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Egyptianstreets   Back in February 2019, the Egyptian government announced its plan to build eight international universities in the New Administrative Capital by 2020. These ambitious plans coincide with President Sisi’s decision, officially declared during a national youth conference held at Cairo University in late July 2018, for 2019 to be Egypt’s ‘Year of …

Egyptianstreets   Cities across the world are constantly growing, evolving and diversifying. Almost all of them face common urban challenges; such as pollution, overcrowding and traffic. At the same time, many cities – and Cairo forms a prime example – have recognized and increasingly come to emphasize the need for …

Merette Khalil – Egyptianstreets   I am certain every one of you can think of a pregnant mother who did not have her husband in the delivery room, couldn’t eat or drink at the hospital, was given an epidural, had to labour on her back and probably ended up meeting her …

Ramadan is an opportunity for many Egyptian families to help make ends meet by engaging in alternative economic activities. Rasha Gadda – AlAhram Weekly   Along with the spiritual aspects of the holy month, Ramadan also requires an extra budget for most Egyptian households. Since prices have been rising almost …

Biodegradable organic plastic from shrimp shells and agricultural waste may be a solution to the burgeoning problem of traditional plastic waste. Ashraf Amin – Ahram Online Egypt produces 20 million tons of solid waste annually, some of which is recycled or buried in landfills, much of which is piled up …

Could artificial intelligence one day replace humans in the field of journalism? Ameera Fouad – Al-Ahram Weekly   What if one day you scrolled down to see an advertisement created by artificial intelligence (AI) and turned the page to read an opinion column written by AI accompanied by photographs taken …

Mai Samih – Al-Ahram Weekly As prices rose after the floatation of the Egyptian pound back in 2016, people saw prices on many imported and some local products reach double their regular prices. For this reason, many people resorted to different ways to save money in their daily lives, including …

Yacoub Al-Sharoni* – Al-Ahram Weekly   Among the many events at this year’s Alexandria International Book Fair, which took place at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina from 25 March to 7 April, was a seminar on the present and future of children’s publishing in the Arab world on 30 March that revealed …

Talking to representatives of the Fund for Drug Control and the Treatment of Addiction about its work on combating drug addiction inside and outside Egypt Mai Samih – Al-Ahram Weekly   “I learnt that a hero is a person who helps other people… a person who helps people live better …

Noha El-Tawil – Egypt Today   Climate change has been taking its toll on many countries, and a main concern is its impact on the consistency and predictability of rainfall. But recently, to balance things out, more than 50 countries have been using cloud seeding programs, according to the World …