Egypt’s economic paradox: Income equality v wealth inequality
Despite having one of the world’s highest levels of income equality, Egypt’s wealth gap is growing to become one of the widest. What is behind this paradox?
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One year on: Gaza, life with hard labour
With rubble Gaza’s only growth industry, people are unable to pick up the pieces of their broken lives, face psychological ruin and dream of escape.
Read moreOne year on: Gaza’s hidden psychological ruins
It is not just the landscape that is scarred and devastated, Gaza is an emotional and mental wreck teetering on the verge of psychological ruin.
Read moreThe Mubarak regime’s legalised robbery
Since the ‘Mubarak mafia’ were not outlaws but were the law, proving that Egypt’s lost billions were ill-gotten is an elusively difficult challenge.
Read moreFeeling Europe’s pain
All is not well in the old world of organisational paternity, job security and economic rationality. But the silver lining is that we have millions of virtual ‘friends’ to feel our pain.
Read moreWho’s responsible for the Arab world’s mess?
A UN report has reignited the controversy over who is to blame for the sorry state of the Arab world: Arabs or the West?
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