Egyptian authorities detained four activists on Thursday for putting up posters calling for nationwide protests on Friday, which the country’s Islamists have vowed to stay away from. The four, including film director Aida al-Kashef, were held by military police Cairo … read more
A criminal court in Cairo has sentenced the former housing minister to five years in prison for corruption, a spokesman for Egypt’s general prosecutor said Thursday. Ahmed Maghrabi is the latest official to be convicted following a widespread probe by … read more
t is a familiar scene. Thousands of Egyptians gathered in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, chanting for a better rule of law, an end to dictatorship and having their country where it belongs: for the people. On Friday, activists and average citizens … read more
Scores of Egyptians, pushing for a faster change pace, early Friday turned up at the iconic Tahrir Square in central Cairo for massive protests dubbed by organisers “the Second Friday of Anger”. Raising the national flag, the protesters are expected … read more
The true story behind the recent Islamist attacks on Egypt’s Copts—wherein over a dozen Christians were killed, hundreds wounded, and their churches torched—is as illuminating as it is sordid. To recap, Islamists—or “Salafists,” as many in the Egyptian media are … read more
Egypt’s statistics agency on Wednesday informed that unemployment rose to 11.9 percent, the highest rate in the last ten years, the Ahram newspaper reported. Abu Bakr El-Guindi, head of the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS), added that … read more
Egypt will permanently open its border crossing with the Gaza Strip this weekend, the government announced yesterday, suggesting that military leaders are being swayed by growing sentiment here in favor of distancing the country from Israel. Opening the Rafah crossing, … read more
Ailing Egyptian former president Hosni Mubarak may be transferred from a hospital in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to a prison hospital on Friday, the al-Gomhuria newspaper reported. Egypt’s public prosecutor had ordered in late April the transfer … read more
Egypt’s Prime Minister promoted his interim government’s achievements on Wednesday since taking office in February before a rally planned in Cairo on Friday. Facebook groups, which helped oust President Hosni Mubarak in February, have been complaining about what they see … read more
As political Islam grows as a force in post-revolution Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood is forming its first political party and getting ready for a good showing in upcoming parliamentary elections. And this has liberal and secular parties scrambling. The revolution … read more