ASYUT: One of Asyut's finest artists Abdel Nasser Hassan's house collapsed on Tuesday, December 13.
Hassan had been assigned the task of designing a statue of ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak prior to the revolution by Asyut Governor Nabil (...)
Hundreds of Assiut Oil Refinery workers demonstrated outside the office of the chairman of the board today. They are protesting against being prevented from leaving before the end of working hours to vote in this week's runoff elections, although (...)
ASYUT, Egypt: The electoral process came to a halt at the Manfalout center's second constituency in Aziya village, after two people were injured after an exchange of gunshots between el-Shaqayera and el-Salakheen.
There was a dispute between both (...)
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ASSIUT, Egypt: Chief of the Supreme Electoral Commission (SEC) in Assiut announced the end of the sorting process in the 2nd district of Assiut. At the same time, he announced the (...)
ASYUT, Egypt: Chief of the second district in Dayrout, Asyut today announced the loss of two sorting lists because of severe crowding in the Commission's sorting venue. He mentioned that the Commission is looking for the lists.
He called on (...)
ASYUT, Egypt: The vote tallying in the first constituent in Asyut revealed the need for a runoff elections in the individual category between Freedom and Justice Party candidate Samir Khashaba and Egyptian Bloc candidate Mahmoud Abu Leefa.
There (...)
SOHAG, Egypt: Dozens of political activists in the governorate of Asyut, Upper Egypt, staged a protest on Sunday November 20 through all streets of governorate to support Tahrir protesters in Cairo.
The protesters condemned the over-use of (...)
ASYUT, Egypt: The Ahmed Bahaa Cultural Center recently honored 62 people in a competition involving arts, fine arts, theatre, music, research and media.
This was to celebrate the October 6 Memorial and was attended by the Head of the Sadfa Center (...)
The Governor of Asyut, al-Sayed al-Borai, will meet with a high profile European delegation Wednesday to discuss supporting social development in the governorate.
The Secretary of the Governorate, Yacoub Hassan, said that the delegation would (...)
Civil society organizations in Asyut, in middle Egypt, held a seminar to discuss how to guarantee the rights of handicapped persons to participate in elections.
The seminar discussed how blind and physically handicapped people will be able to (...)
ASYUT, Egypt: Ahmed Bahaa el-Din Cultural Center in Asyut calls for cultural protocol with the German Goethe Institute in Cairo.
The protocol aims to support relations between different people, exchange common culture, tradition and through (...)
The International Airport in Asyut today received the body of Captain Ahmed Galal Abdel Kader, a military officer killed in clashes with Israeli military forces yesterday at the Egyptian-Israeli border.
The family of Kader along with a number of (...)
The Bahaa el-Deen Cultural Center will screen touristic and archeological sites in Asyut to increase the public's cultural awareness regarding tourism and Egyptian history.
According to the director of the center, Hamdy Said, the film was (...)
Employees of Egypt's Ministry of Culture in Assiut organized a demonstration to protest against financial and administrative corruption within the ministry as well as the non-application of the new minimum wage and the 200 percent bonus which should (...)
Doha Abdelhamid* calls for much needed public accountability in national budgeting
The state's credibility is now at stake after the series of staggering public announcements on the minimum wage level, taxation, subsidisation and pensions. All such (...)
The foundation of Misr el Kheir held a charity event in Asyut to distribute 80 cattle and 26 devices to the people of Asyut. This was part of the foundation's policy of helping the poor.
The event was held under the auspices of the governor, (...)
The two-hundred-odd football fans waiting at Doha International Airport Monday night were a mixed crowd. Egypt's national football team was arriving from Cairo for a friendly match against the oil-rich state, and for the first time in the better (...)
Ahead of the 2010 G20 Seoul summit, Doha Abdelhamid* draws attention to the missing development agenda
The global financial crisis which first erupted in the United States financial markets has exposed the systemic fragility, weak regulation and (...)
Whatever the size of the "social allowance" pay raise promised by President Mubarak earlier this month, much more action is needed, argues Doha Abdelhamid*
Nowadays, all Egyptian households are speaking of this year's expected pay raise that the (...)
It s been nine years since Nigeria, Africa s biggest oil producer and most populous nation, ended its military rule and became a democracy. The transformation, though slow and problematic, has been characterized by three consecutive elections, the (...)
Egypt's women remain locked out of key political and economic roles. This can and should change, writes Doha Abdelhamid*
Despite an arsenal of constitutional articles and laws affording equal rights to females and males, to date progress on (...)
Doha Abdel-Hamid* offers a viable equation for corporate governance in Egypt
Corporate Governance (CG) has become a new term in Egypt's business lexicon. It is also a key topic in the country's evolution towards institutional development and the (...)
Airlines & airports
Frankfurt to Doha
STARTING from 10 January, Lufthansa will be offering three weekly flights from Frankfurt to Doha in Qatar. The flights, with a modern 221-seat Airbus A330, will leave each Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at (...)
Airlines and airports
From Doha to Luxor
QATAR Airways started to operate four weekly flights from Doha to Luxor on Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays in an attempt to enhance the tourist movement from Doha to the ancient city of Thebes.
In (...)
In the last of a three-part series examining fiscal reforms since the 1970s, Doha Abdelhamid* discusses the steps necessary for continued success
The second part of this series closed with the government achieving positive results despite massive (...)