Features/Interviews
Shubra students collect garbage before class
October 19, 2009
Shubra students collect garbage before class
There are no longer any complaints about damaged desks, broken windows or ramshackle bathrooms -- the secondary school at the…
Ayman Nour Launches Anti-Succession Campaign
October 15, 2009
Ayman Nour Launches Anti-Succession Campaign
Egyptian opposition groups from across the political spectrum gathered on Wednesday to launch a new coalition calling for democratic reforms…
Antiquity theft met with harsher penalties
October 12, 2009
Antiquity theft met with harsher penalties
Parliament's Culture Committee has instituted harsher punishments for those found guilty of stealing or smuggling archaeological artifacts. Newly revised penalties…
Interview with Yusuf Nada, international relations coordinator for the Muslim Brotherhood
October 11, 2009
Interview with Yusuf Nada, international relations coordinator for the Muslim Brotherhood
One day after prominent Muslim Brotherhood member Youssef Nada's name was removed from the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) terrorism…
Greek Campus for sale
September 28, 2009
Greek Campus for sale
As The American University in Cairo (AUC) celebrates its 90th anniversary this year it is selling one of its most…
Tactical mapping
August 6, 2009
Tactical mapping
In Gijon, a small town in northern Spain, a group of architects, artists, programmers and researchers convened around mapping practices…
Excuse me, we will take it from here
July 11, 2009
Excuse me, we will take it from here
In a solidarity meeting in Cairo, the Tanta Flax and Oil Company workers renewed their call for the nationalization of…
‘It’s raining death sentences’
June 25, 2009
‘It’s raining death sentences’
Egypt's leading construction tycoon, Hisham Talaat Mustapha, was sentenced to death today together with a former State Security officer for…
What happened to the Egyptians?
June 6, 2009
What happened to the Egyptians?
The young man in his 20s, known as "Ahmad" looks frightened, shivering as his naked body bleeds from several wounds…