CAIRO — The telltale signs in post-revolutionary Egypt are not just the riots and rapes, the mega-traffic snarls and sectarian battles. There is also the highway ramp in Ard El Lewa. After the revolution two years ago, working-class residents of … read more
It will be tricky in Egypt this summer – but one wonders if the government realizes that, let alone will do what it is needed to get the country through it without problems. Increased financial demands in a country that … read more
Egypt’s first no-alcohol hotel was opened in the touristic city of Hurghada on Saturday, with an entire floor for women only. Resort owner Yasser Kamal told the state news agency that the decision is not influenced by one ideology or … read more
A number of Egyptian political youth groups have announced joining independent calls for a mass demonstration in Tahrir Square in central Cairo scheduled for 17 May to “continue the revolution’s demands.” The protest call focuses in particular on the “absence … read more
The deputy head of the Salafist Al-Watan Party Yosri Hammad warned Saturday that Egypt’s head of the Judges Club Ahmed El-Zend could face the death penalty over comments he made that were interpreted by some as an invitation for foreign … read more
The media was not allowed into court in former president Hosni Mubarak’s appeal session on Sunday after the presiding judge ordered the hearing be held in secret. The court is to rule on whether Mubarak will remain in detention or … read more
Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi has invited all heads of judicial bodies to meet with him on Sunday at the Cairo presidential palace to discuss a resolution for ongoing disputes over the future of the country’s judiciary. Mahmed El-Beheiry, head of … read more
A turtle considered to be the world’s second-oldest animal has died in Egypt’s Giza Zoo aged 270, a local newspaper reported Thursday. King Farouk, who became ruler of Egypt in 1936, dedicated the ancient turtle to the zoo, reported Youm … read more
Egypt’s Islamist-dominated parliament must move quickly to adopt judicial reforms that have sparked a revolt by judges, the deputy leader of the Muslim Brotherhood’s political arm argued on Friday. The proposed reforms, which would get rid of more than 3,000 … read more
Early on Friday evening, security forces reported that they had managed to open the Abu Simbel highway. Dozens of locals in the town of Abu Simbel in Upper Egypt had blocked the main highway between Aswan city and Abu Simbel … read more