Source: Madamasr Author(s): Mohamed Hamama Translated by Ian Louie Original Link: https://madamasr.com/en/2018/09/30/feature/politics/one-resignation-after-another-why-are-doctors-disappearing-from-government-hospitals/ Recent months have seen a spike in the number of Health Ministry doctors requesting unpaid leave or resigning from their positions, leading some to speculate that it will not...
Learn MoreSource: Madamasr Author(s): Donya Ezzat Translated by Salma Khalifa Original Link: https://madamasr.com/en/2018/09/30/feature/politics/how-egyptian-diplomacy-navigated-the-summer-of-2013/ Successes in reversing any disapproval from foreign governments regarding the political changes in Egypt were made. For a number of Egyptian and foreign diplomats working in Egypt, the greatest achievement...
Learn MoreSource: Madamasr Author(s): Original Link: https://madamasr.com/en/2018/09/27/feature/politics/egypt-backs-out-of-verbal-agreement-on-4-7-year-timeframe-to-fill-ethiopian-renaissance-dam-reservoir/ The irrigation ministers of Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan met on Tuesday in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa to be briefed on the latest recommendations on the time frame to fill the Grand Ethiopian...
Learn MoreSource: MadaMasr Author(s): Ahmad Shehada Original Link: https://www.madamasr.com/en/2018/09/20/feature/politics/palestinian-authority-readies-new-round-of-sanctions-on-gaza-as-egyptian-mediation-breaks-down/ The fraught relationship between Hamas and Fatah is set to face another obstacle, as Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas prepares to apply a new round of punitive measures...
Learn MoreSource: Madamasr Author(s): Rana Mamdouh, Translated by Ian Louie Original Link: https://www.madamasr.com/en/2018/08/31/feature/politics/is-sisis-dismissal-of-administrative-control-authority-head-mohamed-irfan-legal/ General Sherif Seif Eddin Hussein Khalil was sworn in on Thursday as the new head of the Administrative Control Authority (ACA), replacing Major General Mohamed Irfan, according...
Learn MoreSource: Madamasr Author(s): Mahmoud Gamal Original Link: https://www.madamasr.com/en/2018/08/31/feature/politics/effects-of-gerd-construction-delay-red-sea-security-lead-positive-talks-in-addis-ababa/ The Tuesday talks attended by Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and General Intelligence Service Director Abbas Kamel in Addis Ababa were “positive,” an Ethiopian diplomat tells Mada Masr...
Learn MoreSource: Madamasr Author(s): Mourad Higazy Original Link: https://www.madamasr.com/en/2018/06/09/feature/politics/life-partially-restored-in-north-sinai-towns-but-villages-continue-to-struggle/ As the fourth month of Operation Sinai 2018 draws to a close, residents of North Sinai have begun to see an improvement — albeit a slight one — in their living conditions. The goods and services cut off...
Learn MoreSource: Madamasr Author(s): Hadeer El-Mahdawy Original Link: https://www.madamasr.com/en/2018/06/11/feature/politics/diplomatic-source-prompt-pardons-for-32-ethiopian-nationals-sign-of-growing-strategic-relationship-with-egypt/ Egypt pardoned 32 Ethiopian nationals held in Egyptian prisons on Monday, following a request submitted by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to President Abdel Fattah...
Learn MoreSource: Madamasr Author(s): Ash Moniz Original Link: https://www.madamasr.com/en/2018/06/13/feature/culture/sound-silence-and-the-space-between/ With art biennales around the world, a certain economy of artistic production, representation and opportunity is mapped out, usually prioritizing global “centers” and capital city pit-stops for jet-setters. However, there is one biennale that has...
Learn MoreSource: Madamasr Author(s): Hamza Abu Eltarabesh Original Link: https://www.madamasr.com/en/2018/06/12/feature/politics/at-the-terminal-stories-from-the-rafah-border-crossing/ It has been one month since the Rafah Border Crossing was opened, marking the longest window in which Gazans have been permitted to leave and reenter the besieged Gaza Strip since 2013. What was initially purported to be...
Learn MoreSource: Madamasr Author(s): Hadeer El-Mahdawyand Mohamed Hamama Original Link: https://www.madamasr.com/en/2018/06/08/feature/politics/labor-union-elections-are-back-but-with-few-promises/ After 12 years of being postponed, labor union elections for 2018–2022 kicked off on May 23 and concluded this week under a law regulating union work, passed in late 2017, that ended, at least on paper...
Learn MoreSource: MadaMasr Author(s): Asmahan Soliman Original Link: https://www.madamasr.com/en/2018/05/01/feature/politics/syria-cooperation-highlights-progress-in-egypt-russia-relations-as-hurdles-remain/ Phone calls between high-ranking Egyptian and Russian officials have brought the two countries into accord on the Syrian crisis, according to an Egyptian government source, in what is one of several...
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