Features/Interviews
World newspapers: Egypt opens Rafah to calm Egyptian anger
June 5, 2010
World newspapers: Egypt opens Rafah to calm Egyptian anger
President Hosni Mubarak’s decision to open the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip for an indefinite period…
Detained Sinai activists remain in limbo
June 3, 2010
Detained Sinai activists remain in limbo
After new amendments to Egypt’s Emergency law that pledged the release of all detainees except those who were being kept…
Google, Microsoft: No law in Egypt on storing user data
June 2, 2010
Google, Microsoft: No law in Egypt on storing user data
Microsoft and Google both say Egypt has no legislation obliging social networks and internet search engines to delete users' data…
Q&A with Hizbullah’s Sheikh Naim Qasim: Israel ‘not ready’ for regional war
June 1, 2010
Q&A with Hizbullah’s Sheikh Naim Qasim: Israel ‘not ready’ for regional war
Sheikh Naim Qasim, vice-general secretary of Lebanese resistance movement Hizbullah, is well known for his composure and wisdom. Despite his…
Thursday’s news: Israeli drills, Brotherhood speaks
May 27, 2010
Thursday’s news: Israeli drills, Brotherhood speaks
Al-Ahram leads with a report on social security. The headline points out the “increase in the amount of underprivileged families…
Brookings Institute criticizes lack of press freedom in Egypt
May 26, 2010
Brookings Institute criticizes lack of press freedom in Egypt
The Brookings Institute, an independent American research organization, criticized the status of the press freedom in Egypt in a report…
Africans launch first Arabic-language TV channel
May 23, 2010
Africans launch first Arabic-language TV channel
The first Arabic-language TV channel in Africa will be launched in June. The new channel, named Al-Qarra (The Continent) will…
Downtown Cairo’s complex politics
May 18, 2010
Downtown Cairo’s complex politics
While downtown Cairo has been the site of much of the political mobilization in Egypt over the past decade, little…
Introducing conditional cash transfers to Egypt’s poor
May 18, 2010
Introducing conditional cash transfers to Egypt’s poor
Assiut--Residents of Rifa village on the outskirts of Assiut rely on seasonal harvests of crops for their income. The inconsistency…
Music producer says he uncovered ‘defective’ Rotana deal
May 18, 2010
Music producer says he uncovered ‘defective’ Rotana deal
Mohsen Gaber, owner of the music production company Alam el-Fan, said he is the reason why details of the deal…