One last hope: A homeless children’s shelter struggles amid the country’s economic woes
Soraya Morayef
Tue, 11/09/2012 - 11:36

Shaimaa, 22, has Parkinson’s disease. She has been living on the...

Quality of police forces will improve soon, promises interior minister.

Egyptian citizens can expect a major change in the quality of Interior Ministry personnel soon, Interior Minister Ahmed Gamal...

Samsung signed a memorandum of understanding with the governor of Beni Suef on Thursday to build its first factory in the Middle East and Africa. The factory is planned to be fully operated in 2013....

Prime Minister Hesham Qandil has decided to form a ministerial committee to develop a strategy to invigorate the country’s local and foreign tourism activity.

The committee comprises the ministries...

Pay rises for state workers and a drop in tax revenues caused a surge in the country's budget deficit last year, says finance minister.

Egypt's state budget deficit for 2011/12 was far higher than...

Back to school: Morsi gets black marks from Egypt's teachers.

Dozens of Egyptian teachers protest in central Cairo, unimpressed by new allowances and threatening not to return to the classroom when...

The Egyptian Paralympics team left to the London games last month with little public attention or anticipation. But after winning 15 medals for Egypt and breaking two world records, they returned as...

The Public Transport Authority threatened Tuesday to stage an all-out coinciding with the start of the school year.

They demand that control of the PTA be transferred to the Transportation Ministry...

President confirms all farmers owing LE10,000 or less will see their debts written off.

President Morsi has reiterated his pledge to write off the debts of Egypt's farmers, warning of consequences...

31 pct drop in traffic accidents during 2011 probably due to months of military curfews following January 25 Revolution, says official statistics body.

There were 16,830 traffic accidents in Egypt...

President Morsi sees 77 pct approval rating after 60 days in office.

New poll shows three-quarters of Egyptians are satisfied with the performance of the country's first freely-elected civilian...

Egyptian tour guides protest outside the Egyptian Museum in central Cairo on Sunday, demanding better pay and conditions after a year of turmoil for the hospitality sector.

We want tourist...

Despite rich past, history fails to interest Egyptian students
Fatma Keshk
Thu, 30/08/2012 - 15:08

Instilling a sense of pride of the country’s past in the young is a priority for history educators...

Air crew strike forces cancellation of EgyptAir international flights.

Egypt's national airline has suspended all international flights after its air crew declared a strike early Friday morning....

As Saudi-Egypt bridge looks likely to get the green light, environmentalists see red.

Environmentalists have urged caution after a US$3 billion bridge project linking Saudi Arabia to Egypt seems...

Loose security not solely to blame for attacks in Egypt's hospitals.

While calls are made to improve security in Egypt's hospitals amid near-daily attacks, doctors point to the root cause: the...

Profiteers and thugs seize 40 pct of Egypt's subsidised energy.

Nearly a half of Egypt's state-subsidised energy ends up on the black market for several times its consumer price, says finance...

How do you convert/compare Egyptian land measurements into the local unit? I know they use metric, but what about karats (sp?). I am trying to tell Egyptians who asked, about Australia's (and the...