Three days have passed since the swearing in of five new Egyptian governors, with Beheira's Nadia Abdo appointed as Egypt's first female governor.
Although Abdo's post as the governor is only two working days old, she is well seasoned for the (...)
This article has first been published in Ahram Online on 26/06/2013
Ahmed*, 30, from the Nile Delta city of Mahalla, describes his painful addiction to Tramadol, a pharmaceutical painkiller which has, in recent years, become one of the most popular (...)
For seven years, I lived three floors above a main bridge in central Cairo that connects the two branches of the Nile. I would wake up in shock on average three times a week to the sound of squealing brakes, followed by a crash.
The scene of (...)
Egyptian expatriates flocked to the Egyptian consulate in New York on Thursday to cast their vote in the country's presidential elections, in what diplomats said was a record turnout at the location in elections since 2011.
Overseas voting began on (...)
Ahmed*, 30, from the Nile Delta city of Mahalla, describes his painful addiction to Tramadol, a pharmaceutical painkiller which has, in recent years, become one of the most popular drugs among Egyptian addicts.
The head of the rehabilitation centre (...)
The village of Kamshish in the Nile Delta governorate of Menoufiya on Tuesday celebrated the 47th anniversary of the death of farmers' rights advocate Salah Hussein, a national hero who died as a result of his long struggle against the feudalist (...)
On 25 April 1982, Egypt regained the Sinai Peninsula, its flag raised in Rafah. It marked the final departure of the Israeli army from Sinai, which it had occupied since the Six-Day War in 1967, commonly referred to among Arabs as the Naksa (...)
Residents of Al-Khosous relay to Ahram Online different versions of what actually sparked the sectarian violence that left at least 5 Copts and 1 Muslim dead in their otherwise 'peaceful town'
Four days have passed since the violence that disrupted (...)
A number of political figures and researchers came together on Sunday for a two-day conference in Cairo organised by the Middle East Forum for Civil Liberties, to discuss the topic of citizenship and minorities in Egypt under the rule of the Muslim (...)
For several weeks Ahmed Al-Biqawi, a 25-year-old Palestinian student who has been living in Egypt since 2007, has been working along with his Egyptian and Palestinian colleagues at different universities in Cairo to organise “a Palestinian week” (...)
Against the backdrop of Cairo's lavish Nile City Towers along the banks of the Nile, dozens of residents of the low-income Ramlet Boulaq stood amid their makeshift homes to give a press conference about the injustices that they say they continue to (...)
In an attempt to tackle the issue of informal housing in Egypt, primarily following the January 25 Revolution, a joint workshop initiative was held on Monday by the French Centre for Social, Judicial and Economic Documentation (CEDAJ), UN-Habitat (...)
Recent weeks have seen increasing reports of a "plague of locusts," which some experts say could hit Egypt's Nile Delta within days.
Since January, swarms of the insects – originating from Sudan – have been spotted along the Red Sea coast, in (...)
In Cairo, groups of workers gathered at a press conference held on Thursday by the Egyptian Centre for Economic and Social Rights (ECESR) to give their testimony about the recent wave of strike action at a number of workplaces across Egypt.
The (...)
President Mohamed Morsi and Egypt's top judges have been in a game of tug-of-war for almost three months. The crisis reached a climax late November, when Morsi ordered Mubarak-era prosecutor-general Abdel-Meguid Mahmoud to retire.
The fall out from (...)
A read into the results of the first stage of Egypt's referendum on the constitution presents two important observations: The first is that the turnout was significantly lower than the four national votes after Egypt's January 25 Revolution. The (...)
The Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) on its official English language website released a statement late Wednesday where it claimed the death of Egyptian journalist El-Hosseiny Abou-Deif was a result of anti-Mohamed Morsi "paid thugs."
It further laid (...)
A civilian convoy entered Gaza from Egypt on the fifth day of Israel's bloody onslaught to throw light on the Palestinian plight which had been sidelined by other conflicts in the region
Flooding into the main courtyard of the Dar Al-Shifaa hospital (...)
Over 500 Egyptian activists cross into Gaza in Egypt's largest solidarity convoy during one of the bloodiest days of the ongoing Israeli offensive; Ahram Online journalists who traveled with group report back.
Five minutes after a Gaza-bound convoy (...)
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon held an urgent press conference Tuesday morning in Cairo to discuss recent developments in the Gaza Strip and the ongoing conflict in Syria.
"I am here personally to appeal for the end of violence and to (...)
Located in Cairo's Ard El-Lewa, a bustling informal residential neighbourhood, rests a green-lit kitchen, a food cart with onlookers constantly stopping by, and women from the neighbourhood walking in and out with pots and pans of food to be cooked (...)
The growing number of street vendors in Cairo's bustling streets has caused many people to blame vendors for increasing the city's chronic traffic problems.
Many observers note that vendors' presence has significantly increased with the rise of (...)
Forty-four Syrian women from different civil society organizations and young independent activists convened in Cairo on 30 October for three days to launch the Syrian Women's Forum for Peace.
The closing reception was held on 1 November at a Cairo (...)
Fayoum, Egypt's largest oasis city just 85 km south of Cairo, is popularly known for its agricultural production, but water shortage and debt has led farmers to demand urgent government action.
The city is also known also for itsrich natural (...)
Against the backdrop of the silhouetted Cairo skyline and the iconic Citadel lit in green, yellow and pink, hundreds gathered to celebrate the first ever International Day of the Girl on Thursday.
The Pyramids were also lit in pink during the (...)