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Egypt: A View from the Street

A weekly selection of lesser-known, sometimes humorous and occasionally bizarre stories reported in the Egyptian press. Nothing to see here, move along An unnamed police source denied that a Sinai oil pipeline near El-Arish had been destroyed by...

Egypt opposed to regional conflict, says Minister

"Nothing happens in the Middle East without going through Cairo first, due to Egypt's historical status in the region," Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul-Gheit told Russia Today in a recent interview. Two major flashpoints he touched...

Egypt: A View from the Street

A weekly selection of lesser-known, sometimes humorous, and occasionally bizarre stories reported in the Egyptian press. "I want my phone call..." Egypt's Administrative Justice Court overturned an Interior Ministry ban on the use of cell phones...

Bedouin and Egyptian state security clash in Sinai

Earlier in the week, Bedouin tribesmen and Egyptian security forces mixed it up (again) in the Sinai Peninsula. Fighting occurred in the El-Omar Valley near the El-Auja border crossing with Israel. Two men were wounded and later taken...

Egypt's unemployment at 9.4%

Some 2.3 million Egyptians are currently unemployed, according to recent government statistics, bringing unemployment to 9.4%.Al Masry Al Youm reported that average monthly income stood a little over EGP1300 per month (a little over $200). Predictably, the...

Egypt: A View from the Street

There's more to life in Egypt than what appears on the major newswires. Here you'll find some of smaller, more entertaining and (on occasion) stranger bits of Egyptian news.***Mobile melancholy Owners of mobile phone shops are up...

Egypt MP: 'Police ought to shoot' protestors

"I don't know why the Interior Ministry is so lenient with protestors," Nash'at al-Qassas told the Egyptian parliament's National Security and Human Rights Committee on Sunday. "Instead of using water hoses to disperse...

Egypt: Bureaucracy extracts countless pounds of flesh

Meat prices are up as much as 25% in Egypt, and the head of the country's Antitrust Association recently called for a meat boycott. "The government should launch an awareness campaign informing citizens of the real cost of...

Elbaradei campaign workers arrested in Kuwait

Three members of former International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA) Director Mohamed Elbaradei's National Association for Change have been arrested in Kuwait.*** The arrests follow an ugly demonstration in downtown Cairo, where police reportedly intervened by beating protestors...

Egypt: A View from the Street

There's more to life in Egypt than what appears on the major newswires. Here you'll find some of smaller, more entertaining and (on occasion) stranger bits of Egyptian news.Minimum (or minimal?) wageThe Egyptian Investment Authority revealed that...

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Egypt: A View from the Street

Egypt opposed to regional conflict, says Minister

Egypt: A View from the Street

Bedouin and Egyptian state security clash in Sinai

Egypt's unemployment at 9.4%

Egypt: A View from the Street

Egypt MP: 'Police ought to shoot' protestors

Egypt: Bureaucracy extracts countless pounds of flesh

Elbaradei campaign workers arrested in Kuwait

Egypt: A View from the Street

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