The assembly amending Egypt’s constitution will finish its final vote on the draft charter on Sunday to be presented to the interim president the following day. Chaired by Amr Moussa, the constituent assembly voted on 138 out of 247 articles … read more
Egyptian Ambassador Abdel Rahman Salah al-Din returned to Cairo from Ankara on Saturday in response to Egypt’s decision to tone down relations with Istanbul after accusing it of interfering in domestic matters. read more
Only ten months have passed since I was sexually assaulted in Tahrir Square — it was the worst experience of my life. In an effort to make my government accountable, I and seven other survivors of sexual violence filed a … read more
By Haitham El-Tabei (AFP) – Police fired tear gas on Friday at Islamists who demonstrated in Egypt, defying a new law banning unauthorised protests that has also angered activists following the arrest of a prominent blogger. The Muslim Brotherhood had … read more
Two separate incidents of sectarian violence in villages in the governorate of Minya on Thursday claimed several lives. One of the incidents took place in the village of Badraman where reports surfaced of a relationship between a Muslim girl and … read more
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood called for protestors to assemble after Friday prayers, making clashes between the Brotherhood‘s followers and official security forces likely, reported local media. The Interior ministry had warned against unapproved demonstrations under a new protest law recently introduced … read more
Egypt’s new constitution would strengthen the army’s hand and could ban Islamist parties outright, according to a final draft published in state media, and the assembly writing the text said it was poised to finish its work on Thursday. One … read more
Bassem Youssef, former host of a now-suspended popular political satire show “El Bernameg,” sat down on Tuesday with the New York Times during his stay in New York to accept an award for press freedom from Committee to Protect Journalists, … read more
Ali Abdel Rahman, governor of Giza, announced the governorate has allocated a 3.5-acre piece of land to hold peaceful demonstrations as stipulated in the recently-issued law regulating protests. The “free protest zone” will be located alongside al-Mansuriyya road close to … read more
One student was killed and another was wounded in clashes between security forces and protesters near Cairo University on Thursday, an Aswat Masriya eyewitness said. Mohamed Reda Ismail, freshman student at Cairo University, died following clashes the erupted when the … read more