Sahel for Snobs The crème de la crème summer differently. If a trip to St. Tropez or that little piece of tropical paradise called Turks and Caicos isn’t happening, d
A Portraitof Poverty From a working single mom to a leading member of the ruling party, a pensioner to the country’s top business editor, we paint a portrait of what it means to be poor in Egypt —and what poverty could mean for the nation The true meaning of poverty was rammed home as I stood in our drafty garage talking to Omm Ahmed, our bawab’s wife. Shabrawi, her husband, had gone off to buy bread for the family. I asked if he had gone to the bakery next to the supermarket a few blocks down the street; after all, they sell perfectly good, fresh baladi bread for 40 piasters a piece. Not that expensive, you would say.
By most accounts, 2007 marked a worldwide decline in information freedoms — and Egypt was no exception. Do two recent court decisions upholding freedom of expression signal change is in the air? Or will they be remembered as little more than ghostly blips a year from now?
Pundits have said for years that the internet is the new coffeehouse. An aspiring Omm Kolthoum or Naguib Mahfouz no longer needs to rely on a Café
No Entry Visa regimes across the world put heavy scrutiny upon would-be travelers from Egypt. Yet as borders elsewhere become more permeable and globalization seems to define progress, the justification of a tightening grasp is less and less clear. ByAndrew Schurgott Read more
Whiz Kid Meet Moody, Egypt’s and possibly the world’s youngest mathematical genius ByHossam Zaater Read more
Communication Breakdown Last month saw a series of internet cable fiascos, disrupting business and raising questions about how Egypt will prevent future mishaps By Jeff Neumann Read more
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