Features/Interviews
Story of Jewish-Egyptian poet tangibly relays pleasure and pain
March 24, 2015
Story of Jewish-Egyptian poet tangibly relays pleasure and pain
Celebrated Egyptian poet Joyce Mansour was a woman of the Nile and a French-speaking, Jewish poet that expressed her hidden…
Egypt, Emirati developers tout nebulous plan for new capital
March 21, 2015
Egypt, Emirati developers tout nebulous plan for new capital
The idea is colossal: building an eco-friendly city the size of Singapore in the desert outside Cairo, a sleek new…
Upper Egypt woman raises daughter disguised, working as man for 43 years
March 19, 2015
Upper Egypt woman raises daughter disguised, working as man for 43 years
After becoming a widow in Upper Egypt with no breadwinner, life swept back into the eyes of six-month pregnant Sisa…
Interview: Presidential economic adviser optimistic after conference
March 19, 2015
Interview: Presidential economic adviser optimistic after conference
Presidential Economic Adviser Mohamed al-Erian said that he felt optimistic after the economic conference, adding that the challenges President Abdel…
What can $300 billion buy in Egypt? A new capital or a pipedream
March 19, 2015
What can $300 billion buy in Egypt? A new capital or a pipedream
It is a project as ambitious as Egypt's ancient pyramids.Built from scratch to escape Cairo's choking pollution, a planned new…
Butane gas cylinder shortage brings back primus stoves
March 18, 2015
Butane gas cylinder shortage brings back primus stoves
The shortage of butane gas cylinders has brought back the primus stoves that our grandmothers used. Al-Masry Al-Youm went to…
Families of stadium massacre victims: We know the killer
March 18, 2015
Families of stadium massacre victims: We know the killer
“God wanted my son to go to the match to die there.
Critics: Canceling visas to individual tourists ‘catastrophic’
March 18, 2015
Critics: Canceling visas to individual tourists ‘catastrophic’
The Foreign Ministry's decision to cancel visas for individual tourists has raised controversy within the tourism industry which calls it…
Regime rhetoric could be inadvertently inciting vigilantism
March 17, 2015
Regime rhetoric could be inadvertently inciting vigilantism
People in a Daqahlia village set fire on Monday to houses owned by supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood, the banned…
Hany Azer: Siemens will solve 50% of our electricity issues, we will pay them over 12 years
March 17, 2015
Hany Azer: Siemens will solve 50% of our electricity issues, we will pay them over 12 years
Hany Azer, the Prime Minister's transportation advisor, said the huge success of the economic conference was unexpected, adding that "it…