CAIRO: In the wake of strained Egyptian-American relations over the NGOs' case last month, a new Gallup poll survey shows most Egyptians do not want closer relations to the US.
According to a poll of 1,000 Egyptians, 56 percent believed closer (...)
CAIRO: A new study published by the British Medical Journal suggests hospital patients in developing countries are harmed most often by the mistakes of the hospital's clinical staff and by the failure to follow protocols and policies.
All data (...)
CAIRO: In a small courtyard outside the National Council for the Care of Martyrs and Injured, people swarm around two barred windows with outstretched arms, thrusting paper work toward the front of the crowd.
Over a year after the Jan. 25 (...)
CAIRO: With its first session scheduled for Tuesday, experts are divided over the future of the Shoura Council, with some expecting it to have more power and others seeing it being abolished completely.
The power of the Shoura Council is (...)
CAIRO: Eighty-eight percent of Egyptians think the upcoming presidential election will be fair and honest, with only 6 percent disagreeing, according to a poll released Thursday.
The survey was taken in mid-December, after the first rounds of (...)
CAIRO: Egyptians are seeing the rise of a debate culture through organized, monitored debates. Aiming to cultivate that culture is the Young Arab Voices, a regional program teaching Egyptian youth skills for debate and advocacy.
Program director (...)
CAIRO: Neither the Islamist nor liberal parties fielded a significant number of female candidates on their lists in the recently held parliamentary elections, a report revealed.
The report, issued by a program at Nazra for Feminist Studies, (...)
CAIRO: Egypt fell 25 spots on the Global Peace Index (GPI) for 2011, coming at 73 among 153 nations ranked according to the “absence of violence.”
One of the ten contributors to the report, released by the non-profit research organization, (...)