Egyptian Streets
Wed, 19 Jan 2022 19:26:01 +0000President Sisi Orders Bonuses for Teachers, Medical Interns and Public Sector Employees
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El Sisi announced that Egypt is raising the minimum wage to EGP 2,700 for public sector employees for the fiscal year 2022/23, which is up from EGP 2,400 by a 12.5 percent increase. Due to shortages in finding teach...
Wed, 19 Jan 2022 16:35:56 +0000Israeli Forces Demolish the Salhiya Family Home in Sheikh Jarrah
A year after the Sheikh Jarrah events gripped public attention, its residents are still experiencing threats of demolition and displacement from the Israeli military forces. In the early morning of 19 January, at 3 A.M, a fleet of police cars belongi...
Wed, 19 Jan 2022 14:28:14 +0000Egyptian Researcher Wins Award for Best Cancer Research in Germany
German University in Cairo alumna, Faculty of Pharmacy & Biotechnology, Egyptian researcher Sara Hegy Ahmed, was awarded the 2021 “Richtzenhain Doctoral Prize” for the best research on cancer in Germany. The Richtzenhain Doctoral Prize is awa...
Wed, 19 Jan 2022 09:19:50 +0000Felucca Culture: Egypt’s Sailing Legacy
There is no Nile horizon in Egypt undotted by felucca: light and swift sailboats, used in the transport of goods and people. The breeze marries the current and rocks them gently down stream. Some sit anchored to the shore, tethered by rope and the st...
Tue, 18 Jan 2022 16:03:37 +0000Cairo’s International Book Fair Returns for its 53rd Edition
The 53rd edition of Cairo’s International Book Fair will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly at Egypt’s International Exhibition Center (EIEC) on 26 January. Under the title ‘Egypt’s Identity – Culture & the Question o...
Tue, 18 Jan 2022 14:06:31 +000045 Years On: Remembering the Egyptian Bread Intifada
Bread has a long and arduous history of being the trigger for uprisings and revolutions across the globe. It has been featured in most slogans of revolutions in the last few centuries, some of them transnational, having spread across imaginary border...
Tue, 18 Jan 2022 10:01:03 +0000Sawsan Badr to Recieve Award at 6th Aswan International Women Film Festival
The Aswan International Women Film Festival (AIWFF) announced artist Sawsan Badr as the recipient of the Isis Achievement Award during the opening of the festival’s upcoming sixth edition on 23 February. The AIWFF honored veteran artist Sawsan Badr...
Mon, 17 Jan 2022 21:08:45 +0000Activist Marwa Kenawy Petitions Against Pardoning of her Son’s Convicted Killers
Political activist and mother of Youssef Sameh Al-Arabi, Marwa Kenawy, announced through her Facebook page that two of those accused of shooting her son dead – a dismissed officer and the son of a parliamentarian – received a release from...
Mon, 17 Jan 2022 17:37:30 +00005 Hearty Soup Recipes to Help with the Egyptian Indoor Chill
Egyptians like to say that the cold in Egypt “goes all the way into your bones,” — a phrase that may seem laughable to anyone from a country that is actually cold. But, while the statement is not remotely scientific, there is a reason why Egypt...
Mon, 17 Jan 2022 17:32:32 +0000Why This Egyptian Life Coach Wants to Emphasize Personal Development in Our Culture
There is a famous metaphor, of lobsters, used by Israeli-American Hasidic rabbi and psychiatrist, Dr. Abraham Twerski, that captures the core of personal development. The story is as follows: when lobsters outgrow their shell, they cannot simply and ...