Nearly five months after the uprising-cum-coup that ousted President Mohamed Morsy, Egypt is mostly calm. That might seem surprising, especially given the reemergence of hundreds-strong protests following the military-backed government’s passage of a law restricting demonstrations last week, and the … read more
A leading figure of the National Alliance for the Defense of Legitimacy said they will call for a boycott of the planned constitutional referendum and for a new revolution on the vote day. “We will not participate in the referendum … read more
Popular Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef said on Wednesday that he’ll take the military and the government at their word that they were not behind the decision to take his weekly television program off the air, but he said it still … read more
During his year as president, Egypt’s Mohammed Morsi cultivated ties with Islamic radicals, making them a key support for his rule by pardoning dozens of jailed militants, restraining the military from an all-out offensive against jihadis in Sinai and giving … read more
A prominent Egyptian blogger said on Tuesday he had been arrested, the latest political activist to be detained in a widening crackdown on dissent by the army-backed government. Egyptian authorities have extended a crackdown on Islamists, in which they have … read more
The Thomson-Reuters Foundation recently published its third annual poll on women’s rights in the Arab world. The poll is a “perception survey” of 336 gender experts from 22 Arab countries. It ranked Egypt as the worst Arab country for women’s … read more
Transparency International’s 2013 Corruption Perceptions Index has revealed that regimes in Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia have not improved their standing, indicating these countries have not taken adequate measures to combat corruption, achieve independence and integrity of judiciary or legislate laws … read more
The Ministry of Interior announced that police had arrested 20 year-old Sherif Elsirfy for his part in defacing the monument that was erected in Tahrir Square by the interim government as a “memorial for the martyrs of the 25 January … read more
Two German students, in an effort to prove that the Great Pyramids are 15,000 years older than they really are, chipped off samples from the walls of an ancient burial chamber and brought them back home for analysis. Both Egyptian … read more
Security forces defused a bomb placed in a car and primed to explode on a roadside near the Egyptian capital on Monday, security officials said. The interior ministry said the stolen car was detected near a petrol station on the … read more