Magdy El-Galad, the editor of liberal El-Watan daily newspaper and Ahmed El-Khatib, a reporter, will face trial for publishing a “false report that could disturb public peace,” a judicial official said on Wednesday. El-Galad and El-Khatib were charged over a … read more
Three Egyptians were injured on Wednesday after a train car disconnected and derailed on a track in Upper Egypt’s Assiut governorate. The train was in transit from the southern governorate of Aswan to Cairo. Following the incident, the Egyptian Railway … read more
Even the most secure countries occasionally suffer deliberate attempts on the lives of their leaders. Yet only an absurdly insecure country would see its leader attacked with deadly force by accident. This is what happened in Egypt on Sunday, when … read more
Homicide, armed robberies and other violent crimes have soared in post-revolutionary Egypt, al Arabiya reported over the weekend. Egyptian interior ministry officials say homicides have tripled since former President Hosni Mubarak’s ouster in January 2011, which it blames in part … read more
In a dimly lit Cairo workshop, Hussein spins a metal pipe on a lathe, sending sparks flying. In a few minutes, it’ll become the barrel of a gun. Sometime after that it will join the growing arsenal of illegal weapons … read more
Ten Egyptians drowned in the River Nile on Monday as they were celebrating the national holiday known as “Sham el-Nessim.” Three people drowned while swimming in Aswan, around 700 km south of the capital Cairo; four others died in Luxor, … read more
Ministers in Prime Minister Hisham Qandil’s cabinet following the recent reshuffle (new appointees are in italics): 1. Minister of Agriculture Ahmed Mahmoud Ali El-Gizawi 2. Minister of Antiquities Ahmed Eissa 3. Minister of Aviation Wael Maadawi 4. Minister of Communication … read more
President Mohamed Morsi swore in nine new cabinet members on Tuesday in a reshuffle that increased the role of Islamists in the upper ranks of the government but is not expected to herald any immediate policy shifts. Two of the … read more
An Egyptian military court on Tuesday sentenced an army soldier to three years in prison for killing ten-year-old street vendor Omar Salah in February. On 3 February, Salah, a seller of sweet potatoes, was killed when the soldier shot him … read more
In 2008, before the revolution, the Egyptian Government set a portion of its Army to baking bread for hungry citizens, precisely to forestall revolution. Now, after revolution, it isn’t clear who will provide the bread for its hungry and angry … read more