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Articles of the author Wael Salem
Clothes factories on the brink
The factories in Al-Mahalla Al-Kobra in the Delta that manufacture ready-made clothes are threatened with closure, because of the continued smuggling into Egypt of huge quantities of garments from countries such as China, Turkey, Korea and Indonesia. These clothes are sold for less than 50 per cent (...)

04 - 04 - 2013
Taking the law into their own hands
The Public Prosecution recently encouraged civilians to detain suspected criminals at a time when security forces have been largely absent from the streets, in some cases because they are striking for better wages and equipment. As a result, there have been a series of lynchings by citizens in (...)

04 - 04 - 2013
Media code of ethics a must
Mass media, whether printed or audio-visual, are considered ways for expressing opinions and enlightening society. These days, the media are under fire, prompting many to say there have been attempts to restrict and gag the freedom of expression. Late president Gamal Abdel-Nasser oversaw the (...)

26 - 03 - 2013
People divided over next polls
People in the street are divided over whether to take part in the polls scheduled to start on April 22 or boycott them. Those in favour of participation see it is a good step in the right direction, but others regard the next House of Deputies (HD) as unconstitutional like the previous one (the (...)

03 - 03 - 2013
Arab tourism in good shape
The number of Saudi tourists visiting Egypt has increased remarkably for the second year in a row. This increase has been accompanied by a noticeable rise in the number of other Arab and foreign tourists visiting the country, despite the political turmoil the country has been going through for (...)

01 - 01 - 2013
‘Spot Corruption' helping to reform Egypt
No-one can deny the suffering of successive generations of young people at the hands of Hosni Mubarak, who ruled this country with an iron fist for three decades, with the help of his cronies, who humiliated and subjugated them. The result is an incredible increase in unemployment among these young (...)

18 - 12 - 2012
‘Tourism will pick up despite crisis'
The town of Qurna, west of Luxor, recently held a musical and archaeological celebration in the house of Lord Howard Carter who, with the help of his sponsor, Lord Carnarvon, discovered the intact tomb of King Tutankhamun. The celebration was to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the discovery of (...)

02 - 12 - 2012
A vital hard currency earner
During a gathering held on Thursday under the auspices of British-Egyptian Businessmen Association (BEBA), attended by an envoy from the British Embassy in Egypt and a galaxy of representatives from the largest tourist and aviation companies in the Middle East, in addition to representatives from (...)

25 - 11 - 2012
A tale of two villages (part 1)
Although born and raised in Kafr Meselha, a poor villages in el-Menoufia Governorate, Hosni Mubarak, overthrown in a popular revolt last year after ruling autocratically for 30 years, showed little interest in his village, even before he took office as President in 1981 after Sadat's assassination, (...)

20 - 10 - 2012
Much expected of new President
Before winning the presidential elections in the run off held on June 16-17, President Mohammed Morsi pledged, within 100 days, to resolve five major problems facing the country. These problems include improving the standard of subsidised bread; finding solutions to the problem of fuel and petrol (...)

06 - 07 - 2012
Security a key factor for stability
Ahmed Ali, a bus driver, maybe a bit too hopeful as he headed to the ballot boxes nearly two weeks ago, to vote for the presidential candidate he thought would be suitable at this critical stage. Like many other people, he hoped for a president who would be able to end the confusion and chaos that (...)

29 - 06 - 2012
Fuel shortage threatens bread supplies
Cairo - It has been three months since a fuel shortage hit Egypt and people's patience is wearing thin, amid fears that the crisis could disrupt the production of subsidised bread. "I'm really suffering, going from petrol station to petrol station every day, trying to find fuel for my bakery,” says (...)

20 - 04 - 2012
Possible alternatives to US aid
CAIRO - Egyptians living abroad have been launching initiatives and suggesting ways to save the Egyptian economy in the wake of the threat from the United States to cut its aid to Egypt. Thinker, writer and journalist Mohamed Abdel-Hakam Diab, who returned from exile when last year's revolution (...)

02 - 03 - 2012
Controversy over Al-Azhar draft law
CAIRO - The Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar, Ahmed el-Tayyeb, recently proposed a draft law for regulating Al-Azhar. He has announced his readiness to discuss it with the authorities concerned and some religious scholars and intellectuals, hoping it will be approved, so that Al-Azhar can regain its (...)

25 - 02 - 2012
Smoking spreading like wildfire
CAIRO - Smoking, smoking everywhere. In buses and microbuses; in theatres, cinemas, hospitals and all public places. Smoking is rife in Egyptian society and it's spreading like wildfire. Dr Hassan Tawfiq, head of the Health Insurance Authority in Benha, says that smoking causes lung cancer, (...)

17 - 02 - 2012
Poultry effected by gas cylinders crisis
CAIRO - Every winter, the State is hit by a shortage of the gas cylinders which ordinary people use for household purposes, as well as a shortage of the fuel used by taxi drivers. Experts and traders argue that the poultry farms are the main reason for the butane gas cylinder crisis. The owners (...)

05 - 02 - 2012
Erian: Morsi in office after new constitution
“The Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood, categorically rejects and condemns the French cartoons that dishonour the Prophet Mohammed. It also denounces a controversial anti-Islam film and any action that defames the sacred religions," Essam Al-Erian, the (...)

23 - 09 - 2012
‘Security better, media code of ethics needs activating'
IN an exclusive interview with The Egyptian Gazette, Amr Moussa, the former presidential candidate and the head of the Egyptian Congress Party (ECP), outlined his wise vision and policies for solving the country's problems. Moussa, a prominent member of the Constituent Assembly, tasked with writing (...)

25 - 10 - 2012
Kenya and Congo to join new Nile water deal
Kenya has signed onto a new agreement on the distribution of Nile water that goes against Egypt's wishes. With Kenya's support, the initiative now has five signatories. Four Nile Basin states--Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda, and Rwanda--gathered in Entebbe, Uganda last Friday to sign the new document, (...)

20 - 05 - 2010
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