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Articles of the author Arwa Gaballa
Metro Talk: Tear gas in the undergound
CAIRO: Among the sea of veils, dark hair and skin, it wasn't difficult for the boy's bright hair and skin to stand out. Conscious of the eyes fixed upon him, the young boy faced the wall as soon as he jumped onto the metro. Staring at the floor, (...)

30 - 11 - 2011
Metro Talk: A good man will make you feel equal
CAIRO: The metro car was unusually empty when we started hearing the somewhat typical begging chants, except this time, as the sound came closer, I failed to see a tall man walking through the aisle with his palm stretched out to collect (...)

16 - 11 - 2011
Metro Talk: Denied education because not considered Egyptian
Have you ever wondered if the cabbie you happily jumped into the vehicle with can read? 35-year-old Ramzy Mousa was denied education because he was not considered a citizen under Egyptian law. Born to a Jordanian father and Egyptian mother, (...)

31 - 10 - 2011
Metro Talk: Inside God's house with Egypt's refugees
CAIRO: Staring down at her feet, Ajak Mauyok replied “yes” politely when I asked her if she spoke Arabic. Looking startled to have somebody approach her, the South Sudanese refugee, sitting on the metro, told me of the devastating discrimination (...)

27 - 10 - 2011
Metro Talk: “He was my only hope”
CAIRO: With a curved back, she struggled to walk through the metro aisle, leaning against other passengers who either supported her or shrugged her off as if she was a fly. Clutching onto a dark torn plastic bag, her hands shook as she called out, (...)

26 - 10 - 2011
Metro Talk: Churches in Egypt just keep “popping up”
CAIRO: Stuck on the 6 of October bridge, with a dead public bus parked to the side in front of us, 40-year old Mahmoud Sabry blamed traffic on the ongoing protests. Having been a taxi driver for over 10 years, Sabry told me that Cairo's (...)

25 - 10 - 2011
Metro Talk: A glimmer of hope inside Egypt's crowdeness
CAIRO: Leaning against the metro door, a young girl looked pale and exhausted. Struggling to keep her eyes open, it was difficult to not have been watching her before she lost consciousness and hit the ground. A few women ran towards the now (...)

20 - 10 - 2011
Metro Talk: Harassed and passed over after refusing to marry boss
CAIRO: Having worked extremely hard for the past year and half, 24-year-old Fatima had expected to be promoted. Instead, her manager stole her project idea, got credit for it, and promoted another employee who'd only been at the company for three (...)

19 - 10 - 2011
Metro Talk: “When I heard the army was being attacked, I couldn't stop crying”
“When I heard that the army was being attacked, I couldn't stop crying,” 42-year-old Saida Saleh, whose son is currently serving in the army, told me. Saida's younger son was watching the television when she arrived home from work late Sunday. (...)

17 - 10 - 2011
Metro Talk: “I carried a 12-year-old boy's body in my arms”
CAIRO: In front of the Coptic Hospital on the morning after the clashes, with every coffin that came through, women screamed, “Akhoya!” (my brother), amid the prayers and crying. At the beginning, the two siblings didn't want to talk about their (...)

13 - 10 - 2011
Metro Talk: “The mob was shouting, ‘She's Christian!'”
CAIRO: “We used to trust the SCAF to an extent, but not anymore,” Amira Ramzy, a Coptic student at Helwan University, told me. The first thought that struck Amira's mind when she heard of the clashes in Maspero was to turn on the TV to see if the (...)

12 - 10 - 2011
Metro Talk: “I saw flesh scattered on the ground”
CAIRO: Interrupting my daily routine of harassing women for stories, three Coptic women jumped onto the metro car, crying and screaming. “The army is shooting at Copts in Maspero!” one of the women screamed, making her two little girls weep (...)

11 - 10 - 2011
Metro Talk: Does your driver have a license?
CAIRO: Have you ever considered asking the cabbie you happily jumped into the vehicle with if he actually has a driver's license? Nineteen-year-old Mohamed, who was excited about starting university soon, works his father's taxi during his free (...)

07 - 10 - 2011
Metro Talk: A glimpse inside everyday Egypt
CAIRO: Sitting on the metro, struggling to calm down her weeping baby, 29-year-old Nesreen Saeed was not optimistic. She complained about the continuous protests saying, “their childish acts are driving the country into chaos.” She described (...)

06 - 10 - 2011
New gas deal on way for Egypt, Israel
CAIRO: A new gas deal between Egypt and Israel where gas is sold for a much higher price is on its way, Egypt's petroleum minister told reporters on Tuesday. The gas deal that existed under former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak saw a lot of (...)

05 - 10 - 2011
Egypt rights groups lashes out over military's “violations”
CAIRO: Egypt-based Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) condemned the Military Police for its continuous detention and use of violence against civilians, in a press statement on Monday. The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (...)

04 - 10 - 2011
MP criticizes gender-specific reference to State Council 'members'
CAIRO: MP Ibtisam Habib called on Parliament Speaker Fathi Sorour to amend some of the principles of Article 47 on the State Council, namely changing the term "men of the State Council to "members of the State Council, state-owned Al-Ahram newspaper (...)

05 - 03 - 2010
Cleric laments Facebook 'fatwa' backlash
CAIRO: After denying news reports claiming he'd issued a fatwa forbidding Facebook, Sheikh Abdel Hamid Al-Atrash lamented the backlash of his "misinterpreted quotes, calling on the media to present opinions objectively. When the issue was the (...)

14 - 02 - 2010
Religious, economic experts weigh in on property tax law
CAIRO: Religious and economic experts alike criticized Al-Azhar and the Islamic Research Center for saying that the new property tax law is against Sharia. Earlier this week, members of Al-Azhar as well as the Islamic Research Center said that (...)

28 - 01 - 2010
Egypt to send aid to Haiti
CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak announced Monday Egypt's plans to send medical and humanitarian supplies to Haiti, which was struck by a tragic earthquake last week. "Egypt plans to send medical supplies whose value has not yet been determined, (...)

22 - 01 - 2010
Seminar discusses women's rights in Islam
CAIRO: Ignorance leads people to believe that Islam discriminates against women, when actually the opposite is true, said Zainab Anwar, project director of Musawah, a global movement for equality and justice in the Muslim family. Women's rights (...)

14 - 01 - 2010
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