Features/Interviews
Sky News Arabia, 24-hour Arabic-language news channel, goes on air
May 6, 2012
Sky News Arabia, 24-hour Arabic-language news channel, goes on air
Sky News Arabia, a 24-hour Arabic language news channel based in Abu Dhabi, began broadcasting Sunday, pledging to be "objective"…
Iraq’s Egyptian labor still awaiting return of remittances
May 6, 2012
Iraq’s Egyptian labor still awaiting return of remittances
They have been there for almost a month now, a little scrum of men and women who trickle out of…
After attacks on press, syndicate to sue SCAF and form committee
May 6, 2012
After attacks on press, syndicate to sue SCAF and form committee
Following the assault and detention of several journalists covering clashes in Abbasseya on Friday, the Journalists Syndicate board announced on…
Morsy campaign rediscovers religion’s potency in politics
May 3, 2012
Morsy campaign rediscovers religion’s potency in politics
As the race heats up between the nation’s two leading Islamist presidential candidates, the Muslim Brotherhood is mixing its new-found…
Lines blurred at the Abbasseya front
May 3, 2012
Lines blurred at the Abbasseya front
The scene has become familiar: streets splashed with rubble and broken glass; torn down sign posts leading to barricades of…
UN-Egypt program to reform media and freedom of expression
May 3, 2012
UN-Egypt program to reform media and freedom of expression
The United Nations is cooperating with the Egyptian government, local NGOs and media institutions to launch a program aimed at…
A free press talks
May 3, 2012
A free press talks
The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), in collaboration with Egypt Independent, organized a call to gather posters,…
With pomp and circumstance, Mohamed Selim al-Awa launches presidential campaign
May 2, 2012
With pomp and circumstance, Mohamed Selim al-Awa launches presidential campaign
As laser beams cut through the night sky above giant screens, Mohamed Selim al-Awa, a small, neatly dressed man in…
ElBaradei’s new party vague in effort to unite revolutionary factions
May 2, 2012
ElBaradei’s new party vague in effort to unite revolutionary factions
In 2009, Nobel Laureate Mohamed ElBaradei returned to Egypt with the aim of organizing the scattered political forces that wanted…
Presidential candidates jostle for labor vote
May 1, 2012
Presidential candidates jostle for labor vote
Presidential candidates are out and about on Labor Day trying to gather support from laborers, a key constituency. While laborers…