On the Edge of Failure: Why “Tablet” Won’t Solve Education Crisis in Egypt
Mohamed RamadanCairo – June 1, 2019 For several days, crowds of grade 10 students have demonstrated against the reform plans of the Egyptian education minister Tarek Shawky. Police forces brutally cracked down their demonstrations and captured some of them…
Egypt’s first sovereign fund: Beyond the official statements
Mohammed RamadanJune 11, 2019 One year its first announcement, the Egyptian sovereign wealth fund has got itself an executive board, but is still without an executive manager. The sovereign wealth fund, named ‘Egypt Fund’, was created following legislation passed by…
Doctors’ emigration crisis and the government’s shortsighted vision
Kareem RaafatJune 11, 2019 On June 3, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly held an important governmental meeting to discuss the country’s shortage of doctors and the means of solving it. Madbouly gave his recommendations to examine the exceptional graduation from medical…
Egypt,Tunisia, Algeria FMs hold meeting on Libya Wednesday
The tripartite meeting of foreign ministers of Egypt, Tunisia and Algeria held a consultative meeting on the situation in Libya on Wednesday, according to a statement issued by spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry Ahmed Hafez. The meeting comes to follow…
Cairo 24: Tarek Amer to be laid off on corruption charges
EgyWatch – June 12, 2019 Cairo 24 news website, that is close to high-profile officials, said on Tuesday that Tarek Amer was notified that his Central Bank governance will not be renewed after it ends in November. The decision came…
ILO blacklists Egypt for violating workers’ trade union freedom
EgyWatch – June 12, 2019 The International Labour Organisation (ILO) on Tuesday announced its short-term list, known as ‘the Blacklist’, of states violating the rights and freedom of workers. The list included Egypt for violating the organisation’s C.87 convention concerning…
Egyptian authorities ban Salah Diab and Gamal Mubarak’s father-in-law from travel
EgyWatch – June 12, 2019 Egyptian authorities, on Tuesday, banned businessmen Salah Diab – owner of private newspaper Al Masry al Youm; Mahmoud el-Gammal – Gamal Mubarak’s father-in-law; and others over a land-squatting investigation. The General Prosecutor also imposed control…
Egypt asks Christie’s to cancel sale of Tutankhamun statue
Christie’s in London is being pressured to cancel the auction of a statue of Tutankhamun’s head after Egyptian authorities claimed that the bust might have been stolen from the Karnak temple in Luxor. The 28.5cm-high statue is more than 3,000…
What Algeria and Sudan Can Learn From Egypt
Eight years after the Arab Spring transfixed the world, the Middle East has once again lit up with protest. In April, popular movements in Algeria and Sudan forced the ouster of two long-serving autocrats: Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who resigned…
Parliament denies granting Egyptian nationality for $10K
Head of the Parliament’s Defense and National Security Committee Kamal Amer denied granting the Egyptian nationality to foreign investors for $10,000. Amer added during his phone call to Mubasher channel that $10,000 or the equivalent in Egyptian currency is the…
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