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|  MAADI SINGS THE BLUES
The redistricting of Maadi out of Cairo created not just a constitutional debacle, but a contractual dispute that is leaving behind massive piles of moldering garbage and a looming public health problem.
Call me a snob, but humility has really never been my strong suit. After all, I was born in 1907 with a golden spoon planted firmly in my mouth. My parents, the successful British and Jewish businessmen who were the primary shareholders in the Delta Land and Investment Company, had every intention of creating a little bit of heaven here on earth: Me, Maadi.
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Azza Khattab
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Party on Fire |
War of the Words | A “peaceful protest” the day before Al-Ghad’s presidential election turned into a violent street scene, complete with Molotov cocktails
Around 200 men attacked Al-Ghad’s Talaat Harb Sqaure headquarters with rocks and Molotov cocktails on November 6, 2008, burning the party
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Dina Basiony
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Read more | The region passes a chilling broadcast media charter and Ibrahim Eissa gets an unexpected ‘get out of jail free’ card
In February, 20 of the 22 Arab League nations — led by Egypt and Saudi Arabia — ratified the Satellite Broadcasting Charter, which lays out licensing
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Kholoud Khalifa
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 | Institutional Cruelty
The recent case of Islam Badr, the 11-year-old beaten to death by his teacher, sheds light on the issue of corporal punishment in Egypt
By Passant Rabie
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 | Don’t Say It Can’t Get Worse
Record inflation, bread riots and the crash of the domestic stock market are just a handful of the reasons why the economy is our Story of the Year
By Lindsey Parietti
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 | Books, Bloggers and a Stomp at the Opera
The year’s roundup of art and entertainment
By May El Khishen
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