Jano Charbel
Strike with no beginning, strike with no end
Egypt
January 29, 2010
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
January 23, 2010
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
January 19, 2010
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
January 18, 2010
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
January 8, 2010
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
January 7, 2010
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
January 6, 2010
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
January 6, 2010
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
January 4, 2010
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
January 2, 2010
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…