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
A group of masked assailants torched a police vehicle near the presidential palace Friday evening on Al-Marghany Street in the Cairo district of Heliopolis, after short clashes with security forces at the palace. Dozens of unknown assailants threw rocks and … read more
We’re sitting in a café on the Upper West Side of New York City, not far from her Harlem apartment, and the brutal reality of the political violence she’s been subjected to seems far away. But the fiery Egyptian-born journalist-activist … read more
Dozens of protesters congregated on Thursday outside Egypt’s Memorial to the Unknown Soldier in Cairo’s Nasr City, where they attempted to erect a metal statue of Hosni Mubarak while chanting slogans in support of the deposed president. Mubarak supporters, carrying … read more
Four years after the birth of Egypt Independent, the management of Al-Masry Media Corporation has informed our editorial team that our print and online news operation is being shut down. Because we owe it to our readers, we decided to … read more
Privately owned Al-Masry Al-Youm News cooperation withheld the 50th edition of their English-language publication Egypt Independent Thursday and confirmed it had formally shut down the weekly newspaper’s operations, after two months of crisis talks between management and the paper’s editorial … read more
The cabinet of ministers said released a statement on Thursday that the government respects judiciary authority and its independence. The statement said the independence of the judiciary and the immunity of judges are two guarantees that protect rights and freedoms. … read more
Egypt aims next month to issue a schedule of gradual rises in the subsidised prices various industries pay for fuel, to bring them near to world levels in four years, its trade and industry minister said. A reduction in energy … read more
For the second time, Information Minister Salah Abdel Maqsoud has created controversy when he answered Nahar TV reporter Dalia Ashraf’s question on the development of television by saying, “Come, and I’ll show you where the development is.” This came during … read more
Shura Council member Kamal Suleiman has submitted a report onthe disappearance of a Muslim girl in Beni Suef last February, accusing a Coptic Christian of kidnapping the girl. In what may be an oblique threat against the Coptic community, he … read more