For the past 18 months, Marwa Kenawi has been seeking “legitimate paths” but has so far failed to avenge the death of her son by an errant bullet. “Hence, I decided to go on a hunger strike to shed light on my case,” Kenawi told Al-Ahram (...)
For the past 18 months, Marwa Kenawi has been seeking “legitimate paths” but has so far failed to avenge the death of her son by an errant bullet. “Hence, I decided to go on a hunger strike to shed light on my case,” Kenawi told Al-Ahram (...)
The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) community, African government representatives and African experts were in Egypt's Sharm El-Sheikh attending the APRM's third annual methodology forum on 4-5 April, reviewing frameworks, methods and tools used (...)
A list of penalties prepared by the Supreme Council for Media Regulations (SCMR), Egypt's top media regulator, and approved by the House of Representatives, came into effect last week.
Compiled late last year, the list of sanctions to be applied (...)
“The world is witnessing a major leap in multiple uses of technology to drive innovative financial services,” Ayman Hussein, deputy head of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) for Payment Systems and IT, told participants of the Arab-African Youth (...)
The prosecution-general summoned 38 railway officials and detained eleven employees following last week's deadly train crash at Ramses Station.
Prosecutor-General Nabil Sadek issued a report on Monday on the results of the investigation into the (...)
Minister of Health Hala Zayed issued a decree last weekend terminating the appointment of Gamal Shaaban as head of the National Heart Institute and referring him to investigation for failing to perform his duties. Shaaban had been in the post for (...)
“The profession of journalism is facing multiple challenges,” head of the State Information Service (SIS) Diaa Rashwan, a candidate for the chairmanship of the Press Syndicate, told Al-Ahram Weekly.
Rashwan is among eleven candidates contesting the (...)
Eleven candidates are running for the Press Syndicate's presidency and 53 journalists are contesting six board seats in next month's mid-term elections.
The current head of the Press Syndicate, Al-Ahram Chairman Abdel-Mohsen Salama, will not be (...)
Eleven candidates are running for the Press Syndicate's presidency and 53 journalists are contesting six board seats in next month's mid-term elections.
The current head of the Press Syndicate, Al-Ahram Chairman Abdel-Mohsen Salama, will not be (...)
The appeals judge in a southern Giza court accepted on Sunday the appeal of 18 residents of Nazlet Al-Semman district in Giza and ordered their release pending investigations into charges of resisting authorities, illegal assembly and injuring a (...)
A recent report published by Fitch Solutions, a global firm providing research and macro intelligence, questioned the viability of the electric railway being constructed to connect Greater Cairo with the New Administrative Capital (NAC). Fitch was (...)
Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouli last week witnessed the signing of an executive agreement with the Export-Import Bank of China (EximBank) to provide a $1.2 billion soft loan for the building of an electric rail link between Greater Cairo and the New (...)
Last week saw the launch of “Decent Life”, an initiative by President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi that hopes to provide better living conditions for the needy in 2019.
“As I looked at last year to search for the real hero of our nation, I found that the (...)
A police officer was killed and two others were wounded late on Saturday while trying to dismantle an improvised explosive device (IED) near a Coptic church in Nasr City in Cairo, reports Ahmed Morsy.
The dramatic incident happened a day before the (...)
Last week saw the launch of “Decent Life”, an initiative by President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi that hopes to provide better living conditions for the needy in 2019.
“As I looked at last year to search for the real hero of our nation, I found that the (...)
“If they asked me to choose between feeding or treating people, I would treat them, of course. When we stand together, hand in hand, we can solve any problem,” President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi said during his closing speech at the sixth National Youth (...)
Mokhtar Youssef, the head of Alexandria University's Council for Postgraduate Studies and Research, announced last week that all master and PhD thesis proposals must conform to Egypt's Vision 2030.
Established in 1938, Alexandria University is the (...)
Mokhtar Youssef, the head of Alexandria University's Council for Postgraduate Studies and Research, announced last week that all master and PhD thesis proposals must conform to Egypt's Vision 2030.
Established in 1938, Alexandria University is the (...)
Last week's cabinet decision to expropriate land on Warraq has provoked anger among the island's residents. The decision to expropriate 100 metres of land along both sides of the Rod Al-Farrag Axis as it crosses the island, and to take 30 metres of (...)
The two-day Egyptian-French Health Forum opened Monday in Cairo, bringing together French and Egyptian officials and French companies operating in the health sector.
France's Ambassador to Egypt Stephane Romatet told the conference French companies (...)
“Educational directorates have been instructed to close all unlicensed private tutoring centres,” announced Ahmed Saber, media spokesperson for the Ministry of Education.
The campaign is being carried out by the Education Ministry in coordination (...)
In the light of a reported possible merger between ride-hailing companies Uber and Careem, the Egyptian Competition Authority (ECA) has imposed measures on both companies to regulate competition between them and safeguard the competitive structure (...)
A European Parliament (EP) delegation arrived in Egypt last week. The two-day visit came as part of the ongoing dialogue between the EP and the House of Represntatives, and follows Egyptian Parliament Speaker Ali Abdel-Aal's visit to Brussels last (...)
“One of my happiest moments, one that really makes my day, is when I can get out of a parking spot without the parking attendant [the sayes, plural soyas] noticing me. Though it is only LE5 or LE10 which I save, it makes me as happy as if I had made (...)
