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Articles of the author ahmed atef
Pragmatic approach
THE announcement by Presidential spokesman Yasser Ali the other day that Egypt and the Sudan had already agreed to push to fruition some of the major farm projects and pave a connecting land road has been reported by local press and media as part of (...)

18 - 09 - 2012
Intrinsic quest
LAST Thursday's avalanche on the Mont Blanc of the French Alps, the highest mountain in Western Europe, is a saddening event indeed, having killed nine climbers and injured a dozen others in what has been described as the deadliest such (...)

17 - 07 - 2012
Percentage module
JUDGING by early and unofficial indicators of the results of voting in the presidential election run-off, one observation would attract special attention and due contemplation; namely, that the winner, whoever he may be, will be so declared on the (...)

19 - 06 - 2012
Politics of education
Cairo - THE new legislation to turn the two-year General Certificate of Education final into a single-year stage indicates that the parliament must have identified some merits that made it possible for the deputies to pass the regulation. On the (...)

08 - 05 - 2012
Highlighting Egypt's identity
Cairo - The dreams of the Egyptian people reached far and wide when the revolution broke out 15 months ago. The slogan raised at the time, still not fulfilled, expressed three basic requirements: bread signifying a decent living, freedom and social (...)

06 - 05 - 2012
The threat from within
Cairo- THE ongoing bloody and lethal events taking place in Abbasiya Square in Cairo and the state of turmoil prevailing in the country because of the exclusion of one candidate from the presidential race makes one wonders about the future of the (...)

05 - 05 - 2012
Nervous nation, uncertain outlook
Cairo - Have the Egyptians lost their temper and patience? Indeed they have. The deadlock in the streets of the capital speak much about symptomatic nervous behaviour caused by chaos and insecurity, not to mention a general air of uncertainty where (...)

04 - 05 - 2012
By intent, not by accident
Cairo - THE repeated eruption of blazes at some significant economic sites, such as the Suez oil refinery and El-Masnouat trading company in Tanta, reveals the escalation of criminal acts of the counter-revolutionary powers. They are struggling to (...)

03 - 05 - 2012
Higher rent versus old law
Cairo - For many years the law governing the tenant-landlord relationship has been a sensitive issue; its amendment was avoided due to likely controversies, particularly among the beneficiaries. The Housing Committee of the post-revolution (...)

29 - 04 - 2012
Revolution on the silver screen
Cairo - Exceptional events in the history of nations have always inspired artists, intellectuals and filmmakers. The January 25 revolution, which was extraordinary in its vehemence in the first l8 days, culminated with the ousting of the head of a (...)

28 - 04 - 2012
EGX Weakly Upwards, Backed By Telecommunications
Indices performance EGX 30 index closed at 5,397 points, recording an increase of 0.5%. EGX index posted 1.2% loss, while EGX 100 index declined by 0.52% and concluded the week at 513 points and 869 points, respectively. EGX 20 Capped index declined (...)

09 - 03 - 2012
Grand mufti: Parliament should decide about Sharia law
Parliament should be allowed to institute Islamic Sharia law, Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa said at a meeting with youth groups on Sunday. “This is up to the members of Parliament to evaluate,” he said. In recent parliamentary elections, Islamists won the (...)

23 - 01 - 2012
Tunisian filmmaker invested as knight of the Legion of Honour at Cannes
The ceremony took place in front of the French Labour Minister Xavier Darcos, Greek director Costa-Gavras, President of the Cinematheque Française Serge Toubiana, French actor Michel Piccoli, and aselected audience of filmmakers, producers, actors, (...)

17 - 05 - 2011
Syrian filmmaker speaks out at Cannes Festival
"Everything was decided very quickly," commentedthe renowned Syrian filmmaker Osama Mohammed, on his arrival at the Cannes Film Festival, where his movie has been invited to participate within theFortnight sidebar. The director alsoheaded thepanel (...)

14 - 05 - 2011
No immunity from the revolutionary bug
CAIRO - For the first time since post-colonial independence, a genuine popular revolution has succeeded in bringing down two dictatorships in the Arab world, and in such a spectacular manner that it has caught most governments in the region by (...)

27 - 02 - 2011
They only need someone to listen to them
CAIRO - Millions of Egyptians have been celebrating the success of their revolution, which has forced long-standing President Hosni Mubarak to leave office. Waving the Egyptian flag in pride, they aspire for a better future for their homeland. They (...)

20 - 02 - 2011
New Year's Eve bashes
Most cities in the world mark the New Year tonight with fireworks and parties. In Paris, the French will light up the Eiffel Tower with a marvellous fireworks display, while in New York tourists will watch a ball dropping in the frigid cold air. New (...)

31 - 12 - 2010
‘Turkey could pull troops from Cyprus in deal'
NICOSIA (Reuters) – Turkey would be willing to withdraw its troops from Cyprus if a peace deal is reached between estranged Greek and Turkish Cypriots, Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying on Tuesday. The Greek and Turkish Cypriot (...)

02 - 03 - 2010
Syria Approves New US Ambassador
Syria approved on Thursday the US government's request to name a new Ambassador to Damascus, filling a post left vacant for five years in the wake former Lebanese leader Rafiq al-Hariri's assassination. "The approval was sent through the diplomatic (...)

11 - 02 - 2010
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