Latest in Tag: January Revolution Highlight
Latest in Tag: January Revolution
Op-ed review: 25th January Revolution, Macron’s visit
Several columnists in Sunday’s newspaper issues marked the eighth anniversary of the 25th January Revolution, while some writers penned about French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Cairo. In the state-owned newspaper Al-Ahram, Sakina Fouad wrote that the anniversary of the 25th Revolution confirmed the patience and determination of the Egyptian people. Fouad opinionated that the …
Court acquits security officials of killing 25 January protestors
The court said that the victims were killed by weapons that are not used by Ministry of Interior or the Egyptian Armed forces
The People have lost trust in the political sphere
The story of each year begins again on Monday. The state mobilises all forces to deal with those who dare and try to commemorate the January revolution. The … is preparing to commemorate the anniversary and the forces of … is preparing to ignite the revolution again. Other powers are trying to prove that the revolution was …
Whatever happened to social movements?
Three weeks from now, the fifth anniversary of the January revolution will be upon us. Once again, we will sit down and reflect upon an experience that was painful as well as glorious, bitter yet formative and enriching though commonly misunderstood and wrongfully accused. Five years ago, when we were caught up between revolutionary enthusiasm …
‘Birthday’ celebrations and trip to Pyramids: The Mubarak family under spotlight
State Council denies decision regarding Mubarak’s lifetime privileges
The Republic of Matariya
Cairo neighbourhood witnessed deadliest clashes in third and fourth anniversaries of revolution
In search of a new meaning for ‘homeland’
By Emad El-Sayed For a while the idea of emigrating from Egypt was persistent, and quite recently I reconciled with the idea of starting again, in a new place in any field of work. You may not be surprised to know that many of those who participated in the 25 January Revolution (nowadays a confession …
How are Egyptian politics manoeuvred and formed?
When the melody plays, you are obliged to sing along!
Signs of rebound in Egypt’s tourism sector
By Robert Tashima The government in Egypt is expecting a recovery of its tourism sector by next year after the latest data showed the tide may be turning for an industry hit hard by domestic instability over the past three years. With Egypt’s recent period of relative calm following the May election of President Abdel Fattah …
Egypt’s economy over three years of turmoil
Daily News Egypt takes a closer look at the economic situation since the 25 January Revolution
Egypt and its FDI prospects
By Omar El-Shenety No doubt that Egypt has witnessed very rough years since the 25 January Revolution. The economy has been brought to its knees, and now faces stagnation. Growth has stopped at 2% since the revolution, and the government budget deficit scored record levels. Tourism and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), key sources for foreign …
ElBaradei Exhumed
After his recent untimely resignation, it is fair to say that we have seen the end of Egyptian law scholar and diplomat Mohamed Mustafa ElBaradei’s career in public service. Now, in the eyes of different people, ElBaradei is seen to be as much of a prodigy as he is seen to be a traitor. We …
What do we do about those caught between the corrupt and the hopeless?
After viewing the results of Egypt’s last parliamentary elections, we can safely say that they were not only contested by political parties, but also those who advocated for competing attitudes and views about the state of Egypt and its future. We have at times attempted to monitor these attitudes, identifying four major points of conflict …