Features/Interviews
Hazem Hassan: Family businesses in Egypt not growing
May 19, 2015
Hazem Hassan: Family businesses in Egypt not growing
Though families businesses are the locomotive of development in Egypt and the Middle East, only 3 percent are capable of continuing until…
Inside the world of Ultras
May 17, 2015
Inside the world of Ultras
“An Ultras member works in the dark to provide light for the rest of his group. He does not care…
Only 1 out of 602 executions carried out since Morsi’s ouster
May 17, 2015
Only 1 out of 602 executions carried out since Morsi’s ouster
Only one death sentence out of a total of 602 has been been carried out in cases related to the…
Cairo blasts strain Egypt’s bomb squad
May 16, 2015
Cairo blasts strain Egypt’s bomb squad
Egyptian bomb disposal expert Diaa Fathy had long predicted he would die in a flash, before that fateful day in…
Story of fruit selling on wholesale markets
May 14, 2015
Story of fruit selling on wholesale markets
"Come on! An auction!" yells Mahmoud Hasaballah, an owner of a small kiosk for selling plums in Soul village in…
A country of private beaches
May 13, 2015
A country of private beaches
The common practice of renting out public beaches to the private sector in coastal cities has often resulted in pushing…
Do the Justice Minister’s classist remarks reflect reality in Egypt?
May 12, 2015
Do the Justice Minister’s classist remarks reflect reality in Egypt?
The remarks and consequent resignation of Justice Minister Mahfouz Saber have raised an important question whether Saber’s statement is a…
Expert: Egyptian government benefits from biting housing crisis
May 11, 2015
Expert: Egyptian government benefits from biting housing crisis
The Egyptian government, being the country’s largest landowner, is benefitting from the housing crisis, characterized by housing prices going beyond…
Justice Minister bears brunt of public anger after classist remark
May 11, 2015
Justice Minister bears brunt of public anger after classist remark
Despite the popular outraged sparked by a recent statement released by the Justice Minister Mahfouz Saber, he has refused to…
Industrial cities that were once beautiful
May 11, 2015
Industrial cities that were once beautiful
Mahalla, Kafr El-Dawar and Helwan were once beautiful industrial cities that were famous for the factories that were built in…