Tag Archives: Suez Canal

This Week in Egypt: Week 51-2023 ( Dec 18-24)

Top Headlines Photo via Ahram Main Headlines Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Read From Twitter

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This Week in Egypt: Week 31-2023 ( July 31- Aug 6)

Top Headlines Main Headlines Monday Tuesday Wednesday Plus * Unverified report*: State security director in Egypt’s restive Arish reportedly were taken hostage by gunmen amid media blackout: Security source Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Read Reports From Twitter

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This Week in Egypt: Week 22-2023 ( May 29-June 4)

Top Headlines Main Headlines Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Reports Read From Twitter Plus

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Podcast: A discussion with ex-Egyptian MP Mohamed Fouad on Egypt’s economic crisis

Egypt faces a deepening economic crisis. For the average the problem is rising inflation, for foreign observers, the problem is the army outsized rule in economy. Dr Mohamed Fouad, a previous MP in the Egyptian parliament and business management consultant, … Continue reading

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This Week in Egypt: Week 52-2022 ( Dec 26- Jan 1- 2023)

Top Headlines Main Headlines Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Reports Read From Twitter Happy New Year 2023  Nervana Mahmoud 

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This Week in Egypt: Week 36-2022 ( Sept 12-18)

Top Headlines Main Headlines Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Reports  From Twitter Plus

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This Week in Egypt: Week 9-2022 ( Feb 28- March 6)

Top Headlines Egypt, along with 140 other countries, has voted for a UN resolution calling for a halt to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine Up to 20,000 Ukrainian tourists in Egypt await return to Europe Nearly 4,000 Ukrainian tourists leave Egypt … Continue reading

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This Week in Egypt: Week 7-2022 ( Feb 14-20)

Top Headlines Ethiopia starts producing electricity from its controversial Nile dam Egypt breaks LNG export records with eye on Europe Egypt is lengthening two-way portion of Suez Canal by 10 kilometres  UAE’s Dragon makes first oil discovery in Gulf of … Continue reading

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Egypt and Greece: It’s time to cement our bonds

Listening to music by Vasilis Papakonstantinou while eating a halva panini were the kind of simple pleasures I enjoyed while walking around Athens. The Greek capital is the only European city where I can hang out alone, but never feels … Continue reading

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This Week in Egypt: Week 44-2021 ( Nov 1-7)

Top headlines U.S.-Egypt Strategic Dialogue will be held in DC on November 8-9  Ted Cruz, top Dem Bob Menendez have had a heated exchange over Biden’s Egypt policy Egyptian president denounces assassination attempt on Iraqi PM Egypt aims to generate 42% … Continue reading

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