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Where does urban harmony begin?
Opinion
January 22, 2011
Where does urban harmony begin?
Cairo, the palimpsest city with multiple layers of dense continuous inhabitation, is currently seeking reconstructive plastic surgery. With ailing infrastructure…
Streets of Cairo: Traffic in Mohamed Mahmoud Street
Life & Style
January 8, 2011
Streets of Cairo: Traffic in Mohamed Mahmoud Street
While taking a photo of the street sign of Mohamed Mahmoud Street, a police officer stopped to ask me the…
Truck crash near Assiut kills 3
Egypt
December 27, 2010
Truck crash near Assiut kills 3
Three people were killed and a fourth injured Monday when two trucks collided on the western desert road near the…
Fog brings Suez Canal traffic to temporary standstill
Business
December 5, 2010
Fog brings Suez Canal traffic to temporary standstill
Ferries between Port Said and Port Fouad had to dock due to heavy fog that blurred visibility for 20 meters,…
2 truck collisions, 6 deaths
Egypt
December 1, 2010
2 truck collisions, 6 deaths
Two trucks reportedly collided on the 26 July Corridor on Tuesday night, with the petroleum products carried by one of…
IDSC: 339,600 automobile license plates issued within year
Business
October 3, 2010
IDSC: 339,600 automobile license plates issued within year
Between June 2009 and June 2010, a total of 339,600 new personal license plates were issued by Egypt's Department of…
The Saft al-Laban Corridor: A solution to Cairo’s acute traffic congestion?
Egypt
August 17, 2010
The Saft al-Laban Corridor: A solution to Cairo’s acute traffic congestion?
Last Saturday, President Hosni Mubarak--in the presence of Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif and several ministers--inaugurated the new Saft al-Laban corridor…
Wednesday’s papers: Bread prices, Ramadan traffic and Egypt’s fifth president
Egypt
August 11, 2010
Wednesday’s papers: Bread prices, Ramadan traffic and Egypt’s fifth president
In state-owned Al-Akhbar as well as Al-Ahram, bread prices top the front page of both papers.“No increase in the price…
Govt seeks private partners to boost transport system
Egypt
June 13, 2010
Govt seeks private partners to boost transport system
The Egyptian Cabinet has approved a plan to invest in road construction projects, Minister of Transportation Alaa Fahmy announced yesterday.…
Downtown reborn? The Ismaelia Consortium’s vision for urban regeneration
Features/Interviews
May 17, 2010
Downtown reborn? The Ismaelia Consortium’s vision for urban regeneration
Al-Masry Al-Youm continues its conversation with Karim Shafei, Chief Executive Officer of Al Ismaelia for Real Estate Investments, about the…