Emaj Magazine

In Spain a 73,2% of the population are Catholics and the country has a strong Christian tradition. During the first week of April, Catholics celebrate Easter – the most important Christian holiday after Christmas.

The Hungarian president Pal Schmitt stepped down last Monday, the 5th of April, after being accused of plagiarism in his doctoral thesis: “The Analysis of the Program of Modern Olympic Games”.

One of the propaganda campaigns of the Assad government tries to convince Syrians that they don’t need the rest of the world, and they can survive with the austerity policies that are engulfing the country. People are left trapped, a constant reminder that they are the ones who suffer because of the strengthening sanctions. As

The UK is not part of the troubled Euro zone, but still struggles with its economy. Aljosha Karim compares Britain and Germany and tries to find out the reasons why the British don’t perform as well as they should in economical terms.  Germany’s winter sales season was just the way I had expected it to

In an anti-islam demonstration and its massive counter demonstration, two protestors were injured and 83 arrested when the far-right demonstration clashed with the anti-fascist one.

Today, Mariano Rajoy, the new Spanish president since past November, faces his first general strike on March 29th, 2012. The economic measures proposed by his government for 2012 have provoked an upsurge among the Spanish population. The unfavorable economic situation which Spain is undergoing is spearheaded by consumption and monetary behaves. These factors are leading

Hundreds of Egyptians have applied to be presidential candidates in the few days since the Egyptian Election commission has opened registration for the upcoming national elections. The official candidate registration period is from 10 March to 8 April. “This huge number of candidates is something incomprehensible and makes us wonder what is really going on,

She was courageous enough not only to defy her country’s military junta, but also to challenge society’s taboos about virginity and female “purity”, traditions tied to family honour and reputation, especially in the conservative Upper Egypt rural society she came from. Samira Ibrahim, 25, acting on behalf of other Egyptian women, brought charges against the

Since the early months of the uprising, many stories have been heard – and confirmed – about the security forces’ intimidation of victims’ families, forcing them to declare that “terrorists” and “armed gangs” were responsible for the deaths of their loved ones. Authorities sometimes bargain or refuse to deliver the body to be buried by the family unless a large sum of money is paid.

“When I insist on calling Palestinian prisoners ‘political’, it brings so much criticism from the Israeli society, they don’t want to acknowledge this”