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Egypt SearchesHere a list of sites were you can expect to find specific information about Egypt when you search their database on the word "Egypt": UNIONS is the United Nations International Organizations Network Search. Here you can search within all the UN-system, including sub-organizations. Expect to find too much documents, reports, articles, etc. about Egypt. ECA-search - (UN.org.) In the database of the Economic Commission for Africa you might find some country-specific information about development. They also are quite good on gender issues. FAO-search - (UN-org.) Their database gives you lots of articles and reports about livestock and agriculture in Egypt. Tons of free information! ILO-search - (UN-org.) Their database might find you some reports about working conditions in Egypt, although there is little African country-specific information. Infonation is a UN statistics service. Choose country specific data from their huge and updated database. All countries are represented with data from the fields geography, economy, population and social indicators. You can compare data from up to seven countries. Excellent tool! UNDP-search - (UN-org.) You will find a solid amount of documents and reports about development in Egypt in their database. UNESCO-search - (UN-org.) Their database contains loads of document related to education, science and culture and related items in Egypt. WHO-search - (UN-org.) You'll find quit a few documents and reports about health issues in Egypt and the region doing a search in their database. WTO-search - In the database of the World Trade Organization you'll find quit a few country-specific documents about trade, subsidies, development, etc. in Egypt. Write "Egypt" in the "Document Title" bar. WoYaa! is a search engine in French and English with links to quite a few sites in French-speaking Africa. Not updated since 1998 (?) and many bad connections. Yahoo-search - Yahoo helps you find websites related to Egypt, although you'll have no idea what you'll find clicking their links...
Newspapers & PressHere, you'll find links to Egyptian and non-Egyptian newspapers and news agencies regularly writing about Egypt, international press in general and other facilitators of news about Egypt.
The Press in EgyptAl-Ahram is the oldest newspaper in the Arab world and Africa, and one of the oldest papers in the world. It offers a daily news service on the web, in Arab and some information in English. Its weekly English version, Al-Ahram Weekly, is specially interesting. Egypt Today is an online monthly updated news service with a great variety of contents. Good coverage on what's new all over the country. The Cairo Times is an online edition of Egypt's best-selling English language magazine. News updates twice weekly.
Press reporting about EgyptAfrica Confidential is a bisemanal journal on Africa. They let you enter their database on Egypt of past headlines, which has some basic facts and news about Egypt. Africa News Online is an electronic network handling the distribution of reporting from more than 40 African news organizations and provides a showcase for journalism from across the African continent. You can also go directly to their Egypt page, listing the latest news stories. Recommended. Egypt Daily is powered by WorldNews.com. This news site brings you daily news about Egypt, provided by the world's leading newspapers and press agencies. It's not really a newspaper itself, more a very efficient search engine, giving you headlines made all over the world. NewAfrica, Egypt offers interesting information about Egyptian infrastructures, agriculture, business, environment, education, etc. One World News Service is an international news service with a special page for Egypt. In English, but not too regularly updated. PANA (PanAfrican News Agency) has an expanding pool of correspondents continent wide and partnerships with 48 national news agencies and the largest news-gathering operation in Africa. No country pages, but daily updated news from all over Africa. Weather.com has a page about the weather in Egypt.
International pressLe Monde, the leading French newspaper, has an ample international coverage (all in French). You can also go directly to their Africa page. The Africa and Middle East site of the BBC World Services offers updated news, articles and other media services on Africa. The Financial Times is one of the world's leading business newspapers with a global outlook. You can also go directly to their Middle East and Africa page. The Independent is an excellent British newspaper with a wide international coverage. You might want to go directly to their Africa page, where the latest articles about the continent are listed. The International Herald Tribune is a daily newspaper edited in Paris with a focus on news from all over the world. Published with The New York Times & The Washington Post. The New York Times is one of the most important US newspapers, having a relatively good international coverage, including an Africa page. Most international articles, however, are by AP or Reuters. The Washington Post is a prestigious US newspaper with an ample international coverage. You might want to go directly to their Africa page or Egypt page, were the last articles from WP are listed. Times Internet Edition (UK) is the internet edition of the world's oldest daily newspaper. The sister paper, the Sunday Times Internet Edition has its own website. Relatively good international coverage.
News & Discussion GroupsAfrica Online Egypt offers services like e-mail, chat, newsgroups. A lot of news too, and only in English. L'Afrique sur Internet is a website in French about everything what's happening on Internet in francophone Africa. List of links, forums, etc. NewAfrica has chats, besides offering lots of other services.
Government OfficesNational Institutions:
About Egyptian government, see also Politics and General Information, below.
OtherCities & TownsWeather.com has a page about the weather in Egypt, with special information about some cities, like Alexandria, Armant, Aswan, Cairo, El Fayoum, El-Giza, Gemsa, Hurghada, Ismailia, Kafr el-Dauwar, Luxor, Mersa, Matruh, Nabq, Port Taufiq, Qena, Quseir, Safaga, Sharm el Sheikh, Shibin el-Kom, Shubra el-Kheima, Sidi Heneish, Suez, Thebes, Zagazig, Zawiyat and Shammas.
Companies
CultureThe Cavafy Museum, in Alexandria, is a museum about the life and work of the Egyptian poet Constantine Cavafy. The Egyptian Museum contains information about the best of the Egyptian art. The Ethnologue Database is a catalogue of more than 6,700 languages spoken in 228 countries. The Index organizes languages according to language families and countries. Rigby's World of Egypt offers all information about Egyptian art, history, galleries, tours, events and some links.
EconomyCommon Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is an organisation of free independent states cooperating. With its 21 member states and population of 385 million it forms a major integrated trading block. Very informative and ample site about the regional economy. There also exists an Egypt Page. Egypt Economic Development and Indicators is an annual NewAfrica country profile on their pages about African economy. They use the IMF as their primary source, which should guarantee for their quality. Mbendi Consultants' country profile on Egypt concentrates on economical issues. Statistics on communications and information technology, etc. The Ministry of Economy Planet Business-Egypt offers interesting data of the country's economic situation for importers, exporters, distributors and traders. In the website of Union-Transport you'll find well structured information about transportat, logistics, brokerage, consulting and documentation in Egypt.
Education
Environment/Nature
The Ministry for Environmental Affairs: The Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency NewAfrica-Environment offers interesting information about the environment in Africa, among other subjects, and sometimes news about the environment in Egypt..
General Information/Read about EgyptThe U.S.
government has several informative, though subjective, pages about most countries in
the world, including Egypt, being regularly updated. Big
resources are used to produce and maintain these pages. The CIA.
annual Factbook 2000 is probably
the best and most updated collection of data on the web. The Ethnologue Database is a catalogue of more than 6,700 languages spoken in 228 countries. The Index organizes languages according to language families. The Spanish spoken website of the Basque publishing house Ikuska has pages on all African countries with relatively good statistical data and fuller information on ethnic groups. Infoplease.com contains a page about Egypt with basic data of the country: history, geography, etc. NewAfrica Egypt offers interesting information about Egyptian infrastructure, agriculture, business, environment, education, etc. You can order books about Egypt on amazon.com's web page.
Human RightsThe Committee to Protect Journalists has a small, but interesting rapport about the situation of the press in Egypt in 1997. The most informative site about human rights in Egypt is the annual Country Report on Human Rights Practices Released by the U.S. State Department. Big, elaborated report about the state of human rights in Egypt. The Legal Research and Resource Center for Human Rights (LRRC) in Cairo, Egypt, offers reports and data about human rights and women's rights. English. In the annual World Press Freedom Review looks at the the state of the media in 168 countries, like Egypt, documenting press freedom violations. 1999.
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