education
Report: Egypt’s public schools need urgent improvement
Egypt
April 5, 2012
Report: Egypt’s public schools need urgent improvement
Egypt urgently needs to overhaul its education system and initiate reforms that will help match students’ skills to the labor…
Megawra brings Cairo’s young architects together
Art news
March 21, 2012
Megawra brings Cairo’s young architects together
A great amalgamation of art and engineering, architectural vision determines the spaces we live in and traverse. In Cairo, questions…
Egypt’s students should play politics
Opinion
March 12, 2012
Egypt’s students should play politics
When I worked as an assistant professor in the department for Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University, I often represented…
Student sets classroom on fire over dispute with security guard
Egypt
March 8, 2012
Student sets classroom on fire over dispute with security guard
A student in Ismailia set his preparatory school on fire Thursday over a dispute with a school security guard.
Nawaya teaches sustainable agriculture to local farmers and Cairenes
Environment
February 19, 2012
Nawaya teaches sustainable agriculture to local farmers and Cairenes
An Egyptian group on Friday hosted the first of a series of workshops intended to demonstrate to farmers and other…
Special needs school gives hope to disabled Egyptians
Life & Style
January 6, 2012
Special needs school gives hope to disabled Egyptians
Egypt can no longer ignore its citizens with special needs, who make up five percent of the population, says Nancy…
Brotherhood prepares ‘renaissance’ project to revive Egypt
Egypt
December 12, 2011
Brotherhood prepares ‘renaissance’ project to revive Egypt
The Muslim Brotherhood has tasked Deputy General Guide Khairat al-Shater with preparing what it calls a “renaissance project,” a Brotherhood…
Parliamentary candidates pay children to hand out leaflets
Egypt
December 6, 2011
Parliamentary candidates pay children to hand out leaflets
Candidates in the current parliamentary elections are making use of poor children to distributing campaign literature, paying them in cash…
Government to add 25 January revolution to school textbooks
Egypt
November 29, 2011
Government to add 25 January revolution to school textbooks
The Education Ministry has remodeled syllabuses for primary and elementary schools to teach the 25 January revolution, which ended the…