Italy went through a tumultuous poll this week amid politicians' banking scandals, the pope stepping down, the revival of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's political career, and former President Mario Monti's choice to run for the post after (...)
“We believe that it should be the PEOPLE who decide, the people who transformed Egypt through occupying Tahrir should now liberate the midan and permanently claim it as their own [...] If we can talk down a regime, we can certainly TALK TO BUILD the (...)
The once tranquil rural village of Gurna now looks like a reflection of Luxor City. Only two years ago, streets were not paved and the scenery looked very different. Now roads are busy with cars and trucks, and a forest of buildings surpasses the (...)
“The idea of travelling has controlled their minds…People who travelled started building concrete houses and multi-story buildings. The youth became jealous of each other…and travelling became the dream.”
The father of a young Egyptian man who took (...)
“The TAV high-speed train won't take us to Lyon in three hours, but to Athens in five minutes.” This slogan appeared at the Val di Susa “NOTAV” protest last Saturday in the valley of Italy's Piedmont region on the border with France.
Despite (...)
A recent report on migration behavior reveals that the political instability in Egypt following the 25 January revolution is not necessarily a cause for people wanting to leave the country.
On Wednesday, the Center for Migration and Refugee Studies (...)
Although the Khaled Saeed case was covered by Egyptian newspapers, it was the post mortem photo of his maimed corpse – a shattering proof of police brutality – that really moved the public, and it was later identified as a major catalyst of the 25 (...)
This article is the first of a weekly series launched by Al-Masry Al-Youm English Edition in collaboration with the Wadi Environmental Science Centre (WESC) ahead of the World Environment Day (WED) that will take place on 5 June and will be (...)
The “Poverty alleviation, Legal rights for children, women and girls” project concluded Tuesday with a conference featuring its sponsor, the National Center for Childhood and Motherhood. The center worked in coordination with the World Bank and (...)
The traditional map of Khedival Cairo marks Mohamed Ali Street as its northeastern gate. Aside from a bit of restoration work and a handful of superficial renovations, the history-laden street looks much the same as it always has. Socially, however, (...)