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Articles of the author A'laa Koddous Allah
Residents' call for peaceful, civilised protest
CAIRO - When Nabil and his wife Hala went to the traffic general administration in Nasr City to renew their car licence, they found difficulties in getting through the pro-Morsi protesters in Rabaa el-Adawiya to reach the entrance of the traffic (...)

31 - 07 - 2013
The dilemma of being sympathetic
CAIRO - His hair was dirty, had an unclean face and wore humble clothes. His body and clothes reeked of a strong, foul odour. The fat man moved about the travellers, trying to kiss them in the train, asking for money. To avoid his ‘gestures of (...)

23 - 07 - 2013
Disabled fulfil their dreams
CAIRO - His disability did not stand as an obstacle in achieving his success, Tawba insisting on challenging all the difficulties that face disabled people. He studied and graduated from an engineering faculty, electronics section and he is now (...)

09 - 07 - 2013
Peaceful protest is the main goal
CAIRO - In just a couple of weeks President Mohamed Morsi will complete his first year as Egypt's first elected President after the January 25 Revolution. Many Egyptians see that Morsi has not achieved anything for the country's future so they no (...)

18 - 06 - 2013
Crossing the Rubicon
CAIRO - Before her wedding, a bride is always very busy getting everything ready for her big day, down to the finest detail; from her makeup, hair and dress to the decorative elements of the place where the wedding party will be held. The bride has (...)

05 - 06 - 2013
Dreaming of something better
CAIRO - Mohamed Samir, a 28-year-old architect, spent five years after graduating trying to find a job that suited what he'd studied; he searched enthusiastically here and there for work, but gradually his enthusiasm gave way to depression. Mohamed (...)

30 - 05 - 2013
Dreaming of dignity
CAIRO - There is a bed and a refrigerator on one side of the room and a small clothes cupboard next to a small table on the other, while just outside the door stands a small stove. Hamdy Salama, a bawab (doorman), and his wife, Rania Ahmed, live (...)

23 - 05 - 2013
Knock-on effect of price rises
CAIRO - He decided to take on another job besides his original one, in order to meet the needs of his family. Mahmoud Moustafa, a communications engineer, was forced to find work as a programmer in another company at night, in order to put food on (...)

10 - 04 - 2013
Fulfil a dream at Remal
CAIRO - For Egyptians the Pyramids plateau is mostly associated with the childhood memories as one of the sites visited on school trips. However, not many Egyptians return to the place, which is for a large number of foreign tourists a lifetime (...)

03 - 04 - 2013
Till Internet do us part
CAIRO - Like many girls her age, Nadia dreamed of the day she would start a family of her own with a loving husband. When Magdi, rich and in his late twenties, proposed to her, she felt that he was the right man for her. Just three months after (...)

03 - 04 - 2013
Orfi contracts on the pavement
“You can marry for just LE3," says a man selling books by popular writers such as Taha Hussein and Abbas el-Aqad on the pavement, referring to the unofficial orfi (illegal marriage) contracts he also sells. Seeing such contracts lying on the (...)

19 - 03 - 2013
Protected by ‘Against Harassment'
Thousands of women marched in downtown Cairo to mark International Women's Day, celebrated every year on March 8 to honour women. They demanded their rights, which, unfortunately, have been violated in the past few months. The women carried banners (...)

12 - 03 - 2013
Lighting a candle of hope
“In a country that is mourning the young martyrs, would it be unwise of me to make a new collection for Valentine's Day?" This was the question that Ghada Karim, a candle-maker, asked her friends and customers on her Facebook page, before forging (...)

12 - 02 - 2013
Hardly a customer in sight
Although two years have passed since the January 25 Revolution that led to the overthrow of former president Hosni Mubarak, the main goals of the revolution have yet to be achieved. The facts on the ground say that protesters determined to achieve (...)

05 - 02 - 2013
Run for your health
She wakes up very early and puts on her sports kit and trainers, then rushes off to go running with the group of which she is a member. Aya Mohamed, 25, runs every Friday with ‘Cairo Runners', a group that aims to change people's lifestyle and (...)

30 - 01 - 2013
Make it a simple marriage
“We want a simple, undemanding wedding. We don't need a very expensive shabka [the gold jewellery the groom traditionally gives to the bride as a gift in Egyptian culture]. “We don't even need to have a wedding party; instead, we want to use the (...)

15 - 01 - 2013
Last year's good and bad side
The year 2012 may have witnessed events both good and bad, but no doubt these events have changed Egypt, sowing the seeds of the nation's future. By the end of 2012, Egyptians were divided into those who saw the good side of the year and others who (...)

08 - 01 - 2013
People - A different Tahrir
CAIRO - It was the first time for Nermeen Nashaat to visit Tahrir Square. She'd never been there before, not even during last year's revolution. She asked her mother to go with her to Tahrir, so they could soak up the atmosphere; they were too (...)

05 - 12 - 2012
New decree divides Egypt again
As was the case on March 19, 2011, when millions of Egyptians voted for or against a package of constitutional amendments, the decree that President Morsi announced on Thursday has once again divided Egypt. The decree stipulates a retrial for the (...)

27 - 11 - 2012
Basma against harassment
It seems that harassment has become a big issue, particularly during feasts. Many initiatives and movements were actively involved in fighting harassment last week during Eid al-Adha (Greater Bairam). One such initiative is 'Basma' (imprint), a (...)

06 - 11 - 2012
For all the unemployed youth
Having graduated from the Faculty of Mass Communication, Khaled el-Hawari (27) embarked on an enthusiastic job hunt. After three years of fruitless searching, he became depressed. The problem is that Khaled, from a middle-class family, doesn't have (...)

23 - 10 - 2012
Challenges for graduates
When Nahla decided to prepare for her PhD, she was shocked to discover that the Government would only give her LE4,000 to subsidise research that would actually cost about LE60,000. "It's very difficult for an ordinary person like me to do my PhD in (...)

02 - 10 - 2012
GERLS scholarships for 44 Egyptians
CAIRO - The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) officially presented its latest German-Egyptian Long term Scholarship Programme (GERLS) scholarships to Egyptian students earlier this week, at a ceremony held on its premises. The ceremony was (...)

24 - 09 - 2012
Innovative ideas to attract volunteers
CAIRO - Borrowing a metaphor from the cyber world, a young man held up a banner reading 'Press here to enjoy the satisfaction of giving'. The banner drew attention to a street show highlighting the philanthropic activities of Resala. This youth, (...)

24 - 09 - 2012
Will the country start sleeping?
CAIRO - The life that wells up in the streets of Egypt at night, with shops and restaurants glowing with the spirit of the crowd, is a vivid image that many visitors to this country take away with them. For both Egyptians and foreigners, Egypt's (...)

01 - 09 - 2012
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