Egyptians

We are one and no one will divide us, Sisi tells Egypt's Copts

Dubai - Emirates Voice

Egyptian president Abdel Fattah El Sisi offered words of assurance to the country's Coptic Orthodox Christians on Saturday as they held Christmas Eve mass at a massive new cathedral after a year of deadly extremist attacks on the community. Mr El Sisi wished the community a merry Christmas, telling them that the country would prevail over the extremists. "You areRead more

MP reveals details of Health Insurance

Cairo - Mohamed Al Toni

Chairman of the Committee on Health Affairs in the Egyptian House of Representatives, MP Mohammed Khalil Al-Amari said that the committee will immediately start holding hearings for all parties on the draft health insurance bill once it is referred to the committee upon its arrival in parliament from the government. He stressed that the new law will be a majorRead more

Most number of expats in Oman from Bangladesh

Muscat - Emirates Voice

There are over 700,000 Bangladeshi workers in the Sultanate of Oman, according to National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) data. At the end of March 2017, the number of Bangladeshis stood at 704,254 while the number of Indians was 689,201 and the number of Pakistani expats was at 235,769. Almost four years ago, in November 2013, the number ofRead more

Egyptian diplomat denies any formal decisions

Cairo - Akram Ali

Egypt’s Assistant Foreign Minister for Consular Affairs, Ambassador Khaled Youssri denied the issuance of formal decisions from any foreign country to deport the Egyptian labors during the recent period, describing what was published in this regard as media Perspectives. However, he said, there are legal measures taken by a number of countries to limit the increasing numbers of foreign laborsRead more

Hashtag helps Egyptians find and donate life-saving medicines

Cairo - Arab today

Since November, Abdul Fattah Mahmoud has faced a virtually life-threatening problem. His wife, who has liver cirrhosis, needs four packets of an imported drug every month. Mahmoud, an 82-year-old pensioner, has often been told that the drug is in short supply. “The price of the packet has increased from 100 pounds (Dh20.8) to 130 pounds. Even though, I cannot findRead more

Free Egyptians Party youth boycott internal elections in protest at internecine strife

Cairo - Arab today

A group of young members of the liberal Free Egyptians Party have said they are boycotting the party's internal elections, the latest of a series of internal fissures hitting one of the country's most important political parties. A statement shared on Saturday by former spokesman Shehab Wagih said the group is boycotting the forthcoming vote for the higher committeeRead more

Kuwait health sector ‘heavily depends’ on expats

Manama- Arab Today

Kuwait will be left with serious problems in the health sector if the authorities go ahead with much-anticipated plans to reduce the high number of foreigners working in the country. “The health ministry simply cannot do away with the expatriates working in the health sector, and that includes doctors, nurses, technicians as well as administrators and accountants and legal experts,”Read more

517 Egyptians back home from Libya via Salloum crossing

Marsa Matrouh - Arab Today

As many as 517 Egyptians returned home from Libya via Salloum crossing over the past 24 hours, said Marsa Matrouh Security chief Mokhtar el Senbary. Out of all the returnees, 456 Egyptians left the country legally and 61 illegally, he noted in statements on Wednesday. Travel procedures for 599 people, including 281 Egyptians and 318 Libyans, have been finalized, SenbaryRead more

As drug supplies run short, Egyptians turn to herbal remedies

Cairo - Arab Today

In an economic crisis that has led to a shortage of medicines, Egyptians are skipping trips to drug stores and instead turning to herbal remedies to treat every-day illnesses. In the Cairo working class neighborhood of Basateen, dozens line up outside a decades-old herbal spice shop with pyramid-shaped stacks of jars on display, filled with everything from honey and gingerRead more

Egypt's unemployment slightly down to 12.4 percent in Q4/2016: CAPMAS

Cairo - Arab Today

Egypt's unemployment rate slightly declined to 12.4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2016 (Q4/2016) from 12.6 percent in the previous quarter (Q3/2016), the country's official statistics agency CAPMAS said in a statement on wednesday. Year on year, the unemployment rate declined from the 12.77 percent registered in Q4/2015. According to the statement, the number of unemployed Egyptians reachedRead more