Egyptian state television employees are gathering votes calling for the dismissal of presidential media representative Ahmed Abdel-Aziz after accusing him of “interfering with editorial policy,” Amer El-Wakil, news editor at the Egyptian Radio and Television Union (Maspero), said according to … read more
The military began securing Cairo’s Media Production City (MPC) on Tuesday ahead of expected mass protests on 30 June, a military official told Egyptian state news agency MENA. The MPC, located in 6 October City, a satellite city on the … read more
The anti-government Rebel campaign is due to hold a press conference Tuesday afternoon to announce planned steps to legally validate the petitions it has gathered in support of a no-confidence vote in President Mohamed Morsi The campaign said last week … read more
A court has sentenced a Salafi preacher for defaming actress Elham Shahin, after he was found to have forged naked photographs of her. Abdallah Badr, Salafi presenter on the Al-Hafez satellite channel, received a five-year suspended sentence, as well as … read more
As the US struggles to cope with the civil wars in Syria, Libya, the Sudan and Iraq, it must also ponder the prospect of a civil war in Egypt. Egypt has been in a state of chaos since the Arab … read more
The Mubarak regime that ruled Egypt, and looted its economy, for three decades is history. But the military that supported the regime is still very much in charge, has rolled back many of its promises, and sharply limited the scope … read more
As the Egyptian opposition’s demands for the resignation of President Mohamed Morsi and fresh elections gain momentum, the beleaguered president’s supporters are slamming the opposition as secular and hostile to Islam. In the deeply religious country, it is a serious … read more
Tensions are high in Egypt ahead of a planned opposition protest scheduled for next Sunday. Egypt’s government promised “exemplary punishment” on Monday after a mob killed four Shi’ites near Cairo, raising fears of wider sectarian bloodshed at a time of … read more
Islamist groups in Egypt, including the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party and hardliners Al-Gamaa Al-Islamiya, announced on Monday that they will hold a demonstration in support of “legitimacy” on 28 June, in response to mass anti-government protests planned for … read more
The US embassy in Cairo has condemned Sunday’s mob killing of four Shia Muslims in a Giza village, which has stoked fears of worsening sectarian frictions in Egypt. “We call on the Egyptian government to follow through on its pledge … read more