Together with Lebanon’s Beirut city and Dubai, Cairo’s nightlife was one of the most vibrant in the Middle East and North African region. Known as the party capitals of the Middle East, the three were full of night fun and … read more
A teenager was killed in clashes with police in the Egyptian capital as families stormed a police station to free detainees held on drugs charges, a security official told AFP on Tuesday. Police and soldiers arrested around 50 people from … read more
The Muslim Brotherhood has expelled five of its youth members in a purge signaling that Egypt’s most potent political force is unwilling to tolerate dissent within its ranks as it heads toward parliamentary elections in September. The dismissals are an … read more
Mahmoud Mohamed, an Egyptian protester profiled last month by The Times after he was seriously injured during the uprising that toppled President Hosni Mubarak, has died due to complications from his injuries, relatives said. Mohamed, 23, a shoemaker who lived … read more
An Egyptian court sentenced former Trade Minister Rachid Mohamed Rachid in absentia to five years in prison on Tuesday for squandering public funds, a judicial source said. Rachid and two other business executives were also fined 2 million Egyptian pounds … read more
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood expelled five of its members for setting up a political party in defiance of the group’s own Freedom and Justice party, a newspaper reported on Tuesday. The Brotherhood’s Guidance Council decided to bar the five members of … read more
Egypt’s military leadership is considering delaying parliamentary elections now planned for September to give election planners and new political parties more time to organize, say people close to Egypt’s ruling military council, a move that could benefit secular Egyptian politicians. … read more
The quarrel on a bridge spanning the Nile went like this…. A driver stops to gawk at protesters crowding the sidewalks along the bridge. Traffic is snarled. Tempers flare and car horns blare. A well-dressed man jumps out of his … read more
In what appears to becoming commonplace in Egypt, clashes broke out on Monday between protesters and security after a Cairo court released 7 police officers on bail accused of killing protesters during an uprising that ousted the former government in … read more
Armed men and vendors attacked protesters in Tahrir Square on Sunday as clashes continued for hours, leaving many injured. “The vendors always existed in Tahrir, but today around 6 p.m. they joined dozens of armed men in plainclothes who attacked … read more