Egypt’s ministry of education has decided to take over 62 schools owned by members of the Muslim Brotherhood within this week, said state-owned newspaper al-Ahram on Monday. The privately-owned schools are scattered across Egypt in ten different governorates. read more
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood said it is establishing a television station in Turkey to broadcast its political views. The station, known as Rabia, will have an Islamist slant and use the motto “the pulse of freedom,” Today’s Zaman reported Saturday. read more
The Cairo Appeals Court on Sunday ordered 15 days’ detention to former Al-Ahram CEO Abdel-Fattah El-Gebaly on charges of “embezzling and abating the embezzlement” of LE500 million ($70 million) while chairman of Egypt’s largest state-run news organisation. Earlier in the … read more
Children wearing dirty clothes and begging from pedestrians have become part of the daily impressions of the streets. With the rather recent increasing awareness, there are more and more debates about street children, how they live, what they need, what … read more
Egyptian authorities thwarted a plan to carry out two suicide attacks on security personnel in North Sinai, an army spokesman said on Sunday in an official statement. The security forces halted a car bomb that exploded before reaching a security … read more
A 24-year-old political activist working ten-hour shifts at an accounting firm in Assiut, one of the poorest areas of Egypt, says he can explain why his country hasn’t had a true revolution. “It’s not a new Egypt until I have … read more
Supreme Administrative Court postponed on Saturday appeals submitted by deposed President Hosni Mubarak, former Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif and former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly against verdict that ordered them all pay LE540 million as compensation for cutting internet and mobile … read more
Three prominent activists will appear in court on Sunday for allegedly taking part in a violent and unauthorised protest under a new assembly law that has sparked public outcry. Security has been beefed up around the trail venue: a police … read more
Ten people were injured in confrontations between supporters and opponents of ousted President Mohamed Mursi in Damietta late on Saturday. Mursi’s supporters had organized a march where they chanted slogans against the army and police that provoked the residents of … read more
An Egyptian court ruled on Saturday the acquittal of 155 protesters who were arrested on October 6 and detained pending investigations into allegations that they were spreading chaos near Tahrir Square. The protesters were also accused of attacking security forces, … read more