Everyone here complains they are being squeezed by the latest wave of price rises. الى الشعب العربي المصري الاصيل انه الفرصه التي قد لاتتكرر…فرصتكم لتخلص من الظلم ومن الظالم وكنس هذا النظام الفاسد المفسد البائس المفلس…لكي تعود مصر للمصريين وتروتها … Continue reading →

Forum for Development and Human Rights Dialogue (FDHRD), on Thursday 13 December 2007, issues its report entitled “Complaints of the people published in the Egyptian newspaper .. Lost rights and lost money”.

A 2002 World Bank report estimates that pollution causes 2.42 billion dollars worth of environmental damage each year, about five percent of Egypt’s annual gross domestic product. Living in Cairo Is the Same as Smoking a Pack a Day By … Continue reading →

The government recently rushed to resolve the strike of 27,000 workers at the Misr Spinning and Weaving Factory in this gritty industrial city, a sign of authorities’ unease over the increasing unrest among Egypt’s working class. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071002/ap_on_bi_ge/egypt_labor_unrest;_ylt=AnqRWL3Ptm0RQ35glwIDP..s0NUE Egypt workers strike … Continue reading →

Citizens in five of the country’s 26 governorates, for instance, have been  suffering a dire shortage of drinking water The Economist, From The Economist print edition Egypt: A summer of discontent Economic woes are added to political frustration, a dangerous combination … Continue reading →

The Alliance of Egyptian Americans (AEA) Position on USA Aid to Egypt I.       Economic Aid: The Alliance supports an increased economic aid to Egypt, since latest reports indicate that 52% of the Egyptian people live below the poverty line (at … Continue reading →

This is among the principal findings of a new attitude survey of Arabs in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Lebanon. The survey findings were presented by Dr. James J. Zogby, president of the Arab American Institute, in … Continue reading →

MAS Freedom Foundation Delegation Expressed Concerns To Egyptian Embassy and State Department over Human Rights Issues In Egypt WASHINGTON, DC – Apr. 24, 2007 (MASNET) In a response to the deteriorating climate of human rights violations in Egypt, The Muslim … Continue reading →

Subject: FW: Egypt: New anti-terror law must not entrench systematic human rights abuses. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL News Release Issued by the International Secretariat of Amnesty International “Systematic violations in the name of security.” The full report can be found here:  http://amnesty.org/resources/Egypt/index.html … Continue reading →

When the airplane doors opened about eight hours later, Abu Omar felt the muggy heat and heard a muezzin announce the morning prayer somewhere in the distance. His feet restraints were loosened and he was led down the gangway, still … Continue reading →