Egypt

How food prices can fuel revolutions like Egypt’s

The current unrest in Egypt is too complex to blame on spiking global food prices alone, but food insecurity does lead to political insecurity.

How food prices can fuel revolutions like Egypt's

The current unrest in Egypt is too complex to blame on spiking global food prices alone, but food insecurity does lead to political insecurity.

In Egypt, you can switch off the internet but not the streets

The streets of Cairo themselves have been the medium that has carried the message of the Egyptian people.

Obama calls for cooperation on clean energy and green jobs in Mideast

Photo: White House No one expected President Barack Obama’s speech in Cairo today to focus on climate change, and it didn’t. Obama didn’t use the words “climate” or “environment,” but rather talked about the usual Middle East challenges — the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Iran’s nuclear ambitions, the distrust of American […]

‘Garbage Dreams’ explores life in Cairo’s garbage villages

Eighteen million people live in Cairo. They produce 13,000 tons of garbage every day, and they have no waste disposal system. Ew. Mai Iskander presents Al Gore with a drawing made by the children at The Recycling School in Cairo.Courtesy Garbage Dreams via FlickrBut the trash also presents an opportunity. For the past 50 years, […]