Cabinet approves establishment of national medical tourism council to boost healthcare sector    Egypt's investment authority GAFI hosts forum with China to link business, innovation leaders    CBE governor meets Beijing delegation to discuss economic, financial cooperation    Egypt's Gypto Pharma, US Dawa Pharmaceuticals sign strategic alliance    Egypt to unveil 'national economic development narrative' in June, focused on key economic targets    Egypt's Foreign Minister calls new Somali counterpart, reaffirms support    Italy's consumer, business confidence decline in April '25    "5,000 Years of Civilizational Dialogue" theme for Korea-Egypt 30th anniversary event    Egypt's Al-Sisi, Angola's Lourenço discuss ties, African security in Cairo talks    Two new recycling projects launched in Egypt with EGP 1.7bn investment    Egypt's ambassador to Palestine congratulates Al-Sheikh on new senior state role    Egypt's TMG eyes $17bn sales from potential major Iraq project    Egypt's Health Min. discusses childhood cancer initiative with WHO    Egypt pleads before ICJ over Israel's obligations in occupied Palestine    Asia-Pacific stocks rise on Wall Street cues    Egypt's EDA discusses local pharmaceutical manufacturing with Bayer    Sudan conflict, bilateral ties dominate talks between Al-Sisi, Al-Burhan in Cairo    Egypt expresses condolences to Canada over Vancouver incident    Cairo's Madinaty and Katameya Dunes Golf Courses set to host 2025 Pan Arab Golf Championship from May 7-10    Egypt's Health Min. strengthens healthcare ties with Bayer    Egypt's Ministry of Health launches trachoma elimination campaign in 7 governorates    EHA explores strategic partnership with Türkiye's Modest Group    Between Women Filmmakers' Caravan opens 5th round of Film Consultancy Programme for Arab filmmakers    Fourth Cairo Photo Week set for May, expanding across 14 Downtown locations    Egypt's PM follows up on Julius Nyerere dam project in Tanzania    Ancient military commander's tomb unearthed in Ismailia    Egypt's FM inspects Julius Nyerere Dam project in Tanzania    Egypt's FM praises ties with Tanzania    Egypt to host global celebration for Grand Egyptian Museum opening on July 3    Ancient Egyptian royal tomb unearthed in Sohag    Egypt hosts World Aquatics Open Water Swimming World Cup in Somabay for 3rd consecutive year    Egyptian Minister praises Nile Basin consultations, voices GERD concerns    49th Hassan II Trophy and 28th Lalla Meryem Cup Officially Launched in Morocco    Paris Olympic gold '24 medals hit record value    A minute of silence for Egyptian sports    Paris Olympics opening draws record viewers    It's a bit frustrating to draw at home: Real Madrid keeper after Villarreal game    Russia says it's in sync with US, China, Pakistan on Taliban    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 John Ehab
INTERVIEW: AUC''s new president on engagement, competition and workers'' rights
On 1 January, the American University in Cairo (AUC) will appoint Dr. Lisa Anderson new president. Anderson has served as the university's provost for the past two and half years. Prior to that, the president-elect was the dean of the School of (...)

21 - 12 - 2010
Q&A: Saad Eddin Ibrahim on political reform, ElBaradei & Mubarak Jr
Sociology professor and political activist Saad Eddin Ibrahim was one of the first to criticize the notion of “presidential inheritance” in the Arab world. In 2000, Ibrahim was jailed for three years in a case that many observers believed was (...)

14 - 12 - 2010
Egyptian security blocked priests from ElBaradei meeting, say activists
Minya— Egyptian security forces have prevented Christian religious figures from attending a meeting with Mohamed ElBaradei, former International Atomic Energy Agency chief, in Upper Egypt, said activists on Saturday. Ziad el-Eleimy, an activist from (...)

11 - 12 - 2010
In possible rift with NDP, Pope Shenouda ignores parliament run-offs
Pope Shenouda III, head of the Egyptian Coptic Church, refrained from casting a ballot in Sunday's parliamentary run-offs in a move that some experts believe signaled his growing disappointment with the regime of President Hosni Mubarak. On Sunday, (...)

06 - 12 - 2010
Elections digest: Low turnout, scattered violence
Scattered violence and low voter turnout have marked the first few hours of today's parliamentary poll, amid common irregularities. The son of an independent candidate in the Mattariya district in Cairo died today after he was stabbed on Saturday (...)

28 - 11 - 2010
Wafd''s Margeritte Azer: If we see that rigging is widespread, we''ll boycott
Margeritte Azer, the head of the operations office at the Wafd Party, spoke to Al-Masry Al-Youm about plans and expectations for Sunday's election Al-Masry Al-Youm: How many seats is the Wafd competing for? Margeritte Azer: We are running on a total (...)

27 - 11 - 2010
NDP set to sweep Sinai vote
Arish--On the day before the elections, Northern Sinai seemed ready for a tumultuous - if predictable - election. Northern Sinai is divided into three electoral districts: Arish, Rafah, Shiekh Zowayed, and Bir al-Abd. A total of 34 candidates are (...)

27 - 11 - 2010
Egypt''s Copts frustrated by under-representation in parliament polls
Egypt's Coptic minority are growing more frustrated over what they believe as the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP)'s marginalization of Christians in Sunday's parliamentary elections. The NDP has chosen only 11 Copts to run in various (...)

25 - 11 - 2010
Tuesday''s papers: Poll preparations and tensions, Ahly coach''s resignation and Mubarak travels to Gulf
Coverage of Egyptian parliamentary poll preparations takes up headlines in both private and state-run newspaper on Tuesday. “Counting the parliamentary election's ballots in clubs and schools instead of police stations,” reads state-run Al-Ahram's (...)

23 - 11 - 2010
Support for Gamal Mubarak gives leg up to parliamentary candidates
In the working class district of Darb al-Ahmar, Atef Abdu campaigns for a seat in parliament by sponsoring a clothing outlet that sells garments at low prices. The display had a huge banner for President Hosni Mubarak as “The Godfather of all (...)

16 - 11 - 2010
Al-Ghad elections campaigners arrested in downtown Cairo
Egyptian security forces arrested two election campaigners for al-Ghad opposition party in downtown Cairo on Thursday evening. The activists were accused of distributing leaflets promoting Gamila Ismail, an opposition candidate for the district of (...)

12 - 11 - 2010
Sunday''s papers: Mubarak finalizes NDP candidate list, telephones Pope Shenouda III
State-run Al-Akhbar's front-page coverage announces Sunday as the last day for candidacy application submissions. “Mubarak checks over the National (Democratic Party's) Candidates,” reads the headline. General secretary of the ruling party Safwat (...)

08 - 11 - 2010
Sacked editor Eissa and supporters launch ''The Real Al-Dostour'' online
On Monday, members of independent daily Al-Dostour's staff who had opposed the newspaper's recent sale and the firing of its chief editor, Ibrahim Eissa, launched a new online paper--with Eissa back in the driver's seat. The website has been dubbed (...)

03 - 11 - 2010
AUC workers call strike to demand salary increases
Cleaning staff at the American University in Cairo (AUC) have been on strike since Wednesday to demand better pay. After weeks of fruitless negotiations with the university administration, they organized a sit-in in front of the campus (...)

28 - 10 - 2010
Khaled Fahmy: Contemporary alternatives to Shari''a implementation exist
In a public lecture on Thursday, Khaled Fahmy, the newly appointed head of the American University in Cairo history department, explained the complex relationship of religious and secular legal practice in 19th century Egypt. Feeding off that (...)

24 - 10 - 2010
Al-Dostour''s dilemma persists
Two weeks after firing its illustrious editor-in-chief Ibrahim Eissa, Al-Dostour, a newspaper known for its anti-Mubarak stance, is still facing an ongoing feud between journalists and management. On Thursday, the newspaper's staff started touring (...)

23 - 10 - 2010
Egypt''s Museums IV: Royal Chariots Museum
Whether it is a future museum, an attempt to disguise a nuclear plant, a secret government building, or a permanent construction site, the constant scaffolding around downtown's theoretical Royal Chariots Museum always made me ask the same question: (...)

20 - 10 - 2010
The long campaign to end Egypt''s capital punishment
Legal experts and human rights activists say capital punishment should be ended in Egypt, but considerable time and effort is needed to put together an effective protest lobby. Earlier this week, researchers tackled the death penalty issue during a (...)

16 - 10 - 2010
Tuesday''s Papers: Football match bedlam condemned by Tunisia while Mubarak commemorates 1973 war
The clashes between supporters of the Tunisian Esperance football team and Egyptian security receives front-page coverage in both state-run and private newspapers on Tuesday. State-run newspapers, however, reserve their top leads for President's (...)

05 - 10 - 2010
Hundreds of protesters stage anti-Mubarak rally in downtown Cairo
“We will not be inherited anymore,” protesters chanted, hoisting banners and wearing t-shirts bearing the same slogan. Some three hundred demonstrators, including politicians and activist from groups of various political backgrounds, gathered meters (...)

22 - 09 - 2010
Monday''s papers: Madinaty and healthcare corruption, Suzanne keeps mum
On Monday state-run, opposition and independent papers alike report on the latest updates concerning the "Madinaty" case. Earlier a court issued a decree nullifying the sale of 5000 acres of land for real estate development, which, according to the (...)

20 - 09 - 2010
Wafd Party to run in next parliamentary elections
The Wafd party, Egypt's largest official opposition party, announced on Friday their rejection to boycotting the upcoming parliamentary elections. Despite a strong split in the party's general assembly, the decision was made based on a 52 percent (...)

18 - 09 - 2010
US rights group charges Egypt with abusing UNHRC voting rights
US-based human rights watchdog Freedom House has accused Egypt of misusing its voting rights in the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). In a report devoted to assessing the 12th through 14th sessions of the UNHRC, Freedom House described (...)

16 - 09 - 2010
Sunday''s papers: Quran burning called off, ElBaradei''s election boycott
A Florida preacher's last-minute decision to call off a planned public Quran burning dominated the headlines of state-owned, opposition and independent newspapers on Sunday. In state-owned daily Al-Ahram, the decision on Friday by “fundamentalist (...)

12 - 09 - 2010
Lady luck: Fortunes gained, heads lost
Last week, as part of our Alf Leila We Leila Ramadan storytelling series, we brought you part one of the story of al-Naschar, the barber's fifth brother, whose ability to gain a fortune quickly--whether by inheritance or by charity--is rivaled only (...)

06 - 09 - 2010
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