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There’s no avoiding that it’s hot in Egypt. It’s hot in summer, it’s hot in winter, and I’d add more seasons but that’s all we have: hot and slightly less hot. Ramadan really hammers this fact home...
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Another thing I found, was that the older the people, more nearer to God sort of thing, the more they felt they should keep the fast, which is sad really because as many of us know, they can be...
Politicians have attributed the lawlessness and chaos that swept the country in the recent period to security authorities’ unwillingness to work hard to take control of the street. They demanded that...
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By the way after reading about the Presidents visit, the Police in Luxor seem to be doing a fantastic job because when asked if everyone felt safe everyone was reported to have said Yes!! So this...
Despite repeated promises by officials to implement a national minimum wage since the 2011 uprising, many workers are still waiting for a living wage and are suspicious of government promises....
A mesaharati, traditionally a man, rouses people during the holy month of Ramadan by calling their names as he strolls through the streets, banging his drum.
He does this a couple of hours before...
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It did when I lived in Awamia - my bedroom backed onto the sidestreet between two buildings, and he woke the faithful and the unfaithful alike! Not just a drum, but a trumpet as well.
The fact on the ground says that some people have been exploiting the post-January 25 Revolution chaos to make serious violations. One of these violations involves constructing large buildings...
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More deaths in Alexandria are reported this morning:
A mother and her two daughters were killed on Monday evening as a one-story building collapsed in the Amreya area of Alexandria.
Recent deadly accidents are caused by state negligence; liberal party urges for new govt.
In light of many recent grave accidents, the liberal Free Egyptians Party says a salvation government is...
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I believe a new Priminister and Coalition Government will be in place withing 3 weeks, so hopefully things will start to pick up, the delays are unsettling.
Members of the people's committee of Saft el Laban occupy the Giza governorate building vowing to stay in the building and its grounds until their town has water.
2 trains crash in Egypt after passengers tired of waiting put stones, logs on tracks.
Egyptian passengers fed up with waiting for their train to move put logs and rocks on the rails of a nearby...
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That's Journalism for you.. :tk
No, that's the new instant journalism for you – unchecked facts and speculation pushed out onto the net as quickly as possible. Good journalism is still around ......
The public prosecutor ordered on Monday that former President Hosni Mubarak be moved back to prison after an improvement in his health that meant he no longer needed to stay in a military hospital,...
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Update: Mubarak returns to Tora Prison.
Security sources told Al-Masry Al-Youm that former President Hosni Mubarak was moved from the Maadi Military Hospital to the Tora Prison Hospital, after...
Egyptian Bedouin tribesmen on Monday released two US tourists who had been held since Friday in the Sinai Peninsula, a senior security official told AFP.
All you seem to hear these days is about another strike in Egypt, It seems to be the in thing at the moment, from textile workers, public transportation workers, electricity workers, the police, oil...
One voice, many mosques: As call to prayer is unified, muezzins defy government orders
Five times a day throughout Cairo, a group of mosque employees unplug small black boxes. Depending on who you...
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I like the idea of the call to prayer Synchronized (it seems many Egyptians do too), I dont mind the sound of the mosque, but when all 3 near us are going off at the same time it sounds horrible, its...
On Tuesday, the Health Ministry decided to link the prices of medications sold locally to those in Europe, the Gulf and Canada and formed a government committee to examine prices.
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