Egypt finance minister Muntaz al-Said announced on Wednesday that a new 10% tax on major transactions have been approved by a special cabinet that was...
Frenemies? Egypt’s Foreign Policy Recalibration
When, in 1949, Mao Zedong forced Chiang Kai-Shek’s army to retreat from mainland China, thus consolidating the Communist Party’s grip over...
Egypt negotiates World Bank loan
Negotiations for a loan agreement have commenced between the World Bank and the Egyptian government for the financing of the privatization and restruc...
Will Egypt-US Relations Sour Over Aid?
US House lawmakers have blocked a $450 million emergency aid the Obama administration was planning to give to the new government of President Mohammed...
The Metamorphoses of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood
To comprehend the current role and position of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, rather than focusing only on its present-day form and the general poli...
Taming the Praetorian Temptation in Egypt
When Mohamed Morsi won the presidential elections in Egypt, a conflict between the president and the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) was on...
Egypt: Sinai headquarters attacked
The Egyptian government’s security headquarters in Al-Arish, Northern Sinai, has come under attack of Islamist militants in the region who were armed ...
US ambassador killed in attack on consulate in Benghazi
The US ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, and three other embassy staff members were killed on Tuesday during an attack on the US consulate in ...
Egypt: 11 billion dollars for extraction project of natural gas
A recently concluded meeting between Egypt’s president, some government officials and delegates from the British Petroleum on an extraction project of...