Features/Interviews
Women replace men ploughing, planting and harvesting crops
November 22, 2014
Women replace men ploughing, planting and harvesting crops
Gamalat Suleiman has never read about women’s rights or joined any of the rights groups. The axe, that she held…
Wahid Hamed: If the responsibility is too much for Sisi, he should leave
November 21, 2014
Wahid Hamed: If the responsibility is too much for Sisi, he should leave
As usual, prominent writer Wahid Hamed entered another mine field, which he loves to do. In an interview with Al-Masry…
Egypt closes schools in Sinai towns as area inches towards open war
November 21, 2014
Egypt closes schools in Sinai towns as area inches towards open war
Egypt, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Egypt has indefinitely shut schools in two border towns in northern Sinai as the army…
Young Egyptian who joined IS: Peaceful protests yield nothing
November 19, 2014
Young Egyptian who joined IS: Peaceful protests yield nothing
Following President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's violent and harsh crackdown on political dissidents, the organization calling itself the Islamic State seems…
Human rights organizations and the government, 29 years of cat and mouse game
November 18, 2014
Human rights organizations and the government, 29 years of cat and mouse game
By the end of 1984, torture in places of detention returned strongly after a hiatus of just a few months,…
Welad Elbalad wins GEN’s Editors’ Lab prize, AMAY ranks second
November 14, 2014
Welad Elbalad wins GEN’s Editors’ Lab prize, AMAY ranks second
Welad ElBalad Media Services team won the first place at the competition of the Editors' Lab organized by the Egypt…
Egypt rights to Mediterranean gas fields a controversial issue
November 12, 2014
Egypt rights to Mediterranean gas fields a controversial issue
Varying opinions have been given concerning the recent agreement to delineate water borders between Egypt, Greece and Cyprus, a step…
Egypt, Cyprus Mediterranean deal apparently provokes Turkey
November 11, 2014
Egypt, Cyprus Mediterranean deal apparently provokes Turkey
A deal by Egypt and Cyprus involving the demarcation of water territories and regulating the use of natural gas resources…
WWI in Egypt: A forgotten sacrifice for colonial powers
November 10, 2014
WWI in Egypt: A forgotten sacrifice for colonial powers
It is important to reveal the neglected aspects of WWI in Egypt, when a state of terror swept all cities…
Church nears change of papal election, personal status by-laws
November 10, 2014
Church nears change of papal election, personal status by-laws
Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church could finally change internal familial by-laws, which currently forbid Egyptian Coptic Christians from divorcing or remarrying,…