No one is holding their breath about the outcome of Egypt’s parliamentary elections, which are certain to leave President Hosni Mubarak and his National Democratic Party in charge. Yet despite worries about vote-rigging and repression, the campaign is already providing … read more
The US embassy in Cairo on Thursday officially opened an annual lottery for US green cards for 2012. At an embassy press conference, US Consul-General in Cairo Roberto Powers announced that the deadline for lottery applications was 3 November. He went on … read more
Egypt has ordered nine private companies providing satellite feeds to renew their permits in what critics say is an attempt to assert control over the transmission of foreign broadcasts, media reports said on Thursday. The information and communications ministries have … read more
The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) and the World Editors Forum have written to the Egyptian president,Hosni Mubarak, to express concern over recent attacks on independent media. It refers specifically to the dismissal of Ibrahim Eissa, editor-in-chief and founder of … read more
Mohamed ElBaradei’s hopes of drawing attention to the sham of Egyptian democracy via a mass election boycott were dealt a major blow last week, when the Muslim Brotherhood opted to take part in the polls. That’s because the Brotherhood is … read more
Eleven people were killed early Friday in a road pile-up south of Cairo, according to police. They blamed the mishap on a private car, which swerved from the route to avoid a truck and crashed into other vehicles on the … read more
The ministries of information and communications last week informed nine satellite channels that they must broadcast directly from studios affiliated with the state-run Media Production City if they wanted to seen their licenses renewed. According to sources at one Arab … read more
The number of mobile subscribers in Egypt reached 60.2 million at the end of August, according to the latest statistics from the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, an increase of 20.3 percent over the past year. Mohamed Hamdy, associate … read more
Poking fun at everything from the president’s almost 30-year rule to the capital’s frenetic traffic, satirical books are filling more shelf space in Egypt’s bookshops and reflecting the frustrations of a young generation. “There Must be a Solution,” with a … read more
Egypt’s chief archaeologist says the United States will return a number of sarcophagi smuggled out of the country 50 years ago. Zahi Hawass says U.S. authorities seized the sarcophagi on American soil and will return them to Egypt in the … read more