Voters leave polls, raise their fingers in pride of their phosphorus ink-stained fingers and post a photo on Facebook. It is the voting joy that has been newly experienced by the Arab Spring countries, despite all the accompanying difficulties and pitfalls. Voters leave polls, raise their fingers in pride of their phosphorus ink-stained fingers and […]

The current political debate in Egypt over the upcoming elections and their relation the roadmap is still yet to be settled. Some have tried to put an end to this debate by calling for adopting a system of one-voter-for-two-ballot boxes (a system which allows the presidential and parliamentary elections to be held simultaneously). However, the […]

The textile industry has been fighting for survival in Sohag Governorate, known for being one of Egypt’s most important textile centers. The city of Akhmim remained famous for its silk manufacturing until the end of the Ottoman era. The textile industry has been fighting for survival in Sohag Governorate, known for being one of Egypt’s […]

Go to the ballot box and vote in favor of the constitution to please the Lord! Give your voice, which is a trust, to those who call for the application of Sharia! Boycott the referendum as it lacks any Islamic identity! Those who boycott the referendum are sinners! Those who approve the Constitution are blessed […]

With the onset of winter and the beginning of another gas cylinder crisis, the Ministry of State for Environmental Affairs (MSEA) in collaboration with Asyut Governorate, has started a biogas experiment in the village of Awlad Elias, to generate power and produce organic fertilizer. The idea is to collect cattle dung in special tanks attached […]

Before the dispersal of the sit-ins in Rabia neighborhood, the village of Karamos in Al Sharqia Governorate had known nothing but work, as its 1,000 houses constituted a thousand papyrus factories. Today, only two houses are still making papyrus, while the other houses are waiting the end of the crisis and the return of tourism. […]

It is commonly believed across the Arab world that atheists are part of a small minority not represented by official statistics, unlike the followers of monotheistic religions, namely Islam, Christianity and small Jewish minorities in their respective countries. It is commonly believed across the Arab world that atheists are part of a small minority not […]

A few days following the Egyptian government’s decision declaring the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group, Mohammed Amin Mahdi, the interim Minister of Justice interpreted the decision as a mere notification to the public, which in practical terms meant the decision had no legal significance and did no more than put more pressure on the Muslim […]

The most recent rulings passed by two different courts in the period between mid to late November were extremely harsh and raised many concerns about the real integrity of the  Egyptian judiciary and how politicized judges are to pass such rulings against the opposition of the current ruling authority in Egypt. The most recent rulings […]

It seemed like a novel idea back in 1998 when the Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture allocated two new villages for widows and divorced women: Nubaria Project in Beheira Governorate in northern Egypt and Saida Valley Project in southern Aswan. But, what happened to that fantastic idea? Correspondents took a tour of the villages, which shed […]