Author Archives: Expat Cairo

Road crash kills 19 in Egypt’s Luxor

Nineteen people have been killed and at least a dozen wounded in a road accident involving two microbuses in southern Egypt, state news agency MENA reported, the latest in a series of deadly traffic accidents in the country in recent days.   The … read more

Mursi trial for Ittihadiya clashes resumes

An Egyptian court will resume on Monday the trial of ousted President Mohamed Mursi and other Muslim Brotherhood leaders, over violent clashes by the presidential palace where at least 10 people were killed. The defendants are accused of inciting the … read more

One woman killed in Friday’s clashes

One woman was killed in the Cairo neighbourhood of Ain Shams on Friday as a protest supporting ousted Islamist President Mohamed Mursi turned violent. Hisham Abdel Hameed, the Forensics Authority spokesman, told Aswat Masriya the female victim died due to … read more