Despite being designated as a terrorist organization in December 2013, members of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood are seeking to retain a voice in post-Morsi Egyptian politics and even participate in the forthcoming parliamentary elections, say opponents of the movement. Egyptian Conference Party … read more
A Cairo misdemeanour court on Monday sentenced three men to eight years in prison “for committing homosexual acts”. A fourth defendant in the case was sentenced to three years in prison with hard labour. The men were allegedly found dressed … read more
Egyptian lawmakers have proposed new legislation that for the first time specifically defines and sets out punishments for sexual harassment, amid an alarming rise in assaults on women. There is currently no specific law outlining sexual harassment, except for three … read more
Eyal Sagui Bizawe writes that for many Muslim women, traditional head covering is not just article of religious clothing, but expression of identity. A little more than 10 years passed between my first visit to Cairo and this one, my … read more
A week after British Prime Minister David Cameron announced an investigation into the Muslim Brotherhood’s terror ties, leaders of the Islamist group warned that banning the organization would have dire repercussions for the UK The leader of the Brotherhood in … read more
Egyptian security forces have stormed a university in the capital Cairo to quell student protests against the military-backed government. On Sunday, police stormed the campus of Ain Shams University in eastern Cairo to disperse students protesting the persecution of Muslim … read more
A controversial lawyer and critic of activists who spearheaded Egypt’s 2011 uprising announced Sunday he will run for president, in an election expected to be won by the ex-army chief. Mortada Mansour, who was elected last week as head of … read more
GCSE and A-level examinations could be brought forward for hundreds of thousands of pupils to avoid a clash with Ramadan under controversial proposals. Teachers and lecturers in England and Wales are pushing for the summer exam timetable to be altered … read more
Last December, Egyptian academic Mariz Tadros wrote that women’s human security was not on anyone’s agenda. According to her research, the security breakdown since the Arab uprisings has led to a dramatic rise in incidents of sexual harassment due to the sense … read more
Since when does the British government take orders from Saudi Arabia? That’s the question raised by a seemingly dry news story out of the UK this past week. The story, which emerged Tuesday, was that UK Prime Minister David Cameron recently … read more