CAIRO: Experts are divided on the recent suspension of privately-owned religious satellite channels, with some calling it a strategy aimed at curbing media freedom, and others applauding it as a step to a more stable society.
Last month, Egypt's (...)
CAIRO: A recent agreement to resume direct flights between Cairo and Tehran, for the first time in three decades, contradicts with a canceled visit by Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki to Egypt last month, experts say, agreeing that both (...)
CAIRO: Despite the overwhelming number of shows airing during Ramadan, “Al-Gama'a” (The Group) has stood out, attracting the highest number of viewers and sparking the most controversy.
Written by prominent scriptwriter Wahid Hamed, the series (...)
CAIRO: Experts say Egyptian Shias today face a lot of challenges living and practicing their faith freely in a country that spent a significant part of its history under Shia rule.
Osama Hammad, professor of Islamic history at Alexandria (...)
CAIRO: Experts differed on whether Egyptians' happiness depends on the country's economic and social conditions as they weighed in on a recent study measuring people's wellbeing around the world.
While some argue that Egyptians' wellbeing is (...)
CAIRO: Amid the fanfare accompanying Mohamed ElBaradei's return to the homeland, many Egyptians have been infused with a renewed faith that the much-anticipated change to Egypt's stagnant political scene is coming closer.
The former secretary (...)
CAIRO: The American Embassy in Cairo will automate its non-immigrant visa application system in a bid to streamline the process as well as promote bilateral trade.
An online application will be available on the embassy's website starting Jan. 1, (...)
CAIRO: Despite eye-witness accounts and numerous videos flooding the internet, some believe the apparition of the Virgin Mary in Warraq last week was merely a hoax meant to strengthen people's religious convictions.
Thousands of Christians as (...)
CAIRO: Cairo's squatter settlements of Mansheyet Nasser are where people go to literally face their demons. Carved in the Moqattam Hill is the Coptic monastery of Saint Simon, known for its preacher Father Samaan Ibrahim, one of Egypt's few (...)
CAIRO: Officials at foreign garbage collection companies operating in Egypt have denied press reports published last week alleging the government's intention to terminate their contracts which end in 2018.
An employee at the French company FCC (...)
CAIRO: Because boyfriend/girlfriend relationships are still somewhat of a taboo in Egypt, some couples resort to virtual relationships, hiding behind their computer screens as they get to know one another.
A recent survey conducted by Cabinet's (...)
CAIRO: On Nov. 25 a Cairo court will hold the first hearing in the defamation lawsuit she filed against Muslim preacher and televangelist Safwat Hegazi, writer and human rights activist Azza Soliman said. Soliman had filed a lawsuit against Hegazi (...)
CAIRO: Ignoring social pressures to settle down and start a family, Egyptian women seem to be shifting their priorities, putting off the decision to get married, experts say.
Statistics released by the National Center of Social and Criminological (...)
CAIRO: Despite the Egyptian Coptic minority's persistent calls, a unified law for building places of worship is yet to be finalized by Egypt's parliament. Experts, however, are still optimistic that it will see the light.
Calls by the Coptic (...)
CAIRO: After a week's delay, over three million university students are finally back to school this week, amid what they deem "ineffective precautionary measures.
The Ministry of Higher Education said it is prepared to fight a virus outbreak on (...)
CAIRO: Culture Minister Farouk Hosni's loss to Irina Bokova in the bid for the UNESCO director general elicited almost similar reactions among the public, with most people agreeing that he was a qualified candidate for the position.
The Bulgarian (...)
CAIRO: Marriage remains one of the most solid social institutions in Egypt. However, the image of a maazoun (marriage registrar) with his white emblazoned handkerchief, iterating traditional vows may soon undergo profound changes that could (...)
CAIRO: Veteran engineer and Metro consultant said the sinkhole on Geish Street was a result of negligence and the poor implementation of the metro line project, refuting media reports of underground water in the area and weak soil.
In a press (...)
CAIRO: Over 100 Mohandiseen residents participated in a campaign on Saturday to clean up garbage that has piled up in their district as a result of a brawl between the governorate of Giza and the Italian cleaning company.
The campaign, "Clean Up (...)
CAIRO: In a move perceived as a prelude to lifting government receivership and conducting fair elections at the Engineers' Syndicate, Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Nasr El-Deen Allam, appointed former transport minister Essam Sharaf as (...)
CAIRO: The heaps of disgusting garbage infesting the streets and squares of all Cairo neighborhoods have been nothing short of a national scourge. The ongoing rift between the foreign cleaning companies, the government and the traditional garbage (...)
CAIRO: Air Traffic Controllers Association held an emergency meeting urging the Ministry of Social Solidarity to cancel the decision to freeze their bank accounts and halt any retaliatory action against the association or its board of (...)
CAIRO: The garbage collection crisis between the Giza governorate and the Italian cleaning company has escalated since the latter's failure to carry out its responsibilities.
"The company violated the terms of the contract, working 24 hours in (...)
CAIRO: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs denied Wednesday having any role in freeing the 34 fishermen kidnapped by pirates off the Somali coast.
Hossam Zaki, foreign ministry spokesman, said, "The foreign ministry didn't by any means attribute to (...)
CAIRO: The Giza governorate's local council has decided to provide urgent assistance to the Italian cleaning company operating in Giza's main areas to make up for the company's recent shortfalls.
Governor Sayed Abdel Aziz said that he would (...)