An electric short circuit sparked a fire, destroying a studio at the Egyptian Media Production City, initial forensic finds discovered. Fire brigades moved to the scene in order to prevent the flames from extending to neighboring facilities. EMPC is home … read more
Supporters of Egypt’s ousted Islamist president Mohammed Morsi have entered Tahrir Square in central Cairo for the first time since the military deposed him in July. Students from Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood, marching from Cairo University on the far side of … read more
Prosecutors released April 6 Youth Movement founder Ahmed Maher on Sunday afternoon, a judicial source has told Ahram Online. Maher’s arrest was ordered after April 6 took part in demonstrations outside parliament on Tuesday in defiance of a new protest … read more
A number of students torched a police vehicle near Egypt’s Cairo University on Sunday during a protest against the killing of one of their colleagues during an earlier protest, security sources told the state-owned news agency. Protesters gathered at Cairo … read more
Prosecutors have renewed the detention of leading activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah for a further 15 days, a judicial source told Ahram Online on Sunday. He is accused of inciting demonstrations in breach of a new protest law. read more
The National Alliance Supporting Legitimacy has called for a million-man demonstration titled “Egypt’s Liberals Are Stronger” for a week in solidarity with the Brotherhood girls of the so-called 7am Movement who were sent to prison. read more
Doctors of the Abbasiya Mental Health Hospital staged a vigil on Sunday to protest charging them of trading in human organs. They say the public prosecutor has repeatedly summoned doctors and nurses to interrogate them about this matter. The charge … read more
The National Alliance to Support Legitimacy that supports ousted President Mohamed Mursi has accused a new draft constitution of protecting the army’s interests. The 50-member constituent assembly was formed in September to amend a constitution written by an Islamist-led assembly … read more
Egypt’s new constitution bans religious parties and puts more power in the hands of the military, according to a draft posted on state media. Article 74 states that “citizens have the right to form political parties, but are not allowed … read more
Western institutions are fomenting chaos and Islamist extremism in Egypt, said Presidential Media Adviser Ahmed Elmoslemany in his lecture at the Faculty of Arts and Languages of the University of Bucharest. The presidential adviser argued that Western powers aim to … read more