poverty
Rural Egyptians suffer most from increasing poverty
Egypt
September 28, 2011
Rural Egyptians suffer most from increasing poverty
Poverty is on the rise in Egypt, particularly in rural areas, according to a study released earlier this month by…
A day of Eid and freedom, despite economic hardships
Life & Style
September 1, 2011
A day of Eid and freedom, despite economic hardships
Kids have taken over the streets of Cairo, proudly exhibiting their brand new shiny and colorful clothes. Fireworks resound across…
Cairo’s poorest residents help the less fortunate in Somalia
Egypt
August 24, 2011
Cairo’s poorest residents help the less fortunate in Somalia
Ezzbet Abu Qarn is a place that wealthy and upper middle-class Cairenes see as worthy of donations and campaigns, especially…
Street children among those who stand to gain from revolution
Egypt
July 25, 2011
Street children among those who stand to gain from revolution
While various groups in Egypt have been clamoring to have their say and influence the future of their country, one…
Tahrir vendors struggle for acceptance
Egypt
July 15, 2011
Tahrir vendors struggle for acceptance
For some Tahrir Square protesters, the square itself has become a mini-country, self-sufficient and cut off from the state, a…
Child labor in Egypt estimated at over 1.5 million
Egypt
July 14, 2011
Child labor in Egypt estimated at over 1.5 million
Abu Bakr al-Guindy, director of the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics, said Thursday that there are 1.594 million…
Squalor, fear and desperation for tent city residents
Egypt
June 28, 2011
Squalor, fear and desperation for tent city residents
Naglaa Mahdy sleeps in a tent with ten other women and their children. She wakes up and dusts herself off,…
Irrigation canals mismanagement leads to health hazards: The example of Abu Sir
Environment
May 15, 2011
Irrigation canals mismanagement leads to health hazards: The example of Abu Sir
The canals of Abu Sir village are part of the vast network of Egypt’s irrigation canals designed to expand the…
Swiss bank official: ‘Traces’ of Mubarak’s assets identified
Egypt
February 17, 2011
Swiss bank official: ‘Traces’ of Mubarak’s assets identified
Funds belonging to the family of ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, or his senior ministers, have been discovered in Switzerland,…
Four killed in fights over gas cylinders, many injured in fights over bread
Egypt
February 4, 2011
Four killed in fights over gas cylinders, many injured in fights over bread
Several areas in Cairo and Giza witnessed an escalating gas crisis because gas cylinders allocated by the Ministry of Petroleum…