Banks opened on Sunday after a week-long closure as Egypt’s economy, damaged by the political turmoil caused by the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak and subsequent labor protests, struggled to get back on its feet.
Following are some details of the return to work and pockets of protest:
* The central banks said that state and private banks were open.
* About 70 employees were demonstrating in front of the head office of the Omar Effendi department store chain in central Cairo demanding that the company be renationalized.
* Protesters at Arab Contractors were demanding permanent contracts, higher pay and better working conditions.
* The Egyptian Museum in Cairo was open and there were a few dozen visitors looking at its priceless artifacts.
* The famous pyramids at Giza were open to tourists.
* Work at two state textile companies resumed on Sunday after their demands for higher wages and the resignation of company officials were met, the official MENA news agency said.
More than 12,000 workers at Misr Spinning and Weaving in the Nile Delta city of Mahalla el-Kubra and about 6,000 at Damietta Spinning and Weaving workers had been on strike since last week.