The lawyer of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Mursi will challenge on Thursday a prison sentence handed to the former president over clashes outside the presidential palace during his tenure. A Cairo court sentenced Mursi last April to 20 years of maximum … read more
“I Saw Harassment”, a non-governmental initiative countering sexual violence against women, led an awareness campaign Monday evening in one of Cairo’s dynamic districts in El-Korba, Heliopolis, by randomly addressing passers-by on the issue of sexual harassment. “We observed a positive … read more
Antiquities Minister Mamdouh al-Damaty has settled the controversy that has been taking place on the land of the disbanded National Democratic Party’s headquarters, after its destruction. The minister said a cultural project will be carried out on the land, adding … read more
Former presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq has said that he was told by intelligence services and the military that he was the real winner of the 2012 presidential race before his competitor, deposed president Mohamed Morsi, was announced the victor. Shafiq, … read more
The Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center (TIEC) plans to offer a tender by the end of 2015 to select a company for the management of venture capital investment funds to finance start-ups. TIEC is working on establishing this fund in … read more
Defendants in the so-called Zawahri case pledged allegiance to Islamic State during their trial in Cairo on Tuesday. “I announce my allegiance, along with Adel Habara, to Abu-Bakr El-Baghdadi, the Islamic State leader,” cried Ammar Ali Ramadan, a defendant in … read more
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi has pardoned 165 detained youth to mark the Islamic holy month of Ramadan that starts tomorrow, Al-Ahram Arabic website reported on Wednesday. The names of those who have been pardoned are yet to be announced. More … read more
The death sentences served to Egypt’s ousted Islamist President Mohamed Mursi and five others for escaping prison in 2011 is a “worrying development”, the European Union said late Tuesday. Mursi was sentenced to death in the prison escape trial on … read more
Egypt’s Dar Al-Ifta, the main authority responsible for issuing religious edicts, announced that the Islamic holy month of Ramadan will start on Thursday. A religious committee is formed by Dar El-Ifta to observe whether the crescent has appeared. Ramadan crescent … read more
Egypt’s outlawed Muslim Brotherhood has slammed Tuesday’s confirmed death sentences against some of its leading figures, including deposed president Mohamed Morsi, calling on Egyptians to join an “uprising” on Friday. In a statement on its official Facebook page, after a … read more