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Articles of the author Ahmed Abu Ghazala
Anarchic media
The terrorist attacks on the Two Saints Church in Alexandria provoked a slurry of mixed messages on the new media, reports Ahmed Abu Ghazala In Egypt, traditional print and broadcast coverage of New Year's attack on the Two Saints (Al-Qidisayn) (...)

06 - 01 - 2011
Youth: building the future
Egypt's Human Development Report, this year devoted to young people, reveals the opportunities and social hardships facing the country's younger generations, finds Ahmed Abu Ghazala Youth in Egypt: Building our Future is the title of the Egypt Human (...)

30 - 12 - 2010
From one word to another
Is translation put to its best use in the Arab world? Ahmed Abu Ghazala attends a symposium that suggests language could go further in bridging cultural gaps Ever since our remote ancestors began to travel and trade the breadth of the known world, (...)

02 - 12 - 2010
Voting in Nasr City
Ahmed Abu Ghazala describes his voting experience in Nasr City and Heliopolis and speaks to others who couldn't, or wouldn't, vote It was easy arriving at the Nasr City polling station in the afternoon. I was greeted by a scene at once festive and (...)

02 - 12 - 2010
Votes online
Ahmed Abu Ghazala reviews the virtual rivalry that saw the elections extend to cyberspace Egypt's 14.5 million regular users of the Internet presented a challenging target for the election's media strategists, with cyber campaigning emerging as an (...)

02 - 12 - 2010
Citizens vs traffic
Having almost given up the search for an official solution to Cairo's endemic traffic problems, people have started to look for creative solutions of their own, writes Ahmed Abu Ghazala One of Cairo's chronic quality-of-life problems is its traffic. (...)

25 - 11 - 2010
Imams going social
What role can Egypt's imams play in resolving social problems? Ahmed Abu Ghazala finds out Many of Egypt's present social problems are associated with poor standards of behaviour. Whether it is a matter of neglecting to clear up litter, resorting to (...)

04 - 11 - 2010
How best to manage state land?
Recent scandals in the sale and management of state land have drawn attention to an area of ongoing public concern, says Ahmed Abu Ghazala While public concern over the management of state property has not appeared suddenly, years of stories of (...)

28 - 10 - 2010
Getting what is good for you
Drinking milk is good for you, but is it always safe? Ahmed Abu Ghazala investigates government plans to make sure the answer is always yes At recent public gathering attended by some 150 individuals at the Road Al-Farag Youth Centre in Cairo, Salah (...)

07 - 10 - 2010
Extracurricular dilemmas
With schools going back next week, the educational textbook market is still in disarray owing to a new ministry decision, writes Ahmed Abu Ghazala For years, students at Egyptian schools have relied not just on their official school books, but also (...)

16 - 09 - 2010
Wake-up call for the faithful
Banging his drum in the early hours of the morning during Ramadan to wake people before the daily fast, the mesaharati has been disappearing from Egypt's towns and villages in recent years. Ahmed Abu Ghazala talks to one man keeping the tradition (...)

26 - 08 - 2010
Online preferences
Among social networking site Twitter's 106 million global users, only 2,000 or so are from Egypt. Ahmed Abu Ghazala finds out why During an e-marketing class, an American professor wanted to discuss social networking in Egypt and asked attendees to (...)

12 - 08 - 2010
Not what the doctor ordered
How safe is your medicine? Ahmed Abu Ghazala looks into government efforts to stamp out counterfeit drugs At her pharmacy in Nasr City, Manar, who prefers to use her first name, has seen fake medicine many times in her work. She explains how (...)

15 - 07 - 2010
Government goes online
Although government e-services are now providing many essential administrative services, some people still have little faith in them, Ahmed Abu Ghazala logs on Standing for hours in long queues in the hot corridors of a civil affairs institution to (...)

10 - 06 - 2010
Carnivores in trouble
As meat prices continue to rise, making it unaffordable for many people, Ahmed Abu Ghazala tries to find the truth behind the crisis At a butcher's shop in Nasr City, Abdel-Moneim, a man in his 20s who did not want to give his last name, asked for (...)

15 - 04 - 2010
Portrait of a village
In Baweit in Upper Egypt, one of Egypt's poorest villages and the object of a government development programme, patience is often the residents' only form of wealth, Ahmed Abu Ghazala listens to their stories, while Sherif Sonbol photographs their (...)

08 - 04 - 2010
Out of gas ending
As Egypt recovers from a crisis in the supply of butane gas cylinders, Ahmed Abu Ghazala learns why three days has recently been the average wait Eleven o'clock in the morning and two long queues of more than 500 people have been standing waiting (...)

18 - 02 - 2010
A lover's giving
Valentine's Day is a day for love and affection, yet it may turn to disappointment if lovers choose inappropriate gifts, finds Ahmed Abu Ghazala Valentine's Day is around the corner and people who are engaged, married, or just in a relationship (...)

11 - 02 - 2010
Hope against hepatitis C
A new centre for treating hepatitis C is offering new hope to patients, but ways of combating the threat effectively have still to be found, writes Ahmed Abu Ghazala Finding a person infected by the hepatitis C virus (HCV) is not difficult. Simply (...)

28 - 01 - 2010
A walk in the cemetery
With a story behind every tomb, there is more to Cairo's cemeteries than meets the eye, says Ahmed Abu Ghazala Egypt's history is packed with figures who have affected the country's history in different ways, and perhaps the best way to remember (...)

07 - 01 - 2010
Loans for ideas
What stands in the way of expanding microfinance in Egypt? Ahmed Abu Ghazala reports on a conference that attempted to find out Microfinance may sound complicated. The principle, however, is simple: small loans lead to big results. So far (...)

24 - 12 - 2009
Networking for a purpose
At a recent conference on women's rights in the Arab world, Ahmed Abu Ghazala discovers that reforming the personal status law is the main challenge for Egyptian women's groups in the coming year In order to enhance the performance of the women (...)

24 - 12 - 2009
Egypt's real fans
The media has depicted the Algerians as bullies for hitting the Egyptians in Sudan, but if the "real" Egyptian fans had been there, the Algerians would have been the ones screaming for help, writes Ahmed Abu Ghazala Ahmed Idris is a young man in his (...)

26 - 11 - 2009
Survival on the edge
The government says it is doing everything possible to save the residents of Dweiqa from another natural disaster. But the residents themselves take a different view, as Ahmed Abu Ghazala discovers A balcony is usually a place to sit, relax, clear (...)

12 - 11 - 2009
Last testimony
When took his Czech Republic to the finals of the 2007 Under-20 World Cup, it was thought he would do at least as good when he arrived here to coach the young Pharaohs. But in the U20 World Cup which Egypt hosted last month, the would-be future (...)

12 - 11 - 2009
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