Hazem Zohny

Higgs boson: What’s all the fuss about?
Environment

Higgs boson: What’s all the fuss about?

What do President Mohamed Morsy’s brain, the Constituent Assembly and Cairo traffic all have in common? None of them, alas,…
Perceptions of Darwin’s theory: Evolution in the Egyptian classroom and beyond
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Perceptions of Darwin’s theory: Evolution in the Egyptian classroom and beyond

The theory of evolution is atheism, said Ahmed Shafiq, a 15-year-old schoolboy who happened to share the name of the…
Foot-and-mouth vaccination plan riddled with controversy
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Foot-and-mouth vaccination plan riddled with controversy

“Infectious diseases don’t care about politics or elections,” says Ahmed Abdel Hady, a farmer from Tabluha in the Nile Delta…
The unconscious vote: Unexpected factors may sway voters
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The unconscious vote: Unexpected factors may sway voters

After a 16-month interim period that often felt like anything but “transitional,” the election to presumably conclude this phase is…
Monday’s papers: Africa-France summit, ElBaradei tours Old Egypt
Egypt

Monday’s papers: Africa-France summit, ElBaradei tours Old Egypt

State-owned papers continue to hype the 25th Africa-France Summit, which is being held in the Riviera city of Nice. Al-Akhbar’s…
Sunday’s papers: France-Africa Summit, Egypt’s state of corruption
Egypt

Sunday’s papers: France-Africa Summit, Egypt’s state of corruption

State-owned papers lead today with news of the upcoming 25th Africa-France summit, where President Mubarak is expected to be the…
Monday’s papers: Mubarak’s busy day, Amonsito uprising
Egypt

Monday’s papers: Mubarak’s busy day, Amonsito uprising

State and independent papers lead with coverage of President Hosni Mubarak's series of meetings yesterday with the Kenyan prime minister…
Sunday’s papers: Hariri in Egypt, Nile Basin questions
Egypt

Sunday’s papers: Hariri in Egypt, Nile Basin questions

Al-Gomhurriya leads today with a headline quoting Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri saying, “I have benefitted from the wisdom of…
Conserving biodiversity: An epic failure
Environment

Conserving biodiversity: An epic failure

In 2002, states at the Convention on Biological Diversity agreed to significantly reduce the rate of loss of biodiversity by…
Tuesday’s news: More Nile basin assurances and metro mania
Egypt

Tuesday’s news: More Nile basin assurances and metro mania

Egypt’s rights in the Nile are both legally and practically unresolved, Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif is quoted as saying in…
The heavenly beaches of Gaza
Art news

The heavenly beaches of Gaza

The scene is an empty living room with a telephone sitting idle. The phone starts to ring and the answering…
Monday’s papers: Nile basin tension, Shura coverage
Egypt

Monday’s papers: Nile basin tension, Shura coverage

State-run papers lead with reports of yesterday's meeting in Sharm el-Sheikh between President Hosni Mubarak and Kuwaiti Emir Sabah al-Ahmad…
Sunday’s papers: Nile Basin media frenzy
Egypt

Sunday’s papers: Nile Basin media frenzy

All the newspapers lead today with coverage of the what is being called the “Nile river crisis.” The media frenzy…
Man and machine dazzle by the Sphinx
Art news

Man and machine dazzle by the Sphinx

The Great Sphinx of Giza may have witnessed some incredible sights over the 4500 years it’s been reclining there, but…
“If I owned downtown Cairo…”
Egypt

“If I owned downtown Cairo…”

Downtown: it boasts some of Cairo’s best-kept architecture, alongside some of it most battered buildings; some of the classiest establishments,…
Sunday’s news: Israel scrutinized, Egyptians in Darfur
Egypt

Sunday’s news: Israel scrutinized, Egyptians in Darfur

Al-Ahram leads with a report from The Associated Press stating that Israeli’s nuclear arsenal may be subjected to scrutiny by…
Biodiversity education and realities
Environment

Biodiversity education and realities

Biodiversity refers to the variety of plant and animal life in a given habitat, but for many Egyptians it is…
World Bank alters developing countries’ voting power
Egypt

World Bank alters developing countries’ voting power

The World Bank’s 186 member countries endorsed a plan last Sunday that gives some developing countries more voting power in…
Sunday’s News: Mubarak back on the field
Egypt

Sunday’s News: Mubarak back on the field

All dailies lead today with President Hosni Mubarak’s address on the 28th anniversary celebrations of Sinai’s liberation from Israel forces.…
Prof calls for delta cities funding
Environment

Prof calls for delta cities funding

Civil engineering professor Marawan Shahien said that delta cities around the world need to come together to find ways of…
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