Turkish intervention in Libya: Egypt has three options
After the Turkish parliament approved sending troops to Libya, Egypt is concerned, especially that it is in a strategic conflict with Ankara, not only in relation to the Libyan affair but in a number of key issues in the region,…
Egypt’s real estate tax: The principle is correct but the application is not
Parliament’s last session witnessed a number of controversial laws discussed by MPs, some of which were indeed approved and some were not. The proposal of the polygamy law was among the strangest of them. The project proposed to impose a…
Carnegie study reveals grave danger of Egypt military’s business
In October 2016, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said that the volume of economic activities of the Egyptian armed forces ranges between 1 and 1.5 per cent of Egypt’s gross domestic product. Yet this contradicts many international estimates that range…
Will the Egyptian army fight in Libya?
Expanding the Libyan war into all-out war looms on the horizon as General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s regime uses actors, singers, and the media to mobilise the Egyptian people in support of any anticipated military action by the Egyptian army. After…
Egypt authorities arrest April 6 members
The April 6 Youth Movement announced last Wednesday that 12 of its members in Damietta Governorate were arrested on Tuesday. A number of activists on Facebook wrote that the arrest campaign came ahead of the anniversary of the 25 January…
Losses in Egypt stock exchange due to geopolitical tension
January 6, 2020 Egyptian stock exchange indices retreated during Sunday dealings by more than 4 per cent, affected by the dealers’ wide-range sales operations that included most of the market shares. Analysts attributed wide-range sales to geopolitical tension in the…
Mohamed Ali: A new Egypt revolution is at the door
The Egyptian opposition actor and contractor Mohamed Ali has predicted that a new revolution will break out in Egypt. “We have a revolution in January,” said Ali, who resides in Spain, stressing that General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi feels the revolution…
Necromancy, sorcery, and tarot: The media’s weapons against Erdogan
On a recent programme, the Egyptian journalist loyal to the regime of General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Amr Adib, waited for his guest, the tarot papers expert Basant Yusuf, to predict the fate of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the…
Head of tax authority arrested for receiving bribes
January 6, 2020 The Administrative Control Authority has arrested Abdel Azim Hussein, head of the tax authority, on charges of receiving bribes from legal accountants. The Finance Minister Mohammed Maait said in a press statement: “No one is above the…
Decrease in wheat plantation in Egypt
January 6, 2020 The acres of wheat planted this season decreased by 13 per cent from the previous season to reach about 2.7 million, compared to about 3.1 million acres last season, which produced about 8.5 million tons. At the…
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