Hazem Zohny
Higgs boson: What’s all the fuss about?
Environment
July 31, 2012
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
Environment
July 15, 2012
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
Environment
June 17, 2012
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
Environment
May 23, 2012
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
May 31, 2010
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
May 30, 2010
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
May 24, 2010
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
May 23, 2010
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
May 23, 2010
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
May 18, 2010
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
May 17, 2010
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
May 17, 2010
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
May 16, 2010
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
May 15, 2010
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
May 12, 2010
“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
May 9, 2010
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
May 8, 2010
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
April 28, 2010
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
April 25, 2010
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
April 24, 2010
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…