Increasing the country's agricultural exports is one of the key targets of those responsible for economic policies in Egypt. The future depends on achieving a leap in exports, since these are a fundamental source of the foreign currency necessary (...)
Egypt has always relied heavily on oil and gas as energy sources, and until a few years ago it has also mainly depended on power plants fuelled by oil and coal, with no companies working on generating renewable energy and an absence of solar power (...)
Despite the intense pressures the Iranian regime has faced due to the protests that swept the county as of 28 December, the government has shown no signs of willingness to change its domestic and foreign policies in a way that would diminish the (...)
Among the many different folk dance troupes who took part in the 18th annual Ismailia International Festival for Folk Arts, Al-Falouga troupe from Palestine stands out.
The festival, which took place from 20 to 25 August, featured troupes from 23 (...)
Six months after Iran and the P5+1 (permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany) signed a nuclear agreement, international sanctions have been lifted. This is apart from sanctions pertaining to human rights, terrorism and ballistic (...)
What would Mohamed Al-Maghut, the late Syrian writer who often wrote about the poor, have said if he visited some of the remote villages in Egypt's southern governorates? Would he have talked about their isolation, decried their forlornness, told (...)
‘Poverty is the worst form of violence'
— Mahatma Gandhi
Nearly one-third of Egypt's population lives in Upper Egypt, the region known in Arabic as the Saeed. The Upper Egyptians, or Saeedis, are often depicted in novels and films as being tough and (...)
TRIPOLI: The people of Tripoli ventured out to mosques on Friday, praying for peace and offering thanks for the fall of Moammar Qaddafi, though the Libyan capital remained locked down and dangerous as rebel fighters hunted the fugitive (...)
NEAR AJDABIYAH: The Libyan rebel fighters sheltering behind sand dunes near the government-held town of Ajdabiyah are full of bravado but they appear to lack leadership, soldiering experience and any clear plan of action.
The volunteer force (...)
The LE400 minimum wage set by Egypt's National Council of Wages last week represents "the best possible figure at the moment," Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif said on Monday while presiding over the inauguration of several industrial and service projects (...)
Electricity cuts continued in a number of Cairo districts and other provinces, sparking outrage among citizens. In Suez, citizens are subject to disconnections up to three times a day.
The Minister of Electricity and Energy, Hassan Younis, called (...)
Hundreds of residents of the village of Sanhur in the Fayoum Governorate gathered to protest five consecutive days of water cuts. Villagers blocked the main road leading to the city of Fayoum, with some protesters setting cars ablaze to register (...)
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CAIRO: Egypt s flagging prestige as a key broker in the Middle East has taken a further blow after its slow and indecisive response to the war between Hezbollah and Israel, analysts and political commentators said. At the start of the (...)
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CAIRO: A woman who rocked Egyptian society by taking a famous actor to court to prove he was the father of her child is urging thousands of other women in a similar position to speak out and get help. Hind El-Hinnawy, 28, told Reuters on (...)