An Egyptian leftist activist shot by police with birdshot in January died “because she was too slim,” a spokesman for the forensic medicine authority said on Saturday. Hisham Abdel-Hamid said that the 33-year-old Shaimaa El-Shabagh had “no fats, so [birdshot] … read more
“I don’t know” is a simple answer usually used with sophisticated questions or questions that relate to worlds out of one’s interest, but not to answer the question “How old are you?” A three-day awareness raising campaign, coordinated by the … read more
Prosecution has ordered the arrest and detention of a primary school teacher from Abshway village in Fayoum for four days pending investigations for cutting a lock of hair from a female student’s head. The fifth grader was being punished by … read more
After becoming a widow in Upper Egypt with no breadwinner, life swept black into the eyes of six-month pregnant Sisa Gaber Abu Douh, now 64, who at a young age bravely decided to disguise herself in men clothes to save … read more
Twelve priests fled a monastery south west of Cairo after an argument with their colleagues turned violent, a source at the monastery said. Priests reportedly engaged in a fight with bladed weapons last week following a divide over the road … read more
A shark attacked and killed a 53-year-old German national on Saturday while swimming in the southern Egyptian resort of Marsa Alam. The German embassy in Cairo was notified of the incident and to receive the body. A major contributor to … read more
An improvised explosive device detonated in the late hours of Saturday killing two of its suspected planters and injuring a third in Egypt’s Sharqiya governorate. The three assailants were planting a bomb in Al-Ibrahimiya municipal garage when the device accidentally … read more
Two people have died in a fire caused by Molotov cocktails thrown by unknown assailants at Nahiya Youth Centre in Kerdasa village, Giza, Al-Ahram Arabic website has reported. Security forces went to the youth centre following reports of an explosion … read more
Four people were killed and three were injured in a traffic accident in Cairo’s Maadi district on Friday. Ambulances are at the scene and police are investigating the incident. Hundreds die and thousands are injured every year in car crashes … read more
Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi will head to Sudan on Monday and then to Ethiopia for talks on Ethiopia’s under-construction Blue Nile dam, a presidential spokesman said on Thursday. El-Sisi’s visit to Sudan is expected to last two days before he … read more