Features/Interviews
Can anyone stop the torrent?
March 26, 2010
Can anyone stop the torrent?
A subsidiary of local internet provider LINKdotNET recently launched a website designed to facilitate the legal downloading of Egyptian movies.…
Arab IT start-ups, entrepreneurs meet at Beirut conference
March 25, 2010
Arab IT start-ups, entrepreneurs meet at Beirut conference
Beirut--If you believed Arab internet-based companies were invisible, the ArabNet Conference that began in Beirut on Thursday may just prove…
Waiting game at Islam Online
March 23, 2010
Waiting game at Islam Online
As the labor dispute that has paralyzed the influential Islamic affairs and news website Islam Online entered its second week,…
Skype questions Egypt ban on mobile internet calls
March 23, 2010
Skype questions Egypt ban on mobile internet calls
Internet telephony firm Skype has questioned Egypt's move to ban international calls made through mobile internet connections and said markets…
Tuesday’s papers: Numbers, ‘love demonstrations,’ bad meat
March 23, 2010
Tuesday’s papers: Numbers, ‘love demonstrations,’ bad meat
Numbers dominate the headlines in state-owned papers today. Al-Ahram’s leads with a story titled "70 percent of the new budget…
Muslim Brotherhood weathered by arrests but deny ‘deals’ with government
March 23, 2010
Muslim Brotherhood weathered by arrests but deny ‘deals’ with government
The Muslim Brotherhood's daily bulletin carried news of the release of 20 of their members in Sharqiya Governorate, as well…
Islam Online workers remain in limbo
March 21, 2010
Islam Online workers remain in limbo
Three days after receiving an ostensible reprieve in their ongoing labor dispute, hundreds of employees of the influential Islamic affairs…
Egypt’s uni professors brace for national strike
March 21, 2010
Egypt’s uni professors brace for national strike
Professors from the nation's public universities are preparing to stage demonstrations Tuesday, March 23, to protest salary shortfalls and on-campus…
Q&A with Coptic activist William Wissa
March 21, 2010
Q&A with Coptic activist William Wissa
William Wissa is an Egyptian journalist and rights activist currently living in Paris. Although he lives abroad, Wissa follows issues…
UN HIV/AIDS envoy: Egypt needs consistent policies
March 21, 2010
UN HIV/AIDS envoy: Egypt needs consistent policies
Nafis Sadiq, special envoy for the UN secretary general on HIV/AIDS, spoke to Al-Masry Al-Youm this week on HIV/AIDS-related achievements,…