BY JAMES TRAUB In recent days, I’ve been talking to officials in the Obama administration about what they think they’re doing in Egypt. Even as Obama hesitates to thrust the United States into the rolling cauldron that is Syria, critics … read more
A new wave of price hikes has hit fruit and vegetables on the Egyptian market due to an ongoing diesel fuel crunch. Diesel shortages have had a direct impact on prices, with the cost of transporting shipments from farmers to … read more
A series of protests will begin on Sunday to condemn attacks on journalists outside the Muslim Brotherhood HQ. On Saturday afternoon, several people, including some journalists, were reportedly assaulted by Brotherhood members as protesters painted anti-Brotherhood graffiti on the perimeter … read more
Egypt’s tourism sector was doing really badly, so the Muslim Brotherhood regime decided to finish it off. I don’t recall even the Saudis allowing freelance blasphemy arrests. And this is taking place in a country where much of the population … read more
Egypt’s Supreme Administrative Court is expected to deliver a ruling Sunday on the suspension of parliamentary elections. The Egyptian State Lawsuit Authority (ESLA) submitted an appeal against the suspension on behalf of the presidency. A second appeal was submitted by … read more
The number of those killed in violence in the Egyptian coastal city of Port Said in late January has reached 48, after a 24-year-old man was pronounced dead on Saturday. Mahmoud Farouk was hit on the head by a teargas … read more
Hundreds of bakery owners stormed the Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade building on Qasr al-Ain Street downtown Cairo demanding to meet with the minister Bassem Kamal. Protestors came from several governorates, including Giza, Cairo, Alexandria, Monufiya and Qalyubiya. They … read more
Clashes erupted on Saturday night between protesters and members of the Muslim Brotherhood in front of the group’s headquarters in the eastern Cairo suburb of Moqattam. The clashes were prompted when a group of Brotherhood members attacked protesters spraying graffiti … read more
Egyptian journalists have elected Diaa Rashwan as the new head of Cairo’s Journalists Syndicate on Friday. Rashwan garnered 1280 votes to 1015 for challenger Abdel Mohsen Salama. The elections were held in the Journalists Syndicate in Cairo and its branch … read more
The office of the Assistant to the President of Egypt on foreign relations has issued a statement in English on Friday regarding Egypt’s official position on the yet-to-be-ratified United Nations (UN) declaration on women’s rights, as a part of the … read more