Egypt’s new constitution would strengthen the army’s hand and could ban Islamist parties outright, according to a final draft published in state media, and the assembly writing the text said it was poised to finish its work on Thursday. One … read more
Bassem Youssef, former host of a now-suspended popular political satire show “El Bernameg,” sat down on Tuesday with the New York Times during his stay in New York to accept an award for press freedom from Committee to Protect Journalists, … read more
Ali Abdel Rahman, governor of Giza, announced the governorate has allocated a 3.5-acre piece of land to hold peaceful demonstrations as stipulated in the recently-issued law regulating protests. The “free protest zone” will be located alongside al-Mansuriyya road close to … read more
One student was killed and another was wounded in clashes between security forces and protesters near Cairo University on Thursday, an Aswat Masriya eyewitness said. Mohamed Reda Ismail, freshman student at Cairo University, died following clashes the erupted when the … read more
Egyptians are getting impatient with their former and current leaders. They definitely do not miss former President Mohammad Mursi, faulted by 83 percent for the problems facing Egypt today. But they are also gradually losing confidence in both the commander-in-chief … read more
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood said Wednesday it plans to form a shadow government in Paris so it can sue the current administration in an international court. Ahmed Aqeel, a spokesman for the Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice party, said establishing offices for … read more
(Reuters) – An assembly amending Egypt’s constitution has left it to the army-backed interim president to decide on the voting system to be used in a parliamentary poll next year, state news agency MENA said on Wednesday. Egypt’s political transition … read more
An Egyptian court has handed down heavy sentences of 11 years in prison to 21 female supporters of the ousted Islamist president, many of them juveniles, for holding a protest. The court in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria issued the … read more
A misdemeanor court sentenced the campus manager of Al-Azhar University to 10 years in prison on Wednesday for a mass food poisoning incident that took place earlier this year. The court also sentenced the kitchen manager and eight chefs to … read more
Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef last night accepted a Press Freedom Award from the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), one of four media figures who “face imprisonment and other threats for exposing realities”. The nonprofit organization’s annual awards ceremony recognizes journalists … read more