General Hassan El Berdisy, director of Cairo’s Traffic administration, agreed to participate in a dialogue initiative with a delegation of revolutionary youth hoping to reopen traffic in Tahrir Square to the public for the first time since November. The initiative … read more
Sources close to the Muslim Brotherhood’s guidance bureau said tensions between the Brotherhood and Salafi groups are continuing to rise. The sources, who preferred to remain anonymous, said they witnessed a serious dispute Wednesday morning amid Brotherhood officials over whether … read more
Egypt’s Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) has been meeting without its nominal head, President Mohamed Morsi, to discuss domestic developments amid concerns over Egypt’s ongoing political crisis, military sources told Ahram Online Wednesday. In the president’s absence, sources … read more
The Alexandria Administrative Court banned Wednesday the issuance of religious edicts or fatwas from organizations with the exception Al-Azhar and Dar al-Iftaa. The court also prohibited the use of mosques as partisan tools to promote political objectives. “The mosque is … read more
Several student movements announced they will march from Cairo University to Abbas Bridge in Giza on Thursday to commemorate National Student Day, according to a statement Wednesday. They are also demanding justice for those killed during the 25 January revolution, … read more
A new YouTube video purports to show yet another victim of police torture. Mosireen, a popular media group, posted a video on Wednesday where a teen, identified as 15-year-old Kamel Mostafa, accuses the police of shooting him in the leg … read more
Nine people have been killed and three have been injured after falling into an open sewer at a sewage plant in Meit Kanaa village in Qalyubia governorate in the Nile Delta, reported Al-Ahram Arabic website. According to security sources, four … read more
Newly appointed US Secretary of State John Kerry is set to visit Egypt in early March as part of stops to nine countries in Europe and the Middle East on his first official international tour. Kerry will travel from 24 … read more
An Egyptian Salafi preacher said those celebrating Valentine ’s Day or selling items related to the event are “committing a sin and will burn in hell”. In an online video posted Wednesday, Ahmad Mahmoud Abdullah, known as “Abu Islam” and … read more
Egypt’s Islamist government will no longer issue licenses for selling alcohol in certain areas of Cairo, Alexandria and other major cities, an official has said. Nabil Abbas, the vice president of the New Urban Communities Authorities (NUCA) told Reuters on … read more