“We've seen exceptional GDP growth rates before, as far back as maybe 10 years ago, yet the people at the bottom seldom feel the benefits. Today's 5.6 per cent real GDP growth rate looks great, but it is not trickling down fast enough to improve (...)
Egypt ranked eighth among 142 countries in Gallup's 2019 Global Law and Order report which measures how safe citizens feel.
The report's findings are based on the answers of 152,000 adults worldwide to a standard set of questions that include how (...)
“With all eyes on Syria, Yemen and Iraq, it is difficult to bring the attention of member nations to what is happening in Gaza,” said Mahmoud Al-Khafif, coordinator of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Assistance to the (...)
Sociologist, dissident and now exile, Saad Eddin Ibrahim spoke to Daily News Egypt from the Qatari capital of Doha about his conflict with the Egyptian government.
Ibrahim believes that although his Aug. 21 Washington Post editorial may have (...)
CAIRO: Firmly stuck at the bottom of the pecking order, Egyptian microbus drivers are forced by the police to transport investigation teams to security missions on a daily basis.
In addition to the social stigma attached to being a microbus (...)
CAIRO: With two court cases that target his writings, Al Dostour editor Ibrahim Eissa is also accused of being a Muslim Brotherhood ally due to the paper's coverage of the banned group.
While the latter accusation hasn't taken any legal form, (...)
CAIRO: Al Dostour's editor-in-chief Ibrahim Eissa and three other journalists have been sentenced to one year in prison in a three-month-old case for insulting symbols of the National Democratic Party on Sept. 13. After paying LE 10,000 bail, Eissa (...)
CAIRO: The engineered wetland project in the Bahr El Baar area south of Port Said represents great potential for improving Egypt's water pollution conundrum.
Unconventional and environmentally friendly, the new project at the Manzallah Lake (...)
CAIRO: Osama Bin Laden s latest video surfaced on Sept. 7, proving that despite contrary claims, Al-Qaeda is alive and kicking.
You made one of your greatest mistakes, in that you neither brought to account nor punished those who waged this war, (...)
CAIRO: The Democratic Front Party (DFP) proposed holding a conference that would bring together all of Egypt's political forces, in an effort to draft a new constitution that would ensure a smooth and peaceful transfer of power.
At the press (...)
CAIRO: A number of intellectuals including famed poet, Ahmed Abdel Mutie Higazy and author Gamal El Ghitany have filed a complaint at the Public Prosecutor's office against Muslim cleric, Youssef El Badry for inciting violence against them.
This (...)
CAIRO: Fears of a real estate bubble bursting were slightly mollified when veteran real estate financiers and developers agreed that they envisioned an additional increase in prices.
"I'm afraid to say that I see an increase in prices over the (...)
CAIRO: "Growth has been our target, and the steps taken by the government since 2004 have created an environment that attracts investment, said Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif during the closing speech at the Euromoney Egypt Conference (...)
CAIRO: There is a pressing need to spread awareness and educate Egyptian bank users, who have a lot of "distrust towards remote communication, said Mansour Guneidy, chairman of Market Insight during a panel discussion at the Euromoney Egypt (...)
CAIRO: The Egyptian government will reduce the real estate tax significantly, announced Minister of Finance Youssef Boutros Ghali at the Euromoney Egypt Conference Tuesday.
"The current real estate tax of about 46 percent is not a sensible (...)
CAIRO: An anti-torture demonstration held yesterday in front of the Journalists' Syndicate signaled a reignited attempt by opposition groups to bring the issue back into the public eye.
"The Bible and the Quran together against tyranny, chanted (...)
CAIRO: The story of eleven-year-old Hind, who gave birth after being raped, shocked the nation when it broke a few weeks ago. Further exacerbating the situation were the words of Al Azhar University's Islamic jurisprudence scholar, Souad Saleh, who (...)
CAIRO: When 26-year-old Yasser Hussein spoke with journalists about the abuse he was subjected to at the Sayyeda Zeinab police station, most commented that he was lucky he only got a few slaps on the face.
"All I know is that I don't want to be (...)
CAIRO: A court decision to extend the detention of a Mansoura police officer and three other low ranking security personnel for allegedly brutalizing 33-year-old Nasr Abdallah to death has precipitated a specious calm over the village of (...)
CAIRO: A number of Muslim Brotherhood (MB) lawyers and human rights activists were prevented from attending the military tribunal of 40 Brotherhood members on Tuesday, lawyers told Daily News Egypt.
The case, which was previously dismissed from a (...)
CAIRO: What started as a slander case against famed Egyptian poet and columnist Ahmed Abdel Moeti Higazy seems to have snowballed into an all-out confrontation between Sheikh Youssef El Badry and a number of prominent Egyptian writers.
The case (...)
CAIRO: Some members of the Kefaya Egyptian Movement for Change believe the movement's efficacy has dwindled due to its transformation from a popular movement, to one that has become increasingly politicized.
Although the majority of observers (...)
CAIRO: On Oct. 3, 2006 opposition MP Talaat El Sadat appeared on Orbit's "Al Qahira Al Youm talk show and said that not a single bullet was fired by former president Anwar Sadat's bodyguards during his assassination to protect him. Less than a month (...)
CAIRO: On Oct. 3, 2006 opposition MP Talaat El Sadat appeared on Orbit's "Al Qahira Al Youm talk show and said that not a single bullet was fired by former president Anwar Sadat's bodyguards during his assassination to protect him. Less than a month (...)
CAIRO: "I don't want people to get the impression that I'm backing down. I plan to go on with the case, 25-year-old Muslim convert to Christianity Mohamed Higazy told Daily News Egypt.
Higazy's case reignited debate over freedom of faith, raising (...)