Wafaa Bakry
1800 flats in 6th of October City stormed and occupied illegally
Egypt
October 25, 2011
1800 flats in 6th of October City stormed and occupied illegally
Organized groups on Monday stormed the National Project for Social Housing in 6th of October City and occupied 1800 flats…
Mines to be removed from 40,000 acres of minefields in New Alamein
Egypt
August 31, 2011
Mines to be removed from 40,000 acres of minefields in New Alamein
The Urban Communities Authority is in the process of signing a protocol with the Planning and International Cooperation Ministry and…
Egypt’s military to begin building low-income houses
Egypt
July 22, 2011
Egypt’s military to begin building low-income houses
The armed forces will begin building 25,000 housing units in different governorates, within the framework of a new housing project…
Construction permits suspended due to water supply issues
Egypt
May 22, 2011
Construction permits suspended due to water supply issues
Sayed Nasr, head of the Holding Company for Drinking Water and Wastewater, said he had agreed with the Urban Communities…
Egypt Radio discontinues program criticized by minister
Egypt
January 12, 2011
Egypt Radio discontinues program criticized by minister
Egyptian al-Sharq al-Awsat radio station has stopped broadcasting one of its programs after a minister criticized the show and accused…
Recent bad weather leads to higher sedimentation rate in Nile
Environment
January 4, 2011
Recent bad weather leads to higher sedimentation rate in Nile
Recent flooding and torrential rains in Egypt have affected the Nile River, causing higher-than-usual rates of water turbidity and discoloration
Arab Contractors to head back to Iraq after 4-year hiatus
Business
October 27, 2010
Arab Contractors to head back to Iraq after 4-year hiatus
Prominent Egyptian property developer the Arab Contractors Company plans to open two branches in Iraq--in Baghdad and Erbil--after a four-year…
Committee: TMG should be charged almost LE14 billion in housing units
Business
October 17, 2010
Committee: TMG should be charged almost LE14 billion in housing units
The legal committee tasked with re-evaluating land associated with the Madinaty urban development project this week recommended that the Housing…
Second private school put under ministry supervision for violations
Egypt
September 7, 2010
Second private school put under ministry supervision for violations
Education Minister Ahmed Zaki Badr ordered that the Gozour private school be put under his ministry's supervision for violating regulations…
September to witness first popular trial of education minister
Egypt
August 22, 2010
September to witness first popular trial of education minister
The Independent Teachers Syndicate will hold the first popular trial, a mock court proceeding, of the Minister of Education on…
Study guide publishers to sue Ed Minister
Egypt
August 1, 2010
Study guide publishers to sue Ed Minister
A dispute between the Education Ministry and private study guide publishers has escalated after a number of publishers and authors…
Ministry of education to cut book budget
Egypt
July 22, 2010
Ministry of education to cut book budget
The Ministry of Education will downsize its budget for printing school books this year, according to a senior ministry source.…
Education Ministry to overhaul curriculum
Egypt
July 20, 2010
Education Ministry to overhaul curriculum
Education Minister Ahmed Zaki Badr has announced a decision to modify the curriculum for primary and secondary school students, with…
50.5% pass last year of high school exams
Egypt
July 11, 2010
50.5% pass last year of high school exams
The announcement of exam results for the second and third years of the 2009/10 academic year of high school has…
Nile Schools: Education for the middle class
Egypt
July 9, 2010
Nile Schools: Education for the middle class
The Nile Schools, funded by the Educational Development Fund and administered by the Egyptian Council of Ministers, are now accepting…
Education minister gives goodwill gesture to protesting staff
Egypt
July 7, 2010
Education minister gives goodwill gesture to protesting staff
Minister of Education Ahmed Zaki Badr has decided to grant an extra two months' salary to staff at the General…
Teachers demonstrate over proctors’ deaths
Egypt
June 28, 2010
Teachers demonstrate over proctors’ deaths
The founding committee of the Independent Teachers Syndicate staged a protest on Monday in front of the Education Ministry building…
Army, police to protect Thanwaeyya Amma exams
Egypt
June 12, 2010
Army, police to protect Thanwaeyya Amma exams
Nearly half million of Thanwaeyya Amma (secondary school) students started on Saturday their examinations in 1358 government-supervised exam centers throughout…
Mubarak puts succession in God’s hands
Egypt
May 21, 2010
Mubarak puts succession in God’s hands
“I prefer whoever God prefers,” Mubarak answered while pointing to the sky. With this response, Mubarak once again opened the…
Govt to amend law on apartment rentals
Business
April 15, 2010
Govt to amend law on apartment rentals
Housing Minister Ahmed el-Maghraby said the government planned to introduce gradual amendments to the law regulating apartment rentals in coming…