In Egypt, it's common for poor villagers to send their daughters as young as 7 to toil as servants mostly in the nation's largest cities, Cairo and Alexandria.

In the almost three years since Egyptians rose up against autocratic rule there has been one constant: lots of people are still mired in poverty and they're getting poorer. Economic social justice ...

“People who argue that Egypt is poor, among them the president, rely on the several factors such as the fact that 26% of the population do not get their basic needs and the decrease of the per ...

Egypt's Hosni Mubarak, Once A Symbol Of Stability, Now Seen By Many As A Source Of Chaos. ... Egypt's Mubarak: From Poverty To The Presidency. February 1, 2011 / 5:30 PM EST / AP ...

An Egyptian buys fruits at a supermarket in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023. Annual inflation reached 26.5% in January, the highest in five years, and food prices in urban areas soared 48% ...

CROSSING EGYPT BY TRAIN — On a rack above me in a crowded train hurtling through the night, someone has stuffed luggage – a box of carefully tied twigs holding belongings. This is poverty, I ...

Egypt's Silent, Poor Majority. Armin Rosen. July 20, 2011 Link Copied. On the margins during the revolution, the millions of impoverished Egyptians could play a larger role in the country's future ...

The poor and disenfranchised are “Masr” (مصر), the Arabic word for Egypt. TikTok is aimed at generating viral content more than it is a networking site, like Facebook, that’s based on pre ...

Reporting from Cairo — Mounds of lentils, rice, chickpeas, vermicelli and macaroni simmered near vats of spiced tomato sauce and crispy fried onions.Every few moments, a c… ...

Koshary, a savory Egyptian dish of lentils, pasta and rice mixed with onions and tomato sauce known as “ ... Koshary is Egypt’s ‘plate of the poor.’ But it’s no longer so cheap.