Limited clashes broke out on Friday between two rival marches in Cairo’s Maadi, the Middle East News Agency reported. A pro-Mursi march and a pro-armed forces march hurled stones and empty bottles at each other. read more
Secretary General of the Muslim Brotherhood Mahmoud Hussein criticised the United States State Department Friday for “supporting the military coup” calling on them to “uphold their advocated principles in terms of democracy and freedom.” The statement comes in light of … read more
The National Coalition for Supporting Legitimacy has urged Egyptians to take part in week-long demonstrations held under the title “Rabaa… Massacre of the Century” starting Friday 22 November. The demonstrations which are set to start today will mark 100 days … read more
It’s noon, in front of a large depot of cooking gas cylinders in the popular district of Al-Zawiya Al-Hamra (East of Cairo). Long queues of citizens coming to fill their cylinders with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) are closely monitored by … read more
An Egyptian police officer was shot dead in a Nile Delta town on Thursday while trying to arrest suspects wanted in connection with a killing of a security official, the interior ministry said. Captain Ahmed Samir came under fire during … read more
Ninety students suffered food poisoning in an al-Azhar school in the village of Aqqad in Beni Suef, after eating spoiled school meal. The poisoned students were rushed to Beni Suef General Hospital when they suffered vomiting and diarrhea after eating … read more
For months, curators at a British museum had been wondering how an ancient Egyptian statue in a sealed display cabinet had been able to rotate on its glass shelf, seemingly of its own free will. Rumours abounded that it was … read more
US Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday accused the Muslim Brotherhood of stealing Egypt’s revolution, in some of his toughest comments yet about the party that took power in the nation’s first democratic election. In a speech to a … read more
The constituent assembly amending Egypt’s constitution has passed an article that grants the Supreme Council of Armed Forces the right to choose the country’s defense minister for the next eight years (two presidential terms), sources said. The article grants the … read more
Foot note first on driving before I go into rules and regulations…. I forget about some quirks of driving here since I have been here so long – you wind up taking things for granted. Like – headlights! Most people … read more