More than two years after the Egyptian uprising, the country’s new Islamist government has struggled to confront a drop in tourism and the faltering economy. But the leadership has remained silent about another crucial indicator that has surged to a … read more
The Egyptian government’s failure to revive the country’s ailing economy is likely to be a defining issue in parliamentary elections expected to begin in October. The umbrella opposition group, the National Salvation Front, has heaped criticism on President Mohammed Morsi’s … read more
A prosecutor has ordered the release of Khaled Mansour, a member of the team behind Egypt’s most-watched satirical show, on L.E. 5,000 bail ($720). Egypt’s prosecutor-general had ordered the interrogation of Khaled Mansour to question him over a segment titled … read more
Initial lab results have revealed that dirty cutlery was behind Monday’s second mass poisoning in Al-Azhar University in Cairo, which left 180 students hospitalised. According to Ahmed Hosny, deputy head of the Al-Azhar University, the food poisoning resulted from dirty … read more
“I stopped watching television. Now I watch cartoons with my children, movies and religious sermons only,” said Qutb Sayed, 40, a driver who lives with his wife and four children in a small one-room flat in Cairo’s industrial city of … read more
A US embassy car crashed in the 6th of October district of Cairo, injuring three, including the military attache who was driving the vehicle, and killing the driver of the other car. The corpse and the injured were transferred to … read more
Egypt’s Supreme Administrative Court’s State Commissioners Authority on Thursday ordered that President Mohamed Morsi’s son and daughter attend the hearing on a lawsuit demanding the revocation of their US citizenship. This comes as part of a lawsuit filed in 2012 … read more
Egypt’s cabinet reshuffle will see six ministers replaced, Al-Ahram Arabic news website has reported, citing a government source. President Morsi had intended to replace ten ministers, the source added, but the number was trimmed to six because he could not … read more
The first district attorney in East Cairo’s prosecution office has announced that ten defendants accused of culpability in a mass outbreak of food poisoning at Al-Azhar University on 1 April will stand trial on 15 May. On 1 April, over … read more
Howayda has a child with Down’s syndrome and lives in a slum in Cairo without public service. Yet, she refuses to accept anything but a normal, happy life for her daughter. “That day, I thought my world has definitely come … read more