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People queue for subsidized bread in front of a bakery in Alexandria, in this June 2, 2013 file picture. (Reuters/Asmaa Waguih)

Egypt says food subsidy bill to be $4.31 bn—report

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 17, 2014 | Business

Cairo, Reuters—Egypt’s food subsidy bill will be 30 billion Egyptian pounds (4.31 billion US dollars) this year, an amount that is expected to remain stable in the next fiscal year that begins in July, the new supplies minister said, pledging to tackle a...

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Egypt’s Housing Minister Ibrahim Mahlab talks during an interview with the media in Cairo in this September 3, 2012 file photo. (Reuters)

Egypt: PM Mahlab faces social media impersonators

by Mahmud El Shafey | Mar 5, 2014 | Media

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab does not have a Facebook or Twitter account, Cabinet Advisor for Media Affairs Sherif Shawky confirmed on Monday, denouncing existing social media accounts attributed to Mahlab as false. Shawky said that...

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In this Nov. 24, 2013 file photo, Ibrahim Mahlab, center, tours a government housing project in Ismailiya, Egypt. (AP Photo/Khaled Kandil, File)

Egypt’s new premier calls for protests to end

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 2, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, AP—Egypt’s new prime minister on Sunday urged a halt to protests and strikes to give the nation a breather to rebuild after more than three years of deadly turmoil, a call made by his predecessors to no avail. Ibrahim Mahlab made his appeal in an address...

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A file picture taken on January 16, 2014 shows Egypt’s then housing minister Ibrahem Mahlab speaking during a press conference in Cairo on January 16, 2014. (AFP Photo)

Egypt’s interim president swears in new Cabinet

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 1, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, AP—Egypt’s new Cabinet is being sworn in, days after the country’s interim president chose a new prime minister. State television aired the ministers being sworn in live from the presidential palace Saturday. The new Cabinet keeps Field Marshal...

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A file picture taken on January 16, 2014 shows Egypt’s then housing minister Ibrahem Mahlab speaking during a press conference in Cairo on January 16, 2014. (AFP Photo)

Egypt: PM Mahlab reappoints majority of ministers

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 27, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egypt’s new prime minister, Ibrahim Mahlab, has reappointed a number of ministers to their former positions following the surprise resignation of the Hazem El-Beblawi government on Monday. Egypt’s state run Al-Ahram newspaper reported that at...