Hossam el-Hamalawy

el-Hamalawy, Hossam

Ed — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:42:54 +0000

Al-Jazeera program on Mansoura-España Garments Company struggle

Ed — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 19:21:24 +0000

Aired June 1st 2007 and includes an interview with Hossam el-Hamalawy writer from the 3arabwy blog.

Egypt: Update on the Mansoura-España Garments Company workers sit-in

Ed — Thu, 24 May 2007 11:11:06 +0000

Taken from the 3arabawy blog by Egyptian writer Hossam el-Hamalawy.

Egypt: Garment workers' sit-in reaches 26th day

Ed — Thu, 17 May 2007 18:06:12 +0000

Taken from the 3arabawy blog by Egyptian writer Hossam el-Hamalawy

I travelled Wednesday to Talkha in the Nile Delta province of Daqahliya to follow up on the Mansoura-España Garments Company workers’ sit-in, which has entered its 26th day…

Strikes in Egypt spread from centre of gravity

Ed — Sun, 13 May 2007 12:56:00 +0000

Take from Middle East Report Online

In the first five months of 2007, the paper has reported a new labour action nearly every day. The citizen group Egyptian Workers and Trade Union Watch documented 56 incidents during the month of April, and another 15 during the first week of May alone.[1]

Egyptian textile workers confront the new economic order

Ed — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 10:54:52 +0000

For the last ten years Muhammad ‘Attar, 36, has worked in the finishing department at the gigantic Misr Spinning and Weaving Company complex at Mahalla al-Kubra in the middle of the Nile Delta. He takes home a basic wage of about $30. With profit sharing and incentives, his net pay is about $75 a month.