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Underneath him were Egypt's social elite, the nobles, who effectively governed Egypt for the pharaoh. Lower down were the educated professional classes, such as scribes, accountants and doctors.

Egypt’s subsequent presidents came from relatively humble origins – for example, the father of Gamal Abdel-Nasser, who was in office in the 1950s and 1960s, was a postman.

Last month a debate erupted on social media in Egypt. The behaviour of a TV journalist and her questions to a deprived teenager led some to say that the worldview of the Egyptian middle classes ...

A homeless man sleeps during a hot summer day in the holy month of Ramadan in Cairo, Egypt, June 18, 2017. Graffiti on the wall reads " Sisi is a hero, You saved us, Long life to Egypt." ...

Egypt could be plunging into a food crisis or at least this is how it seems. Complaints about a shortage of basic goods have been echoing across the country and reached their peak with the lack of ...

Egypt is at war. More accurately, Egypt is experiencing yet another battle in its ongoing class war. The battle is so fierce because the primary combatants are the two most powerful social forces ...

Egypt: Al-Saadawi - Women of All Social Classes Are Subjected to Oppression. ... The Egyptian political analyst and fighter for the human rights of women, was born in rural Egypt in 1931.

Egypt's constitution prohibits discrimination based on class or gender. However, the AFP news agency says the public prosecution turned down 138 applicants for jobs last year because their fathers ...