Egypt News U.S. to partake in biennial military exercise with Egypt, first time since Arab Spring Yomna Yasser Aug 16, 2017 0 The U.S. military will participate in a biennial joint military exercise with Egypt called Bright Star 2017 --…
MENA News Arab Spring ‘cost region $600bn’ in lost growth, UN says Ghada Ismail Nov 14, 2016 0 The Arab Spring protest movement has cost the region $614bn in lost growth since 2011, the UN says. The estimate is…
International News There will no ‘Arab Spring’ in Zimbabwe’, Mugabe warns protestors Yomna Yasser Aug 27, 2016 0 Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe warned protesters Friday there would be no "Arab Spring" in the country after…
MENA News Arab Gulf tourism frenzy in Bosnia delights business, polarises locals Yomna Yasser Aug 21, 2016 0 Abdulah Al Sanousi enjoys the breeze in the lush resort outside Sarajevo where his family bought a flat to escape…
Banks World Bank: Egypt’s middle class shrank to 9.8% in the lead-up to Arab Spring Yomna Yasser May 23, 2016 0 In the first decade of the 21st Century, the middle class expanded across the Middle East, except in Egypt and…
Egypt News Obama: US had no role in overthrowing Egypt’s Mubarak Yomna Yasser Dec 19, 2015 0 Assuring that his country did not trigger the ''Arab Spring," US President Barack Obama said Friday it was not the…
Blogging Egypt is Poorer than Other Arab Spring States: Global Finance Report Noha Gad Jul 21, 2015 0 Egypt ranks 109 globally in the world’s wealthiest/poorest countries list, with Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per…
Photo and Story God Save Tunisia! Yomna Yasser Mar 18, 2015 0 Tourists and visitors from the Bardo museum are seen evacuated in Tunis, March 18, 2015 in Tunis, Tunisia. Gunmen…
MENA News Gunmen attack Tunisian Museum, kill Two Tunisians, 17 Foreign Tourists Yomna Yasser Mar 18, 2015 0 Gunmen in military uniforms stormed Wednesday Tunisia's national museum, killing 17 foreign tourists and two…
MENA News Beji Caid Essebsi Sworn in as Tunisia President Yomna Yasser Dec 31, 2014 0 Tunisian President-elect Beji Caid Essebsi has taken his oath of office after winning the country's first free…