Features/Interviews
Reporting from afar
May 2, 2010
Reporting from afar
CAIRO--In the fast-paced Internet age, timing has become vitally important for news organizations to remain afloat. With dwindling revenue from…
A split in the Brotherhood
May 2, 2010
A split in the Brotherhood
Young workers move frantically around the office, bringing coffee and tea to visitors who wait to meet with the Muslim…
Unforgivable delay?
May 2, 2010
Unforgivable delay?
The Arab world continues to follow the coverage of Marwa El Sherbini’s murder with keen interest, however the western media…
Ahead of the protest: Activists strategize legally, digitally
April 29, 2010
Ahead of the protest: Activists strategize legally, digitally
On 2 May, Cairo is set to witness a nationwide workers’ protest to demand an increase of the national minimum…
Lord David Owen talks democracy, intervention
April 29, 2010
Lord David Owen talks democracy, intervention
British politician Lord David Owen spoke to a group of Egyptian journalists on Tuesday on the twin subjects of democracy…
ElBaradei in Boston: An urgently needed agenda for change
April 29, 2010
ElBaradei in Boston: An urgently needed agenda for change
While Egyptians in the US have basically decided that Mohamed ElBaradei is the long-awaited messiah, the 67-year-old pro-reform activist's visit…
Meat prices start to drop as boycott continues
April 28, 2010
Meat prices start to drop as boycott continues
While the prices of red meat continued to rise in some governorates, the campaign to boycott meat started to bear…
Labor movement delivers more than bread and butter
April 27, 2010
Labor movement delivers more than bread and butter
A few days ago, 9000 workers at the Naga Hammadi aluminum factory in Upper Egypt staged a protest, demanding that…
Egypt’s Salafis: When my enemy’s foe isn’t my friend
April 27, 2010
Egypt’s Salafis: When my enemy’s foe isn’t my friend
Alexandria—When Mohamed ElBaradei visited Mansoura earlier this month, he must have taken into consideration that Egypt’s 29-year-old emergency law could…
Education Ministry to reform religious education
April 27, 2010
Education Ministry to reform religious education
The Ministry of Education is planning reforms to the education system which will include a new subject titled "Ethical Education"…