The numbers speak for themselves: With approximately 40 percent of the male population smoking an average of 19 billion cigarettes annually, Egypt is hands down the largest consumer of tobacco in the Arab region. In an effort to shed this … read more
By Ayman Mohyeldin and Adam Makary The holiness of Sinai is indubitable. Prophet Abraham was believed to have crossed it. Centuries later, the Prophet Moses spent his life there and it was on top of Mount Sinai where he was … read more
Egypt’s interior minister said on Sunday he expected upcoming parliamentary elections to be “heated”, warning that the authorities would clamp down on anyone who stepped outside the law. “It is expected that the next parliamentary elections will be heated,” Habib … read more
One place to begin to understand why this parched country has nearly ruptured relations with its upstream neighbors on the Nile is ankle-deep in mud in the cotton and maize fields of Mohammed Abdallah Sharkawi. The price he pays for … read more
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit warned Israel it would bear the blame if the peace talks break down over the issue of settlements. “If Israel fails in its commitment to continue freezing its settlement activities, then it would expose … read more
When posters vaunting President Hosni Mubarak’s son as Egypt’s future leader appeared in Cairo’s poorer districts, it was only days before many were torn down or defaced with spraypaint. Supporters of Gamal might take heed. Approaching elections have stirred debate … read more
Hostility between western countries and Muslim ones helps terrorists, leaders from Egypt and Mauritania said Saturday at the U.N. General Assembly. Speaking in New York, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abdoul Gheit said many Muslims feel a lack of tolerance toward … read more
An Egyptian court on Saturday postponed the trial of two police officers who are being charged in the murder of an Egyptian activist last summer in Alexandria. The trial will convene again in late October after the victim’s lawyer asked … read more
An Egyptian appeals court on Tuesday overturned the conviction of the deputy governor of Cairo for negligence in a September 2008 rockslide that killed more than 100 people. The official, Mahmoud Yassin, was sentenced in May to five years in … read more
AROUND mid-September an Egyptian blogger embarrassed his country’s leading state-run newspaper by revealing that it had doctored a photo of president Hosni Mubarak. Apparently keen to emphasize that Mr Mubarak remains a respected statesman after nearly three decades of rule, … read more