Features/Interviews
Egypt launches wide-scale metro campaign for women empowerment
August 24, 2019
Egypt launches wide-scale metro campaign for women empowerment
Lately, a wave of campaigns encouraging women empowerment in Egypt have begun to prop up, hoping to bring change in…
‘Benat Seshat’ Initiative uses digital literacy to empower orphan women
August 21, 2019
‘Benat Seshat’ Initiative uses digital literacy to empower orphan women
In the numerous villages that lie at the bottom of Upper Egypt, many still see education for women as a…
Interview: Mohamed Salah is ‘happy at Liverpool’; less so with the Egyptian FA
August 20, 2019
Interview: Mohamed Salah is ‘happy at Liverpool’; less so with the Egyptian FA
Mohamed Salah could scarcely be happier. A Champions League winner with Liverpool, a Premier League and international superstar and a hero…
Egyptian student wins 2nd place at “Tatawwar” program for water preservation plan
August 6, 2019
Egyptian student wins 2nd place at “Tatawwar” program for water preservation plan
A project idea from Egyptian student Samah Abdullah won second place in the “Tatawwar program, launched by the HSBC in…
Senior, junior Egyptian players dominate World Squash Championships again
August 5, 2019
Senior, junior Egyptian players dominate World Squash Championships again
Egyptian female and male juniors as well as Egyptian men and women recently won top spots in the world’s most…
Germany pursues justice for survivors of Yazidi genocide
August 3, 2019
Germany pursues justice for survivors of Yazidi genocide
“Germany must not be a safe haven for war criminals.” It is a sentence police inspector Klaus Zorn repeats several…
Egypt’s NGO law: A breakthrough for civil society work, though critics want more
July 19, 2019
Egypt’s NGO law: A breakthrough for civil society work, though critics want more
The Egyptian House of Parliament on July 14 approved an all-new law for non-governmental organizations (NGO), replacing the controversial law…
Economic “game changer”? African leaders launch free-trade zone
July 8, 2019
Economic “game changer”? African leaders launch free-trade zone
* African leaders meet to discuss key details of free-trade bloc * Potential for Africa’s US$3.4 trillion economy is massive…
Istanbul’s new mayor says ‘no individual or power’ can threaten democracy
June 27, 2019
Istanbul’s new mayor says ‘no individual or power’ can threaten democracy
(CNN)–The winner of Istanbul’s mayoral election re-run has issued a thinly veiled warning to Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to…
Casa del Paraná: where people with mental illness regain their autonomy
June 24, 2019
Casa del Paraná: where people with mental illness regain their autonomy
Gustavo is happy that he has been able to “reset his life.” In 2007, he suffered an outbreak of schizophrenia,…