The opposition Muslim Brotherhood has confirmed it will take part in next month’s legislative elections in Egypt, the official MENA news agency reported on Saturday. The group plans to field candidates for 30 percent of the 518 seats in parliament, … read more
Twenty current and former members of the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist political opposition group, have released a statement urging the organisation’s leadership to boycott parliamentary elections next month. The petition adds to the continuing confusion surrounding the Brotherhood’s position on … read more
The Egyptian government has decided to remove all sex education from the school curriculum. This means that biology students between 16 and 17 years of age will no longer cover the topic of reproductive health. And science text books for … read more
A new guide issued by The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace provides background and analysis to Egypt’s upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections. The guide profiles political personas from opposition movements exploring factors which influence Egypt’s electoral process. A detailed analysis … read more
Egypt plans to launch its first privately owned wind farm in 2013 under an ambitious climate change strategy that includes producing a fifth of its power from renewable energy sources by 2020. Trading fossil fuels for greener energy like solar, … read more
The editor of an Egyptian opposition newspaper has said he was sacked for refusing to bring the paper more into line with government policy, prompting a small protest on Wednesday. Ibrahim Eissa, the former editor-in-chief of al-Dustor, said he was … read more
Sawsan Gomaa, 18, thought memorising vocabulary and grammar from the ministry textbook would be enough to ace Egypt’s yearly national language exam for high school graduates, the main gateway to university. After all, that’s how everyone did it. But this … read more
The Muslim Brotherhood has decided to contest Egypt’s parliamentary election in spite of signs that the authorities are planning to reduce the representation of the banned group, which is considered the largest opposition force in the country. Egypt’s main legal … read more
For years, the newspaper al-Dostour has been one of the few independent voices in the Egyptian press. No longer: Its editor in chief, Ibrahim Eissa, was fired today for refusing to toe the government line. The immediate reason for Eissa’s … read more
Egypt’s second largest city Alexandria that sprawls along the Mediterranean coastline has enjoyed a renaissance in recent years following decades of neglect but will a recent ban on public shisha-smoking turn out to be a setback? Just 15 years ago, … read more