As everyone knows, Hosni Mubarak’s Egypt could be a harsh and repressive place. A little over a year ago, in February 2010, blogger Ahmed Mustafa found this out firsthand. An engineering student from Upper Egypt, Mustafa was arrested that month … read more
A new report has challenged the perception that the Egyptian military played a positive role in the country’s revolution earlier this year. The report, by Egyptian activist Maikel Nabil Sanad, has been publicised by War Resisters International (WRI), a global … read more
Banners fluttering from the rooftop of Cairo University’s faculty of mass communications denounce the dean as a Mubarak-era lackey. Fistfights between the dean’s student opponents and supporters erupt like summer squalls, with the din often emptying classrooms as students pour … read more
Egyptian state prosecutors have ordered that a former top aide to Hosni Mubarak, the country’s ousted president, be jailed for 15 days pending a corruption investigation. Zakaria Azmi, Mubarak’s chief of staff for 22 years, was arrested on Thursday after … read more
Egypt’s ruling military council is threatening immediate prosecution before a military tribunal for any troops seen participating in a planned protest in Cairo on Friday. The stern warning, which came Thursday, appeared to be a response to a campaign of … read more
Delta Air Lines has scrubbed plans to resume its route from New York to Cairo, after suspending the service in February amid the revolution in Egypt. The airline had previously planned to resume the service, but has canceled those plans … read more
During a brief visit to Cairo last week, I was struck by the willingness of Egyptians to offer spontaneous criticism of the previous regime. From our felucca guide on the Nile to the Egyptologist providing commentary of the pyramids, conversations … read more
Three Egyptian children were injured on Wednesday when an explosive device they found near the Giza Pyramids went off, officials told AFP. The three had found the device in the desert and not knowing what it was, carried it back … read more
Ten human rights organization staged a rally on March 30 in front of the building of the Attorney General to bring to public attention the tragedy of some nine thousand Coptic villagers living in terror since end January in the … read more
According to a survey by the Egyptian Center for Women’s Rights (ECWR), service workers, housewives and professionals alike all report experiencing sexual harassment in Egypt. 40 percent of all respondents reported inappropriate touching, followed by verbal harassment at 38 percent. … read more