Month: October 2020

Egyptians react to Maadi girl incident with anger and sympathy

In less than 24 hours, social networking sites in Egypt were swept with a wave of sympathy and anger after the killing of a 24-year-old woman in 9th Street in Maadi, south of the capital Cairo. Maryam, a bank employee,…

Egypt’s media: As faces disappear and return, the content remains unchanged

Egypt’s media is ambiguous and incomprehensible and experts are confused. Faces close to the authority disappear, and they are excluded for a period that the follower thinks is for the purpose of reform and development. Then, the same faces that…

IMF: Egypt’s spending on the Corona crisis is weak

The International Monetary Fund said that Egyptian spending on the Coronavirus pandemic crisis is limited and weak. This report said that the crisis’s impact on Egypt’s public finances is limited, which was reflected in a rapid recovery. He pointed out…

Egypt denies the intention to close due to the second wave of Corona completely

Egypt has denied resorting to total closure in the event of an expected second wave of the Coronavirus. And the Minister of Health, Hala Zayed, identified the features of her ministry’s plan to confront the second wave by preparing 600…

Half of Egyptians borrow from others to meet their needs

Official data revealed that 50% of Egyptian families borrow from others to bridge the gap between their income and expenses. According to official data issued by the Central Agency for Mobilization and Statistics to compare Egyptian families’ consumption patterns and…

The curse of sexual harassment pursues a Moroccan in Egypt

The curse of sexual harassment has followed Moroccan singer Saad Lamjarred in Egypt, as it forced a famous art theater to cancel his concert in Cairo. A few days ago, the “Cairo Show” theater in the Egyptian capital announced the…

Initial approval of the executive regulations of the controversial private labor law

The Egyptian Council of Ministers approved, in principle, the Prime Minister’s draft decision regarding issuing the executive regulations for the Law Regulating the Practice of Private Work, promulgated by Law No. 149 of 2019. This comes one year and two…

Egypt, the largest borrower in the Middle East in 2019

A recent World Bank report showed that Egypt was the largest borrower in the Middle East and North Africa region during the past year, as it acquired nearly 34% of the region’s total debt. According to the report, the accumulation…

100 detainees daily since Egypt’s September protests

Lawyer and former presidential candidate Khaled Ali has made public an inventory of the names of those arrested between 20 September and 10 October. According to the published inventory, their number amounted to 1,943 persons whose names were collected from…

Anger among regime supporters over senate appointments

The announcement of the people appointed by Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to the senate, whose elections ended last month, has sparked resentment and anger among observers. Immediately after the names were announced, a hashtag “Al-Sisi’s Parliament, not the people,” was trending…