Essays on Ahram

Illiteracy has been noted as one of the key issues distressing the growth of the Egyptian economy. According to experts, they define an illiterate person as one who cannot read or write. A report printed by the Egyptian Authority for Educating Adults, on July 2014, indicated that the general illiteracy rate was around 21 percent. The figure given, 21 percent, is a good reason for the Egyptian government and the citizens to be worried about. It is a fact that numerous problems in developing world are as a result of this problem-illiteracy. A country cannot develop as expected if it fails to ...

Abstract

The Lake Moeris Quarry Road built while the Old Kingdom of Egypt between 26th and 22nd centuries B.C. is the oldest paved road of the world and is testimony to the excellent sense of planning and execution of the ancient Egyptians of that period. The 8-miles of the main road was built by placing large stone blocks that were kept on the desert sand and to facilitate passage of sledges filled with blocks of Basalt to the quay of Lake Moeris, and then on to River Nile. Those Basalt blocks were shipped downstream of Nile to construction sites in ...

Part.1 Country Background:

- Neighbouring Countries: Gaza, Israel, Libya, Sudan, - Territorial Size of the Country: 1,002, 450 square kilometres - Size of the Population: 86,000,000 (2014 estimate) - Type of Political System: Democratic System, multi-party system - Who is the Prime Minister, President?

Acting Prime Minister: Ibrahim Mahlab

Acting President: Adly Mansour - What Political Party is in power? Democratic Alliance of Egypt - Derivation of the form of law: common, civil, other: The country has mixed legal system which is based on Napoleonic civic law and Islamic religious law. - How would you classify its ...

Marriage is an extremely important institution in the human society in all parts of the world. Indeed, this event marks the beginning of a new bond to be shared between the newly wedded couple. While the customs, traditions and ceremonies pertaining to weddings might differ from culture to culture and country to country, the sanctity of this institution remains the same everywhere. As with any other country in the world, in Egypt too, marriage is regarded as a very important occasion. In fact, it is the Egyptians who are said to be the first to have declared the laws of wedding ...

Introduction

The 2011 Egyptian Revolution, locally known as January 25 Revolution describes a widespread movement that happened after a popular uprising that started January 25, 2011 (Korotayev A., 2011; Siddique, Owen, & Gabbatt, 2011). The revolution was characterized by the demonstrations, plaza occupations, marches, riots, civil disobedience acts, non-violent civil resistance, and labor strikes. Millions of protesters of different backgrounds insisted of overthrowing Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian President . The violent clashes between protesters and security forces lead at least 846 deaths and 100,000 injured with 90 police stations burned . The protest took place in major towns such as Alexandria and Cairo. The ...

Foreign Relations News Covered by Al- Ahram Weekly (Cairo, Egypt) in November

The article, entitled “Kerry’s Cairo conciliation” was published on November 6 2013 and deals with American and Egyptian relations, an issue that seems to appear very often in the newspaper. The author focuses on the recent visit of the US Secretary of State, John Kerry, to Cairo, paying particular attention to the statements he made during his stay in the Egyptian capital. According to the article, Kerry’s statements were surprisingly warm towards Egypt and its interim government, signaling perhaps the end of the tension between the two countries. The relations between the two countries had been severely ...

Foreign Relations News Covered by Al- Ahram Weekly (Cairo, Egypt) in October

The article, published on October 20 2013, examines a western tradition –the baby shower- that is becoming popular in a predominantly Muslim country, like Egypt. Entitled “A Novelty from Tradition” it explains how modern families, and especially those belonging to the richer classes, tend to prefer western celebrations for the birth of their child, a practice the author connects to other western celebrations, like New Year’s Eve, Halloween and Valentine’s day. The writer tries to analyze the subject in depth focusing on the way the baby shower is practiced in Western countries, like the US, how it was adapted in ...

Foreign Relations News Covered by Al- Ahram Weekly (Cairo, Egypt) in September

Published since 1991 in Cairo, Egypt, Al-Ahram Weekly launched its electronic edition seven years later, in June 1998. The paper –in both its print and electronic form- is published by the Al-Ahram organization, is in English and claims to be independent presenting news from the Arab World from “an Egyptian perspective” without “whitewashing or propaganda, but rather providing as honest and objective a look at contemporary Egyptian and Arab reality as possible” (Guindy, 1998). It seems however, after looking at the way the articles are written that the newspaper clearly supports the military government of Egypt and is against the ...

INTRODUCTION.

KPMG was formed in 1987 as a result of a merger between Peat Marwick International (PMI) and Klynveld Main Goedeler (KMG), and their personal firms. The development of KPMG can be traced through a history of the principal founding members whose names form the initials KPMG. K represents Klynveld; Piet Klynveld was the founder of Klynveld Kraayenhof & Co. a company in Amsterdam in 1917. P stands for Peat; William Barclay Peat was the founder of William Barclay Peat & Co, a company based in London in 1870. M stands for Marwick; James Marwick and Roger Mitchell were the founders of Marwick, Mitchell & Co. a company based ...

In the op-ed piece "A Festival of Lies," Thomas Friedman of the New York Times raises some interesting points about the military intervention of the United States in the Middle East. Responding to other pieces noting the lack of effectiveness in the US interventions in Afghanistan, Iraq and others so far, Friedman thinks that we need to reevaluate the reasons why we are there. "What the Middle East needs most from America today are modern schools and hard truths, and we haven't found a way to offer either" (Friedman, 2012). Instead of legitimately offering humanitarian aid, we often place ourselves ...

THESIS STATEMENT

In the wake of the Jasmine Revolution, Tunisia has a great deal to repair, especially in terms of its economy; however, the ousting of Ben Ali affords the Tunisian people to create a more equalized and profitable country.

INTRODUCTION

In December 2010, a rash of organized riots and street demonstrations led to the Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia, removing the longtime President, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, from power, the former leader fleeing to Saudi Arabia. This has precipitated a vast number of changes in the Tunisian political landscape, as well as its economic situation. A move like this surprised a great many people, who were ...