The economic and political situations may be serious here, but they’re not stopping Egyptians from consuming more alcohol or expanding the party scene, party-goers and club owners told The Media Line recently. The increase in booze consumption has boosted revenues … read more
A doppelganger of Mohamed Morsi tried in vain to shake hands with the Egyptian President after Friday’s prayers as presidential guard kept him away. Ramadan Al-Sohagai, a street vendor, made his first media appearance in an interview with Al-Arabia TV … read more
Free Egyptians Party and National Salvation Front (NSF) youth leader Hossam Fouda said Friday that opposition youth groups are prearing to issue a pamphlet criticising the Muslim Brotherhood, calling it “The Black Book.” The book will be released on 28 … read more
Each day Umm Sameh walks for 15 minutes to fetch a single pot of water to meet her family’s bathing, cooking, cleaning and drinking needs, amid recurrent nationwide water outages. “I suffer from back pain after carrying this pot on … read more
The Ministry of Finance will next week hold a landmark public auction to sell off gifts state officials received from Arab governments and international figures. Gifts received by Egyptian officials between July 2012 to June 2013, either during foreign trips … read more
An expert on a tri-partite committee assessing the consequences of Ethiopia’s planned Grand Renaissance Dam has claimed the project would adversely affect Egypt’s share of River Nile water supplies. Alaa al-Zawahri, a member on the committee comprising experts from Egypt, … read more
Egyptian armed forces spokesperson Ahmed Mohamed Ali said Thursday that it is too early to talk about military action against Ethiopia over the Grand Renaissance Dam dispute. Egypt has other political, economic and social means with which to tackle the … read more
In an interview with the German Press Agency, Nabil Naem, a former leader of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad movement, announced that he will participate in the 30 June protests against President Morsi. Naem, who described the policies of the Muslim … read more
Spokesman for the anti-Morsi Rebel Campaign in Alexandria Khaled El-Kady asserted on Thursday that the movement’s activists will campaign in the same location as Wednesday’s clashes with Muslim Brotherhood members. Wednesday’s violence began in the coastal city’s Raml district where … read more
Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr is expected in Addis Ababa next week for talks with top Ethiopian officials over Ethiopia’s building of a mega dam over the Blue Nile that some argue may impact Egypt’s historic share of Nile waters. … read more