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Abu Qir power station: No place for love
Opinion
August 30, 2012
Abu Qir power station: No place for love
When the government made the people pin their hopes on the Abu Qir power station for uninterrupted electricity supply, it was…
Yahoo ordered to appear in Egyptian court
Egypt
June 13, 2012
Yahoo ordered to appear in Egyptian court
Internet giant Yahoo was ordered Tuesday to appear in a Cairo courtroom after four former employees charged the company with…
Permanent appointment of temporary laborers costs LE3 billion, says finance minister
Business
March 29, 2012
Permanent appointment of temporary laborers costs LE3 billion, says finance minister
Finance Minister Momtaz al-Saeed told Parliament’s Budget and Planning Committee on Thursday that devising permanent contracts for 400,000 temporary workers…
People with disabilities stage protests in Assiut demanding jobs
Egypt
February 26, 2012
People with disabilities stage protests in Assiut demanding jobs
Scores of people with disabilities staged protests in the Upper Egyptian city of Assiut Sunday, demanding jobs and threatening to…
Government signs permanent contracts for 124,500 employees
Egypt
October 19, 2011
Government signs permanent contracts for 124,500 employees
The Egyptian government signed permanent job contracts for 124,500 employees over the past three months, Finance Minister Hazem al-Beblawy said…
Workplace training: Dealing with difficult colleagues
Life & Style
August 14, 2011
Workplace training: Dealing with difficult colleagues
The main objective of any company or organization is to hire the most effective and qualified employees. However, this is…
Egypt to increase wheat production and begin project with Sudan
Business
July 9, 2011
Egypt to increase wheat production and begin project with Sudan
Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Ayman Abu Hadid said that wheat production this year reached about 8.5 million tons,…
No new government jobs for fresh graduates
Business
May 17, 2011
No new government jobs for fresh graduates
The Finance Ministry on Tuesday announced that the government will not be offering new jobs to fresh university graduates, a…
The Ibn Khassib Hotel: A sectarian-free zone in Egypt
Egypt
January 17, 2011
The Ibn Khassib Hotel: A sectarian-free zone in Egypt
When I came across a small kiosk in the Upper Egyptian city of Minya and asked for the hotel of…
Poor women seek better life with plastic surgery
Egypt
November 24, 2010
Poor women seek better life with plastic surgery
Working-class Egyptians are getting botox, breast implants and tummy tucks in the hopes that the cosmetic surgery once reserved for…