Egypt’s administrative court has upheld a decision by Cairo University that prohibits staff members from wearing the Niqab, the full face veil. In September 2015, Cairo University President Gaber Nassar decided to ban female academic staff and their assistants from … read more
The Egyptian military was deployed on Friday to assist the police in securing state institutions and vital facilities, the Egyptian army said in a statement, ahead of the anniversary of the 2011 revolution. The official army spokesman said that the … read more
Egypt’s Meteorological Authority (EMA) has predicted that the cold weather facing the country will continue until the end of this week, expecting a further drop in temperatures on Wednesday night, MENA reported. The authority said that frost is expected on … read more
Britain’s BP Plc aims to double natural gas production in Egypt in the next four years despite weak oil prices as Egypt’s burgeoning energy market offers hope for its battered economy. Egypt is on a drive to ramp up oil … read more
A Cairo-based news website said that its managing editor has been released Friday. Security forces had stormed into the headquarters of privately-owned Masr al-Arabia and arrested its managing editor Ahmed Abdel Gawad on Thursday. Police personnel from the Office of … read more
Political satirist and former comedy show host Bassem Youssef, dubbed the Arab world’s Jon Stewart, said he will not return to show business unless he does so on an Egypt-based channel. “There have been numerous offers from European and American … read more
Egypt Independent Cairo’s Sayeda Zeinab Misdemeanor Court sentenced on Monday four journalists to three years in jail over charges of practicing their profession without a license and affiliation with “an illegal group”. Arrested in July 2015, Abu Bakr Khallaf was … read more
Egypt’s central bank said on Monday it had amended credit market rules to encourage banks to lend to a wider range of clients, as part of efforts to mitigate credit risk and boost growth. In a circular published on its … read more
MENA Egypt Independent Meteorologists expect warm weather on Tuesday from the north stretching to north Upper Egypt. It will be warmer in south Upper Egypt during daylight hours and very cold at night. Temperatures could reach frost in central Sinai. … read more
Egypt’s House of Representatives, which held its opening procedural session on Sunday, elected MP al-Sayyed al-Sharif as one deputy to elected speaker Ali Abdelaal. Abdelaal announced that al-Sharif, a former member of the dissolved National Democratic Party, won 345 votes, … read more