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Articles of the author Nesmahar Sayed
philanthropic industrialist
Thousands of people participated in the Friday funeral of Haj Mahmoud El Araby, the self-made businessman known for his philanthropic activities. Images of the funeral were widely shared on social media, accompanied by posts from employees at his (...)

14 - 09 - 2021
Hamdy El Konayessi: Veteran of the microphone
Veteran radio presenter and media specialist Hamdy El Konayessi was born on 19 March 1941 in Shubra Al-Namla village, Gharbiya governorate, and graduated from the Faculty of Arts, Ain Shams University, in 1961. El Konayessi worked as an English (...)

31 - 08 - 2021
Cooperation for the population
Fredrika Meijier is the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Egypt country representative. Meijier took office in 2021 after previously holding the post of deputy regional director. Across 25 years with UNFPA, she held several posts extending from (...)

10 - 08 - 2021
Beyond drugs
Amr Osman is director of the National Fund for Drug Control and Treatment of Addiction, and assistant to the minister of social solidarity. Osman has long been involved in drug prevention. He is a former director of the Drug Prevention Programme at (...)

22 - 06 - 2021
Digital agriculture
An agri-digital startup competition was recently launched to improve proficiency in agriculture. Launched by GIZ, the German development agency, the startup is part of the Agriculture Innovation Project (AIP) in collaboration with the Arab Women's (...)

08 - 06 - 2021
No more 'easy water'
In an attempt to expand the safe reuse of wastewater in the Middle East and North Africa, ReWater MENA, which addresses barriers to water reuse in the region, held a workshop in Egypt meant to build and strengthen the capacities of various (...)

20 - 04 - 2021
A harassment-free campus
The American University in Cairo (AUC) this week organised "MySafeUni Day", part of the university's SpeakUp Dialogue Series it launched in November and which is designed to raise awareness about sexual harassment and to support national and global (...)

06 - 04 - 2021
Proactive participation
Zamalek residents and non-governmental organisations met parliament members to discuss their concerns about the historical district, including the neighbourhood's most recent controversial attraction. The meeting, organised by the Zamalek (...)

30 - 03 - 2021
A loving hand
Al-Bazaar Exhibition for Handicraft and Home Decoration is being held for the first time, with the goal of boosting products made in Egypt. The exhibition, from 11-20 March, is located in the Exhibition Ground in Nasr City in Cairo. It was organised (...)

16 - 03 - 2021
The power of neighbourhood lobbying
Since January this year, many social media groups have been protesting against a number of development projects that if implemented could badly affect some Cairo neighbourhoods. It seems that their protests have been working. First, there was a (...)

23 - 02 - 2021
Between the wheel and the bridge
This week residents of Heliopolis were surprised to find workers, equipment and engineers next to the Basilica of the Holy Virgin, the iconic Roman Catholic Church located on Al-Ahram Square. Asked why they were there, the workers replied that a (...)

09 - 02 - 2021
Achievements in Egypt's villages
“I wanted to have a good house, and here it is,” Samah Mansour, a 35-year-old housewife living in the Haj Sallam village near Farshout in the Upper Egyptian Qena governorate, told Al-Ahram Weekly, providing concrete testimony of some of the results (...)

02 - 02 - 2021
Eye in the storm
“Cairo Eye, a star shines in Cairo Sky. An unrepeated experience to a place by the Nile Shores. An added value to Cairo's touristic abilities and a civilised window to its famous sites.” The words come from a promotional video aired during the (...)

26 - 01 - 2021
The sales are on
“This is not a time for shopping. We are staying at home as part of the Covid-19 precautions,” Cairo resident Maha told her 17-year-old daughter when the latter said this was the best time of the year to buy new clothes because the sales were (...)

12 - 01 - 2021
Saving Egypt's trees
Khadiga Lotfi, a tour guide, was recently awoken at 9 am to the sound of an electric saw cutting down a tree in the street where she lives in the Agouza district of the capital. Agouza has long been distinguished by its large number of trees and (...)

15 - 12 - 2020
Away from home in Zamalek
Residents of three buildings in the upper class suburb of Zamalek had to vacate their homes starting 1 December for one month due to structural problems aggravated by ongoing construction on a new underground line. The work, from Safaa Hegazi (...)

08 - 12 - 2020
Labour reforms in Saudi Arabia
For decades Egyptians travelling to work in Saudi Arabia have been haunted by the idea of the kafeel, or their employer's sponsorship, while living in the kingdom. Ordinarily, a worker would hand in their passport to a kafeel or sponsor upon arrival (...)

24 - 11 - 2020
Obituary: Farkhonda Hassan (1930-2020)
The Egyptian community this week mourned the loss of Farkhonda Hassan, a scientist, academic, parliament member and women's advocate who passed away on Friday 30 October at the age of 90. Hassan co-chaired the Gender Advisory Board of the United (...)

03 - 11 - 2020
Pioneer of industry
The business community in Egypt was mourning the loss last week of Mohamed Farid Khamis, a business tycoon whose company, Oriental Weavers (OW), is internationally renowned as one of the best machine-woven carpet-producers worldwide. Many people, (...)

29 - 09 - 2020
Finding new families
“Finding a suitable family for each and every orphan is the main purpose of the recent amendments issued by the High Committee for Alternative Families,” head of the national programme for protecting homeless children and adults at the Ministry of (...)

21 - 07 - 2020
The bright side of Covid-19
Over the past week several initiatives aimed at helping patients receiving coronavirus treatment at home are providing healthy meals. “No thanks... my niece and my friends brought me food already. If you don't mind, could you bring me salad,” Gigi, (...)

09 - 06 - 2020
Advertising and Covid-19
While Ramadan is usually a high season for advertising in Egypt, this year things have been different. Most billboards on main commuter routes such as the Cairo Ring Road, the 6 October flyover, and Cairo's Tahrir Square are empty and are not (...)

19 - 05 - 2020
Observing the curfew
It is five o'clock in an afternoon on the second week of the curfew imposed by the government as one of the measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in Egypt. “Stay safe” appears on my mobile network, and more of the same slogans are (...)

14 - 04 - 2020
Doctors in the line of fire
Is it easy to call a doctor these days and find him or her available? Their telephones are always busy, and their WhatsApp groups are often full. Friends and relatives are very often inquiring either about symptoms like those of the Covid-19 or (...)

24 - 03 - 2020
Promoting solar powered irrigation
Eighty-five per cent of Egypt's water is consumed by agriculture, so rationalisation of water used in irrigation is a must, Dalia Sakr, an energy and environment consultant, told the Weekly on the sidelines of the regional dialogue on the benefits, (...)

17 - 12 - 2019
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