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Protesters attempt to shut down Tahrir metro station
Egypt
December 9, 2012
Protesters attempt to shut down Tahrir metro station
Fifteen masked protesters stormed the Sadat Metro Station in Tahrir Square at 6 am Sunday morning in an attempt to…
Carrefour in negotiations to acquire Metro and Kheir Zaman supermarkets
Business
December 2, 2012
Carrefour in negotiations to acquire Metro and Kheir Zaman supermarkets
The French retailer Carrefour has begun negotiations to acquire Metro Markets Trading and Distribution, the retailer owned by the Egyptian…
Update: Leaders of independent metro workers’ union summoned by police
Egypt
November 14, 2012
Update: Leaders of independent metro workers’ union summoned by police
Refaat Arafat, head of the independent trade union for Shubra al-Kheima metro workers, said he was summoned by security forces…
Metro drivers threaten to reduce train speeds
Egypt
November 13, 2012
Metro drivers threaten to reduce train speeds
Metro drivers striking at the Shubra al-Kheima Station on Tuesday threatened to reduce train speeds to 40 km per hour…
The art of comics: How (and why) you should become the next great graphic novelist
Books
October 27, 2012
The art of comics: How (and why) you should become the next great graphic novelist
Graphic novels are “cheap, fast, and accessible,” according to Amir, author of “Zahra’s Paradise,” (he has chosen, along with his illustrator…
Ministry secures 940 million euro funding for metro third phase
Business
September 23, 2012
Ministry secures 940 million euro funding for metro third phase
Planning and International Cooperation Minister Ashraf al-Araby signed Sunday morning a 940 million euro agreement of foreign financing for the…
‘Metro’ available to friends, not family
Books
July 31, 2012
‘Metro’ available to friends, not family
"Metro,” Magdy El Shafee’s fast-paced first graphic novel, is now available in Italian and in English. The heist thriller will…
Metro workers threaten hunger strike
Egypt
July 5, 2012
Metro workers threaten hunger strike
Metro workers continued their sit-in at the Shohadaa (Martyrs) metro stop on Thursday and threatened to begin a hunger strike…
Metro workers begin open-ended sit-in
Egypt
July 4, 2012
Metro workers begin open-ended sit-in
Dozens of the metro’s maintenance workers and drivers’ assistants protested at the Shohadaa (Martyrs) Stop, demanding fixed contracts as promised…
The metro comes to Ard al-Lewa with ‘Shubra Line’
Art news
April 18, 2012
The metro comes to Ard al-Lewa with ‘Shubra Line’
The exhibition space at Artellewa is not typical of white-cube galleries. It may be, technically, a white cube, but the…