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%A %B %e%q, %YPoor people, even more than the middle class, knew what the strike was about, Hibba Imam, 22, said in the decayed and crowded quarter of Imbaba. “The connected people, they don’t feel the suffering. They don’t see the bread lines,” … Continue reading
Francis J. Ricciardone, U.S. ambassador to Egypt (2005-2008),
%A %B %e%q, %YWhat are the day-to-day concerns of Egyptians? Getting by: Jobs, education and healthcare. Traffic! And of course, sharply rising food prices. It’s kind of a historic worry there. Egyptians don’t starve; they have an adequate caloric intake by any measure. … Continue reading
الكنديين المصريين يؤيدون إلإضراب العام فى الرابع من مايو 2008
%A %B %e%q, %Yإن الكنديين المصريين من أجل الديموقراطيه يؤكدون رفضهم لكل ممارسات السلطة التنفيذية المصريه في مواجهه أثر أضراب أبريل والأحداث الموكبه لها. Canadian Egyptians for Democracy الكنديين المصريين من أجل الديموقراطيه للإصدار الفورى مونتريال، الأول من مايو 2008 الكنديين المصريين من أجل … Continue reading
Subsidize their bread: We are the poorest of the world
%A %B %e%q, %YEveryone 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
Lost rights and lost money
%A %B %e%q, %YForum 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”.
Air pollution in Cairo
%A %B %e%q, %YA 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
Biggest wave of strikes since the 1950s
%A %B %e%q, %YThe 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
Egypt discontent
%A %B %e%q, %YCitizens 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
AEA Position on USA Aid to Egypt
%A %B %e%q, %YThe 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
“No Thanks” to American Democracy
%A %B %e%q, %YThis 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