Features/Interviews
Agricultural burning: Clouding the sky with sickness
October 9, 2014
Agricultural burning: Clouding the sky with sickness
On the Cairo-Alexandria Delta Road smoke rises from the fields, forming a gray cloud. Large piles of rice straw wait…
4,400 pilgrims return on EgyptAir flights Thursday
October 9, 2014
4,400 pilgrims return on EgyptAir flights Thursday
Sameh Hefny, head of the Holding Company for EgyptAir, said there would be 16 flights that are set to bring…
Falcon: Meet Egypt’s most famous security company
October 9, 2014
Falcon: Meet Egypt’s most famous security company
Security agents from Falcon Group International are now stationed at the gates of Egyptian universities of Cairo, Ain Shams, Helwan…
Presidential Security Director: Morsy did not request the dispersal of the Ettehadiya sit-in by force
October 8, 2014
Presidential Security Director: Morsy did not request the dispersal of the Ettehadiya sit-in by force
Q: What is your name and profession? A: My name is Osama Hussein al-Metwally al-Guindi. I am the head of the…
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier: Egyptian creativity with Sami Rafe’s footprint
October 8, 2014
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier: Egyptian creativity with Sami Rafe’s footprint
In the Al-Ahram newspaper issue of 3 March 1975, the critic Makram Hanin wrote the following about the artist Sami…
Al-Masry Al-Youm inside Hepatitis C treatment center, queues for Sovaldi
October 7, 2014
Al-Masry Al-Youm inside Hepatitis C treatment center, queues for Sovaldi
Patients ran to register at two centers for Hepatitis C treatment in Alexandria, hoping they might get the new American…
Four men arrested on harassment charges
October 7, 2014
Four men arrested on harassment charges
Sources at the Giza Security Directorate said on Tuesday morning that four men were arrested close to Al-Bandar Street in…
Pools of blood, a recurrent feature of Eid al-Adha
October 6, 2014
Pools of blood, a recurrent feature of Eid al-Adha
As Muslims in Egypt celebrate the Islamic Eid al-Adha feast, the most prominent ritual of the celebration is practiced: offering…
Fayoum’s poor: Education will not feed or treat us
October 3, 2014
Fayoum’s poor: Education will not feed or treat us
It was the circumstances in which they grew up that denied them education.
Egypt’s Sisi delivers economic reforms but hurdles remain
September 30, 2014
Egypt’s Sisi delivers economic reforms but hurdles remain
In his first 100 days in office, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has made a fast start on economic reform:…