Ahram Online looks at the toll Egypt's crumbling public health system has taken on the lives of patients and doctors, and talks to those who are trying to change things.

The building looked like...

Tahrir Square was full after marches arrived from different Cairo neighborhoods Tuesday for a demonstration against President Mohamed Morsy’s 22 November constitutional declaration.

Dozens of...

A handful of Egyptian state television channels – including Channel 1, Egyptian Satellite TV and some Nile TV channels – abruptly vanished from the airwaves on Sunday evening.

While the channels...

Live broadcast of Egypt touristic sites worldwide to promote industry

Egyptian officials plan to create a live, round-the-clock video broadcast of the country's main tourist areas in a project...

Almost all local newspapers highlight the massive stock market plunge on their front pages Monday. In the third largest single-day drop since January 2011, the country’s stock market lost LE29.3...

If I understand it correctly Pres Morsi is now even more powerful that Pres Mubarak he seems to have put himself above the law. He has promised to uphold the aims of the revolution but surely the way...

Egyptian protesters recall the remarkable heroism encountered during last year's four-day showdown with security forces on Cairo's now-iconic Mohamed Mahmoud Street.

Actions undertaken to help...

No reported deaths at clashes which began on Monday during protest to commemorate last year's Mohamed Mahmoud Street clashes; independent reports puts numbers higher.

Forty-three people have been...

A message from the Egyptian children to the whole world
they taught us in our school
how to love our country
to take care of her throughout our life and protect its land

we understood what does Our...

Tourism minister Hisham Zazou stated that he is concerned about the negative impact of political events on cultural tourism.

Around 8.1 million tourists visited Egypt over the past ten months,...

The Luxor Criminal Court sentenced Yasser al-Hambouly to life in prison in absentia, the 10th life sentence he has been given.

Tight security measures were imposed around the Luxor court complex...

Hundreds of truck drivers across the country continued their strike for the second day and blocked roads across the country Tuesday in protest against tax increases.

In Sharqiya, the protesters...

Controversial early closing hours for Egypt's shops postponed.

Government delays initiative to shut shops and restaurants early as it sets regulations for implementing decision, affirms Local...

The government has taken a first step to getting expensive energy subsidies under control, a key component of an economic reform program the cash-strapped government is presenting to the IMF to...

Taking a breath of fresh air is often is quite difficult in the bustling Cairene metropolis, specifically in fall when the seasonal black cloud caused by the burning of rice straw starts hovering...

Recently, over forty Hilton Worldwide staff members and general managers from the company’s 18 hotels across Egypt were joined by HE Ezzat Mohamed Saad, the governor of Luxor while spending the day...

The tuk-tuk, Egypt's much-derided three-wheel transport, could finally be officially licenced for use on the country's streets, the state-run Al-Ahram newspaper reports.

Egyptian Prime Minister...

Doctors resumed their nationwide strike Wednesday to demand better financial conditions and security of hospitals after Eid al-Adha.

In Alexandria, the Doctors Syndicate said 85 percent of doctors...

172 arrested on sexual harassment charges; still not enough, say activists.

In the first two days of the Eid al-Adha holiday, police have arrested 172 people on charges of sexual harassment and...