Egypt's current account gap narrows, but overall BoP records deficit    Egypt's PM reviews debt reduction strategy, eyes more private investment    Egypt hosts international neurosurgery conference to drive medical innovation    Egypt, India discuss expanding industrial, investment partnerships    World Bank proposes Egypt join new global health initiative    Egypt's EDA discusses Johnson & Johnson's plans to expand investment in local pharmaceutical sector    I won't trade my identity to please market: Douzi    Sisi sends letter to Nigerian president affirming strategic ties    Egypt welcomes 25-nation statement urging end to Gaza war    Egypt, Senegal sign pharma MoU to unify regulatory standards    Egyptian pound ticks down in early Tuesday trading    Famine kills more Gaza children as Israel tightens siege amid global outrage    Kuwait's Crown Prince, Egyptian minister discuss strengthening cooperation    Egyptian Drug Authority discusses plans for joint pharmaceutical plant in Zambia    Egypt's FM seeks deeper economic, security ties on five-nation West Africa tour    Two militants killed in foiled plot to revive 'Hasm' operations: Interior ministry    Egypt foils terrorist plot, kills two militants linked to Hasm group    Egypt, Somalia discuss closer environmental cooperation    Egypt exports 175K tons of food in one week    Giza Pyramids' interior lighting updated with new LED system    Egypt's EHA, Huawei discuss enhanced digital health    Foreign, housing ministers discuss Egypt's role in African development push    Korea Culture Week in Egypt to blend K-Pop with traditional arts    Egypt, Uruguay eager to expand trade across key sectors    Egypt reveals heritage e-training portal    Three ancient rock-cut tombs discovered in Aswan    Sisi launches new support initiative for families of war, terrorism victims    Egypt expands e-ticketing to 110 heritage sites, adds self-service kiosks at Saqqara    Egypt's Irrigation Minister urges scientific cooperation to tackle water scarcity    Palm Hills Squash Open debuts with 48 international stars, $250,000 prize pool    Egypt's Democratic Generation Party Evaluates 84 Candidates Ahead of Parliamentary Vote    On Sport to broadcast Pan Arab Golf Championship for Juniors and Ladies in Egypt    Golf Festival in Cairo to mark Arab Golf Federation's 50th anniversary    Germany among EU's priciest labour markets – official data    Paris Olympic gold '24 medals hit record value    A minute of silence for Egyptian sports    Russia says it's in sync with US, China, Pakistan on Taliban    It's a bit frustrating to draw at home: Real Madrid keeper after Villarreal game    Shoukry reviews with Guterres Egypt's efforts to achieve SDGs, promote human rights    Sudan says countries must cooperate on vaccines    Johnson & Johnson: Second shot boosts antibodies and protection against COVID-19    Egypt to tax bloggers, YouTubers    Egypt's FM asserts importance of stability in Libya, holding elections as scheduled    We mustn't lose touch: Muller after Bayern win in Bundesliga    Egypt records 36 new deaths from Covid-19, highest since mid June    Egypt sells $3 bln US-dollar dominated eurobonds    Gamal Hanafy's ceramic exhibition at Gezira Arts Centre is a must go    Italian Institute Director Davide Scalmani presents activities of the Cairo Institute for ITALIANA.IT platform    

Articles of the author Waleed Sallam Aly Hosney
Qatar, where evil nests
Qatar, the small, yet rich, country in Arab Gulf Area allocated millions for Twitter users and politicians to trifle with the security of Egypt, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates. Hashem: It purchases arms for four million Sterling Pounds (...)

24 - 01 - 2017
Deadly rides: Inside the ‘Class C' trains
Editor's note: This story is part of a special reporting project, "What Lies Beyond". It features students across six universities reporting in-depth stories and investigations on many of Egypt's current events and issues. It was 3pm on the first (...)

05 - 12 - 2015
Police conscript injured in 6th of October City bombing
The bomb exploded as a security patrol passed in the area. The conscript sustained minor injuries. Civil protection forces headed to the scene and combed the area, added a statement from the ministry. On Saturday, two blasts occurred near Zagazig (...)

10 - 10 - 2015
Wheat reserves sufficient until March 2016
The strategic reserves of domestic and imported wheat, for the production of subsidised bread, are sufficient until next March, Minister of Supply Khaled Hanafy said Saturday. Hanafy added that the General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) (...)

20 - 09 - 2015
‘Port Said prison clashes' trial postponed to 3 October
The Port Said Criminal Court postponed on Monday the trial session of 51 defendants in the case known as the "Port Said prison clashes" to 3 October, to continue hearing defence witnesses. The session was held at the Police Academy, and headed by (...)

14 - 09 - 2015
3 journalists released on bail after month-long detention
The Sayeda Zeinab prosecution decided Monday morning to release journalists arrested at the Zeinhom morgue on a bail of EGP 10,000 each, according to the independent observatory Journalists Against Torture. The prosecution has, so far, not appealed (...)

01 - 09 - 2015
Yemen: In the name of Restoring ‘Hope'
It has been a month into the beginning of the Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen, and yet the battle on the ground is not over. The coalition claims a win in achieving the objectives and goals by announcing a glorious end to "Decisive Storm" (...)

09 - 05 - 2015
Political, security stability necessary for economic wheel: UAB Chairman
The Egyptian government has undertaken many economic procedures that positively reflected on the country's credit rating in the last period, according to Mohamed Barakat, United Arab Banks (UAB) chairman. Barakat said: "Laws lately issued contribute (...)

28 - 03 - 2015
Legal environment, lack of transparency challenge economy: UNB board director
Daily News Egypt has interviewed the director of the Union National Bank (UNB) Mohamed Nassar Abdeen on his views about the economy and how he perceives the economic future of Egypt What is the UNB Group's perception of the Egyptian economy in the (...)

26 - 11 - 2014
Credit card client accounts valued at EGP 567m in April 2014: Barclays
What is the market segment which Barclays Egypt credit cards services targets? Barclays Bank Egypt offers its best in class credit card products to salaried, mass affluent, affluent and high net worth segments Can you disclose the number of (...)

07 - 07 - 2014
An end to asset-recovery?
A death knell has likely sounded for Egypt's efforts to uncover and repatriate money misappropriated by former Mubarak regime officials with the recent release of deposed former president Hosni Mubarak, cleared of the remaining corruption charges (...)

28 - 08 - 2013
Three things to consider before mourning sheikh Emad Effat''s death
In commemoration of Sheikh Emad Effat's death one year ago, today, in the midst of the violent clashes near the Cabinet building, Egypt Independent reposts an article which was originally published on Mondoweiss. A sadness, but not like death When (...)

16 - 12 - 2012
The future of Islam in Egypt
CAIRO: With the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsi elected president of Egypt, many people are asking what this says about how average Egyptians see the role of religion in public life. The United States especially is watching Egypt with interest (...)

05 - 07 - 2012
Muhammad Yunus and dreams of change for a new Egypt
CAIRO: Five years ago, when dreams of change were beginning to stir the imagination of a young generation in Egypt, I wrote an article about the importance of individual achievement and voluntary contribution to society as a whole. While political (...)

11 - 03 - 2012
Three things to consider before mourning sheikh Emad Effat''s death
A sadness, but not like death When Emad Effat was martyred on Friday, 16 December, just before the call for sunset prayer, something began inside me that felt like death, or like the mourning for death. I didn't think how strange it was then, nor (...)

16 - 02 - 2012
A call for a green constitution
As we near the stage of drafting our constitution, it is becoming imperative to strengthen the need for steering public debate to the importance of having a constitution that is geared toward sustainable development. We need to raise public (...)

12 - 02 - 2012
Brotherhood wins Engineer Syndicate elections in 14 governorates
Preliminary results for General Syndicate of Engineers however.elections has placed Maged Kholousy as the front-runner to head the syndicate. Kholousy is a candiate from the Muslim Brotherhood list. As vote counting continues in Cairo and the (...)

26 - 11 - 2011
International labor organization: Unemployment up more than 2%
Strikes and riots after the 25 January revolution caused unemployment in Egypt to rise about 2 percent, a director at the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva, Switzerland, said Tuesday. Unemployment rose to 12 percent from 9.8 percent (...)

25 - 10 - 2011
Egyptian laborers to return to Libya soon, says manpower minister
Egyptian laborers in Libya are safe and an official Egyptian delegation is scheduled to visit Libya before the end of October, Manpower and Immigration Minister Ahmed Hassan al-Borai said Friday. Borai told Al-Masry Al-Youm that the number of (...)

21 - 10 - 2011
Private sector minimum wage to be set soon, says minister
Minister of Manpower Ahmed Hassan al-Borai has said that he would meet with the National Council for Wages in a few days to set a new minimum wage for private sector workers to guarantee them a decent standard of living. “The 25 January revolution (...)

18 - 10 - 2011
Kidnapped doctor returned to his family after a week
Coordinator of the doctor strike, Ahmed Atef, who was kidnapped at the strike, returned back to his family after a week of disappearance. “I was kidnapped outside El-Nile Hospital in Shubra after been blindfolded and drugged. After being aware (...)

17 - 10 - 2011
Muslim Brotherhood wins many governorates in medical election
Doctors for the Sake of Egypt, which is comprised mainly of members from the Muslim Brotherhood, today won the position of Head of the Medical Association in more than ten governorates, including Beheria, where Ismail Ashour won; Giza, where Abdel (...)

15 - 10 - 2011
The April 6th Dream and the Nobel Peace Prize
To all of you, around the world, who love freedom; to you, who dream of better lives; to you, who seek to break free from their shackles and outgrow the limits that were created by tyrants: know that, finally, dreams are coming true. Our journey (...)

29 - 09 - 2011
April 6's dream and the Nobel
To those who love freedom around the world, to those who dream of better lives, to those who seek to break their shackles and the limits that were created by tyrants; finally, dreams are coming true. Our journey in the April 6 Movement started (...)

29 - 09 - 2011
Medical Syndicate unaware of Dakahlia girls sex change
The committee responsible for determining gender in the Syndicate “didn't receive any information or reports about the three girls who underwent sex changes in Dakahlia,” said Chairman of the Investigation Committee in the General Syndicate Saad (...)

28 - 09 - 2011
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