CAIRO: Essam Mokhtar, member of the Muslim Brotherhood Parliamentary bloc in the Egyptian Parliament, has welcomed the government’s decision to end discussion over the proposed demolition of Hagana Farm. He considered the decision as a positive measure to alleviate the outrage that had engulfed the street. In his statement to Parliament, he held the government [...]

ALEXANDRIA: When General Adel Labib replaced Abdel Salam El-Mahgoub as governor of Alexandria three years ago, he had big shoes to fill. Most Alexandrians remember the nine-year tenure of El-Mahgoub with a sense of nostalgia. Famous projects like the Bibliotheca Alexandrina and Stanley Bridge bear his name and it is impossible to ignore the impact [...]