Egypt’s former trade minister on Saturday was convicted in absentia of profiteering and unlawfully taking money from the country’s Export Development Fund. The criminal court of Cairo sentenced Rashid Mohamed Rashid to five years in prison and fined him nearly … read more
No one in Zagazig wants to talk about what happened last week. The hundreds of railway workers who maintain the old, trash-ridden tracks and trains in this Nile Delta town whisper hurriedly about a strike that briefly disrupted rail traffic … read more
A security official says Christians and Muslims have clashed in southern Egypt over the construction of a church. A local security chief, Assem Hamza, says Muslim residents of the Awlad Khalaf village rallied Saturday outside Christian-owned land where construction of … read more
A small pro-Mubarak demonstration in the Mohandesseen suburb of Cairo ended in violence on Friday. Dozens of pro-Mubarak supporters clashed in a huge brawl with anti-Mubarak groups, causing traffic problems and heavily stepped-up security near the famous Moustafa Mahmoud Mosque. … read more
Authorities at Cairo Airport on Thursday detained an Egyptian national suspected of belonging to al Qaeda in Yemen, an airport official said. Rabie Abdullah, who was traveling under a false name, arrived on a flight from Yemen and was stopped … read more
A close associate and business partner of deposed Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was arrested Thursday in Spain where he had fled during Egypt’s recent uprising, according to MENA, the official Egyptian state news agency. Hussein Salem, co-owner of the East … read more
On May 25, 2005, in a nearly empty polling station, Bothaina Kamel cast her vote on the referendum to amend the Egyptian Constitution to allow for the country’s first contested presidential elections. That evening she faced a studio camera, presenting … read more
Thirteen Egyptian political parties have formed the National Coalition for Egypt to run in the upcoming September parliamentary elections, the Ahram newspaper reported on Wednesday. The new coalition was launched at a ceremony at the headquarters of the Wafd Party. … read more
Egypt’s al-Ahram weekly reported Thursday that that Cairo’s prosecution is looking into ways to expedite the legal proceedings against Ilan Grapel, an Israeli detained there on alleged espionage charges. Should such a move be successful, Grapel may face trail within … read more
Egyptians protest in Cairo on May 27, 2011 against the military council’s handling of the post-revolt phase. Cairo The Egyptian military, which has governed the country since the ouster of former President Hosni Mubarak, will not field a candidate in … read more