EgyptAir airplanes are flying with hijab-wearing flight attendants for the first time since the company’s establishment, after EgyptAir holding company head Tawfiq Assy approved the hijab pending distribution of the company’s new uniform cap next month. Assy said that female … read more
Assistant Health Minister Abdel Hamid Abaza said the Health Ministry has not yet made a decision to allow organ transplant from the recently deceased, but is working to legalize the practice by the end of 2013. According to MENA, Abaza … read more
Mohamed Eleiwa, spokesperson for the Egyptian Prisons Authority, said that former President Hosni Mubarak is in good health and has not suffered any health setbacks over the past period. Eleiwa gave his statements after Mubarak’s doctor Mohamed al-Deeb visited the … read more
Seven people were killed and dozens wounded when two trains collided between the villages of Silla and Nasriya in central Fayoum on Saturday. One train was on its way from Alexandria to Fayoum, and the other was heading to Cairo … read more
Egypt’s Administrative Court postponed Saturday to 12 January a lawsuit demanding Google be blocked in Egypt for keeping the controversial anti-Islam film “Innocence of Islam” available via YouTube, which Google owns. The lawsuit was filed by two NGOs, the Egyptian … read more
Egypt’s prosecution begins reviewing charges against ousted president Hosni Mubarak and his former prime ministers, Ahmed Nazif and Atef Ebeid, of negligently burying nuclear waste in Egypt, endangering citizens. The lawsuit was filed by attorneys Hamed Mohamed, Nasser El-Askalani and … read more
A controversial government decision to close shops early has stirred a heated debate over whether it would be efficient to save energy. A hardline Islamist preacher had a totally new perspective. “The decision is correct and coincides with Islamic Sharia … read more
A tribal feud in Sinai became violent late Thursday, leading to armed clashes that killed four and severely injured 20 others. Four are still in critical condition. A dispute over cutting in line at a gas station sparked the fight, … read more
Two jihadist militants have been arrested in the course of a raid in Arish City, security sources said on Friday. “The raids carried out by police and military forces during the past 48 hours resulted in detaining Ahmed Allam Hefny … read more
The prosecutor general has opened investigations into charges that former head of the Administrative Control Authority, Mohamed Farid al-Tohamy, and authority official Mohamed Fatehy Nema hid key evidence against former ministers charged with mismanagement of funds. Judicial sources told Al-Masry … read more