Saboteurs blew up an Egyptian gas pipeline distribution station in northern Sinai on Tuesday that supplies natural gas to Israel, the official MENA news agency reported. Nile television said flames from the blast near the town of Al-Arish could be … read more
Egyptian demonstrators in the Suez Canal city of Suez detained four U.S. nationals and an Egyptian translator on Monday and handed them over to military police, military sources said. They said the military police were questioning the four to find … read more
Egyptians, camping out in central Cairo to push for massive changes, yesterday threatened to take “escalatory measures” if the country’s military rulers fail to respond to their demands. The protesters have already shut down the Mogama, a mammoth administrative building … read more
Mark Hopkins has lived in Egypt for the past three years studying Arabic at a local private school, but when he went to renew his tourist visa in order to continue his studies, Egyptian officials told him he couldn’t have … read more
After the fall of President Hosni Mubarak, a group of young activists quickly moved to bring the can-do spirit of Egypt’s revolution down to the level of their neighborhood. They began installing electricity poles in Mit Oqba’s dim streets. They … read more
Protesters who spent their second night in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Sunday vowed to keep up their sit-in despite a series of concessions by the Egyptian prime minister. Pro-democracy activists had camped out on the square – the focus of … read more
The Egyptian military on Sunday mobilized ground troops, light tanks and personnel carriers as protesters threatened to close Port Tawfiq, a key port on the Suez Canal. Offshore, Egyptian navy vessels cordoned off the floating dry dock and other facilities. … read more
Egypt’s youth are once again taking matters into their own hands, as leaders of political parties continue to do what they do best: wage ideological wars against each other through silly Mickey Mouse tweets and hurling the proverbial holier-than-thou shoe … read more
Tens of thousands of Egyptians packed into Cairo’s iconic Tahrir Square on Friday for another sun-drenched protest in favor of “freedom and justice,” as many described it. Activists formed security cordons and ID checks at the edges of the square. … read more
Thousands of Egyptians Saturday went on an open strike in Cairo and other big cities, threatening escalation if the country’s military rulers did not expedite the prosecution of former government officials. ‘We give the country’s rulers until Sunday night to … read more