Author Archives: Expat Cairo

Mohamed Kasper, the father of one of two young men who killed a five-year-old girl named Zeina, called Tuesday for the execution of his son. read more

An Egyptian conscript was injured on Tuesday when unknown gunmen attacked a police vehicle during a patrol on the Egyptian-Israeli border. A police vehicle was attacked after unidentified assailants ambushed it, security source said. read more

Egyptian Prime Minister Hazem Beblawi has said Islamist militants in the Sinai peninsula are becoming a threat to foreign tourists, state TV reports. Officials say they are taking seriously a reported ultimatum by Islamist militant group Ansar Beit al-Maqdis for … read more

Terrorism has returned to the wild and beautiful Sinai Peninsula, and the region that not long ago was one of Egypt’s most-visited destinations is facing a catastrophic collapse of its already fragile tourism economy. Businesses reliant on tourism – from … read more

Two of the UK’s biggest holiday companies have halted excursions to St Catherine’s Monastery on Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula following a bomb near the historic site three days ago. Thomas Cook and Tui Travel – which owns Thomson and First Choice … read more

Four members of a Syrian family were stabbed to death on Monday in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, national media outlets reported. Amin Ezzedine, Alexandria’s head of security, told Egypt’s Alhayat television that after their murder, the Syrian family’s house … read more

Blast that killed four people in Taba on Sunday was the first targeting tourists amid a wave of bombings since the removal of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in July 2013   February 2014: Three South Korean tourists and their Egyptian … read more

The Russian Tourism Federal Agency advised its tourists in Egypt to be cautious and avoid visiting big cities, the Interfax news agency reported. This comes in light of the Sunday suicide bombing of a tourist bus in the Red Sea … read more

Egypt’s army chief, Field Marshal Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, won vast popularity by crushing the Muslim Brotherhood, but even a man seen by his followers as invincible may be unable to fix the mess in the politically sensitive energy sector.   … read more

At least three Egyptian hikers have died and two others are in critical condition after being trapped in an ice storm near Mount Sinai on Saturday. Eight Egyptian hikers, five men and three women, took off without a guide in … read more