Jano Charbel

Strike with no beginning, strike with no end
Egypt

Strike with no beginning, strike with no end

The right to strike is clearly stipulated in Egypt's labor law, but can Egyptian workers really exercise this right? Two…
Egypt’s oldest surviving syndicate
Egypt

Egypt’s oldest surviving syndicate

Egypt's oldest syndicate is not a professional syndicate, but rather one of extended family members. The Syndicate of Al-Ashraf, decedents…
Hot off the press: Nazif to re-marry, floods in the desert
Egypt

Hot off the press: Nazif to re-marry, floods in the desert

All of the local newspapers ran front page headlines about Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif's announcement that he will re-marry next…
4 years of EU-Egypt vocational training
Egypt

4 years of EU-Egypt vocational training

Representatives of the Egyptian government, the European Union, and the chamber of commerce, met on Sunday to commemorate four years…
Today’s press: A martyr, a massacre and a volatile border
Egypt

Today’s press: A martyr, a massacre and a volatile border

Three common news items were spotlighted in local newspapers on Friday specifically: the funeral of an Egyptian border guard said…
Loaded-up and trucking, Gaza bound
Egypt

Loaded-up and trucking, Gaza bound

After waiting and protesting in the Arish Port for the past two days, most of the Viva Palestina Convoy activists…
Jesus flick, from an Egyptian perspective
Cinema/TV

Jesus flick, from an Egyptian perspective

The story of Jesus and the Holy Family's flight to Egypt is to be reproduced in a new film titled…
Gaza or bust
Egypt

Gaza or bust

Arish--Egyptian security forces put down a protest staged by international activists from the Viva Palestina convoy in the Mediterranean port…
Gaza Freedom Marchers frustrated but not defeated
Egypt

Gaza Freedom Marchers frustrated but not defeated

Around 1300 activists from more than 40 countries who came to Cairo for the Gaza Freedom March (GFM) are now…
Today’s papers: Gaza wall, housing corruption, and MB unrest
Egypt

Today’s papers: Gaza wall, housing corruption, and MB unrest

Three of Egypt's biggest state-owned newspapers – Al-Ahram, Akhbar Al-Youm, Al-Gomhoriya - all ran headlines regarding the perceived importance of…
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