Latest in Tag: regime Highlight
Latest in Tag: regime
Marketing research aids democratisation of consumption
Tamer El-Naggar, CEO of TNS’s North Africa branch, one of the world’s leading marketing research companies talk to the Daily News Egypt
Purge of former regime officials
New developments indicate further crackdowns on ex-regime figures
Case of jailed Israeli Bedouin resurfaces after rumours of a possible prisoner swap
One week before his lawyer’s visit to Egypt, Israel requests releasing Tarabin
Egypt banks under fire for alleged funds smuggling
By Nasser Youssef and Mahmoud Sheneshan An investigative report conducted by the BBC hinted at the involvement of the Egyptian banking system in transferring funds abroad for figures of toppled Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak’s regime. The report said that part of the funds were smuggled abroad by banks that were not subject to the supervision …
After Syrian Embassy violence, MB calls for demonstrations
MB calling for protests all over Egypt to show solidarity with the Syrian uprising
UK slow to return Mubarak’s millions
Money could be the solution to Egypt’s financial woes
In what direction are Egyptian-Iranian relations heading?
Iran needs Egypt in its confrontation with the west. At the very least it needs it to be neutral.
Where the shoe pinches
By Mohammed Ali Ibrahim the former editor in chief of both The Egyptian Gazette and Algoumhoria newspapers In 1928, Muslim Brotherhood founder, Hassan Al-Banna, adopted an approach to critics and skeptics which his followers and loyalists still adhere to today. His method was to shun reasonable argument or debate, opting instead for criticism and shouting …
Review: Columnists touch upon state media and political participation
Egyptian commentaries have explored an assortment of subjects. Many have continued to analyze the rising wave of political Islam, whereas others have addressed the challenges facing Egypt’s state media and the lack of interest in active political participation. Wael Kandil The legend of the last Minister of Media Al-Shorouk newspaper The status of Egypt’s …
Government to enforce Competition Protection Act
The government plans to re-enforce article 10 of the Competition Protection and Monopoly Prevention Act (CPMPA), according to Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade Hatem Saleh. The Citizens Against Price Rise Association (CAPRA) recommended reviving article 10 of CPMPA, which stipulates that the prime minister has the right to set the price of one commodity …
Al-Beltagy urges in-depth investigation of Nakhnoukh’s ties to former regime
FJP leading member insists on crime boss’s association with violent incidents
Editor’s letter: The fading of moral references
While riding home in a taxi one night last week, a small truck packed with five or more young men in their early twenties was driving in front of us. The exuberant-looking group seemed to be cruising the city while enjoying dinner in the back of their truck. All of a sudden, after they had …
Mekki confronts backlash over emergency law proposal
Following his emergency law proposal, Mekki meets civil society and human rights organizations
NoMilTrials: Arresting change
Despite the worrying number of men and women still facing military trial in Egypt, one grass-roots movement has succeeded in alerting the public to the need for change. Rana Muhammad Taha speaks to No Military Trials activists Salma Abdelgelil and Mohammad Fouda about the group’s development.
Review: Sinai, Morsy’s independence and liberal powers
Although President Morsy has commenced his first trip to China, which will be followed by a unique trip to Iran, most columnists across Egyptian newspapers have not touched upon the presidential trips. Opinion writers commented on the importance of Morsy’s independence from his Islamist group and some have warned against possible occurrences of violence and …
Land disputes threaten student facilities
Members of the NU conduct a sit-in, opposing confiscating their campus buildings
Internal Memo 21581-2012
The army is one of the country’s largest and richest business empires and it is too integral to our economic interests to have it ran this way
Opinion pages kept busy with 24 August protests and Morsy’s visit to Iran
As three days passed after the 24 August anti-Morsy protests were organised, columnists have continued to analyse the repercussions of the demonstrations. Some writers condemned the entire notion, while highlighting angles and reasons of failure, others praised the move describing it as one of the first successful trials of democracy and one of the most …
Nakhnoukh “Prince of Thugs” feud with Al-Beltagy
Nakhnoukh claimes his arrest was influenced by the FJP, says his firearms and animals are legally obtained
Dictatorship through democracy
New emergency law threatens to severely curb freedom
Abu Hamed referred to prosecution
Former member of parliament Mohamed Abu Hamed referred to the Supreme State Security prosecution for attempting to overthrow the regime
A useful idiot
Egyptian political theatre never fails to entertain, and its latest clowns and the sheer absurdity of their demands made for quite a show in these last few weeks. Mohamed Abu Hamed’s call for a “revolution” to end the rule of the Muslim Brotherhood and what he dubbed as the “ikhwanisation of the state” is …
Former Presidential Advisor faces Military Tribunal in Tunisia
Trial symbolizes an affront to freedom of expression and fair trials
Egypt: Military in Transition?
Morsy’s choice of Sedki to hold this position shows a departure from being overly sensitive to Washington
The insiders: ministry officials who finally got the big job
The last article in the Hesham Qandil’s cabinet-examining series, by Ahmed Aboul Enein
Continuity of command
Over a quarter of Qandil’s ministers have served under his predecessor
Pilots fight for civilian minister of civil aviation
Pilots have being staging a sit-in since Tuesday calling for the appointment of a non-military, technocratic minister