access to high speed internet as part of the “Decent Life” project
Society
November 16, 2021
Rural areas in Egypt will have access to high speed internet as part of the “Decent Life” project
Egyptian Minister of Communications and Information Technology Amr Talaat, said on Monday that every rural house covered by the “Decent…
Sisi allocates LE200 billion for each phase of countryside development
Egypt
June 30, 2021
Sisi allocates LE200 billion for each phase of countryside development
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced the allocation of LE200 billion for each phase of the “Decent Life” national project…
Egypt to connect sanitation services to 179 rural areas by 2020
Egypt
September 23, 2019
Egypt to connect sanitation services to 179 rural areas by 2020
Egypt’s Housing Ministry plans to connect sanitation services to 179 rural areas with 21.5 million inhabitants by the end of…
Egypt’s illiteracy rates stand at 25.8% in 2017: CAPMAS
Egypt
September 8, 2018
Egypt’s illiteracy rates stand at 25.8% in 2017: CAPMAS
The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) in Egypt announced on Thursday that Egypt’s illiteracy rate dropped…
Inflation rate rises by 0.3% in February: CAPMAS
Egypt
March 8, 2018
Inflation rate rises by 0.3% in February: CAPMAS
The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) reported an increase in inflation of 0.3 percent in the month…
Why children living in certain rural areas don’t easily get sick
Health & Fitness
August 6, 2016
Why children living in certain rural areas don’t easily get sick
Children who grow up on traditional Amish farms in the US are largely protected from asthma because their immune systems…
Upper Egypt divided after Morsy’s overthrow
Egypt
July 8, 2013
Upper Egypt divided after Morsy’s overthrow
Dalga, Minya - Burned façades, locked doors, looted shops, and dead calm prevail in an alleyway where several Coptic families…
Report: Shafiq accused of giving electoral bribes
Egypt
September 19, 2012
Report: Shafiq accused of giving electoral bribes
Police are following up on a complaint accusing former presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq of giving electoral bribes, state-run newspaper Al-Ahram…
In the company of Syria’s armed ‘terrorist groups’
Opinion
August 8, 2012
In the company of Syria’s armed ‘terrorist groups’
This is the revolution of rural dwellers. Urban dwellers are more calculating, it seems. But rural folks, inside and outside…
Limits of development: Q&A with Habib Ayeb, co-director of ‘Green Mirages’
Environment
April 3, 2012
Limits of development: Q&A with Habib Ayeb, co-director of ‘Green Mirages’
Habib Ayeb is a Tunisian geographer and professor at the American University in Cairo’s Social Research Center. His domain of…