Tuesday marks 33 years exactly since Hosni Mubarak was sworn in as president of Egypt. Much has changed in the three decades since, and Mubarak is currently facing retrials on a number of charges related to his time in power, … read more
It has been a week in many ways dedicated to the memory of Gamal Abdel Nasser. In the last seven days, Egyptian radio, TV and press, state-run and private, have given tremendous attention to remembering in the eyes of some — … read more
“The emigration of Egypt’s Copts is neither wrong nor dangerous; emigration is a human right. Forcible migration, however, is dangerous,” Kamal Zakher, a researcher in Coptic affairs, said at a Sunday discussion on Coptic emigration. The Egyptian Center for Public … read more
Given the impending doom of a potentially independent Scotland, we have been getting a lot of questions about foreign exchange rates and the impacts of the Scottish referendum. We spoke to our favourite finance man, James, and asked him for … read more
It’s a start but does not go far enough to protect all animals in Egypt from cruelty, torture and killing. Before you read the story below – take a minute to sign an online petition asking Egypt to make it … read more
It was supposed to be a routine “operation.” The parents of 13-year-old Soheir al-Batea, from a village in Egypt’s Nile Delta, took her to be circumcised at the local clinic that had been recommended by friends. They had done the … read more
As summer nears, Egyptians are bracing themselves for the worst. Recurrent shortages of natural gas have hampered the country’s capacity to generate electricity which in turn has resulted in power cuts across the board. Many Egyptians have experienced the bitter … read more
Eyal Sagui Bizawe writes that for many Muslim women, traditional head covering is not just article of religious clothing, but expression of identity. A little more than 10 years passed between my first visit to Cairo and this one, my … read more
“I never cared about politics before the 2011 unrest, but now I knew my vote matters and I cast ballots in the last presidential election and constitutional referendum,” Umm Hussein, a 64-year-old illiterate Egyptian woman said. Umm Hussein is one … read more
In conservative societies, it is assumed that women are inept in all relevant arenas of life – especially politics. For instance, in 1952, Egyptian Grand Mufti issued a fatwa stating that women were not entitled to vote in parliamentary elections … read more