street vendors
Authorities shut down popular Cairo markets to prevent overcrowding
Egypt
March 24, 2020
Authorities shut down popular Cairo markets to prevent overcrowding
Cairo police and local authorities launched a crackdown on street vendors at the Ataba and al-Mosky markets, following orders from…
21 defendants sentenced to 15 years in prison on intimidation charges
Egypt
August 23, 2019
21 defendants sentenced to 15 years in prison on intimidation charges
The Supreme State Security Emergency Court held in Abdeen sentenced 21 defendants to 15 years in prison and assigned them…
Times are a-changin’ in London where contactless is king
Business
September 5, 2018
Times are a-changin’ in London where contactless is king
For centuries, London has sustained a street-level economy where performers and vendors make a living from the spare change…
Video shows child street vendor beaten by policeman on metro
Egypt
August 20, 2018
Video shows child street vendor beaten by policeman on metro
On Monday, Facebook users circulated a video of a child being beaten by a policeman, in an attempt to take…
Electric cars and a LE 400 million project to transform site of Giza Pyramids
Egypt
February 5, 2018
Electric cars and a LE 400 million project to transform site of Giza Pyramids
A LE 400 million development project will accompany the introduction of electric cars as part of a move to significantly…
Egypt gives Italy phone records of street vendors’ union chief: legal source
Egypt
May 7, 2016
Egypt gives Italy phone records of street vendors’ union chief: legal source
Egypt has handed over the mobile phone records of the head of a street vendors union to Italian investigators who…
Street vendors in Alexandria, Matrouh get solar-powered carts
Egypt
August 9, 2015
Street vendors in Alexandria, Matrouh get solar-powered carts
The Alexandria governorate has contracted a local supplier for the purchase of 13 solar-powered carts to be used by street…
Cairo Governor: A member of the “Downtown Mafia” helped remove the street vendors
Egypt
May 12, 2015
Cairo Governor: A member of the “Downtown Mafia” helped remove the street vendors
Cairo Governor Galal al-Saeed said a member of the “Downtown Mafia” helped him evacuate the street vendors from the city…
‘I have no money:’ tourist t-shirts printed with messages drive vendors away
Egypt
December 24, 2014
‘I have no money:’ tourist t-shirts printed with messages drive vendors away
"No money," "I have no money, leave me alone," and other similar phrases were printed in Arabic on the t-shirts…
Police chase street vendors returning to Downtown
Egypt
November 3, 2014
Police chase street vendors returning to Downtown
Police chased street vendors in Downtown Cairo on Monday who challenged a government decision to move them to the Gateway…