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Israelated (Free subscription) | yesterday
Dozens of activists from Egypt's radical opposition IslamistMuslim Brotherhood, were arrested Monday after attempting to send a supply convoy to the blockaded Gaza Strip, the organization and Egyptian security officials said. In a novel twist, the secular Kifaya (enough!) movement had joined forces with the Muslim Brotherhood, perhaps signalling that "liberal democratic" forces in Egypt are no longer...
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The Skeptic الشكاك (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
AP: CAIRO, Egypt: Circle Oil and Premier Oil said Friday that they have struck oil in their onshore North West Gemsa Concession in Egypt. Initial, sustained production was over 3,000 barrels per day of crude and 4 million standard cubic feet per day of natural gas, the United Kingdom-based oil and gas producers said. The concession lies [...]
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Daily Express (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
A new insight into a secret military pact hushed up by the Government during the Suez Crisis has been revealed.
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Paul Williams entered the House of Commons in 1953 at the age of 30, winning a by-election for the Conservatives in Sunderland. It was the first time that the governing party had gained a seat in a by-election since 1924.
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Metro.co.uk (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
A secret military pact hushed up by the government during the Suez Crisis in 1956 was revealed today.
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
October 2 1970: The lowly millions of Egypt today took over the ceremonial burial of President Nasser from the assembled leaders of the world
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Bellaonline.com (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
Public and traditional holidays in October.
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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
Jewish Representatives wouldn't be able to think on...the thought of empty stomachs that they might have to grapple with on Yom Kippur, ten days away.
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3arabawy (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
Tharwat Bakri from the Indian-owned Efco Egypt, updating the audience during Tadamon’s gathering on the industrial action in Suez. Around 500 workers from the food oil producing company resumed their protests on the following day, Saturday, demanding their profit shares and medical insurance...
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ArabianBusiness.com (Free subscription) | 27/09/2008
Income rises to $3.6bn on growth in world trade, higher oil prices and shipping rates.
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The Age (Free subscription) | 21/09/2008
Binyamin Gibli, who as director of Israeli military intelligence in the early 1950s was a key player in his country's most debilitating political scandal, the Lavon affair, has died, aged 89.
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Women's Lens (Free subscription) | 20/09/2008
Since his appointment in 2004, Mr Nazif and his team of technocrats, many of them Western-educated businessmen, have enacted long-delayed economic reforms. A dramatic slashing of tariffs and taxes, along with crucial changes to investment rules, has helped push the overall growth rate from below 4% to above 7%. Exports have more than doubled, from $9 billion in 2003 to $24 billion last year, with trade...
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Women's Lens (Free subscription) | 17/09/2008
When the Suez canal was opened in 1869, first vessel through was L'Aigle*, imperial yacht of Napoleon III of France. Right behind it was Mahroussa, the royal yacht of the Khedive of Egypt. Yacht is in this case a misleading term - Mahroussa was an ocean-going steamer, as big or bigger than many of the liners of its time. She was designed by Oliver Lang (designer of Queen Victoria's first steam yacht,...
