Dozens of protesters cut off access to the Mugamma in Tahrir Square Sunday, as part of a broader campaign of civil disobedience ahead of the anniversary of former President Hosni Mubarak’s overthrow. Scuffles broke out between the protesters, employees at … read more
Its 100-plus hotels can accommodate 200,000 visitors a week, willing to pay between £60 and £120 a night for a double room in a luxurious beachside location, all set in the dramatic desert landscape at the mouth of the Gulf … read more
Prime Minister Hesham Qandil asked the National Council for Women to quickly finish drafting a law to protect women from violence, which the council promised to finish within a month, said Insurance and Social Affairs Minister Nagwa Khalil. The government, … read more
A moment of silence for slain activist and member of the Popular Current, Mohamed El-Gendy, is to take place Sunday on Qasr El-Nil Bridge near Tahrir Square. El-Gendy was reported dead Monday after having been allegedly tortured by police following … read more
Four marches demanding the overthrow of President Mohamed Morsy will take place on the on the anniversary of the departure of former President Hosni Mubarak on Monday, 11 February. April 6 Youth Movement Spokesperson Tareq al-Kholi said the marches will … read more
Egypt’s administrative court on Saturday ordered the ban of YouTube in the country for a month for not removing the controversial anti-Islam film, The Innocence of Islam. The court’s verdict also applies to any website that aided in the sharing … read more
After a spike in violence during protests Friday evening, clashes between anti-Morsi protesters and police forces in front of the presidential palace and around several governorates have subsided by Saturday morning. Police forces at the presidential palace dispersed a sit-in … read more
Egypt’s prime minister faces accusations of being out of touch with the country’s crisis after televised comments blaming rural infant sickness on mothers not washing their breasts. Hisham Kandil, a former irrigation minister widely seen as a stolid technocrat, was … read more
Security forces at the presidential palace fire shots into the air Friday evening to ward off hundreds of anti-President Mohamed Morsi protesters who have managed to remove the barricades surrounding one of the palace’s gates. Hundreds of protesters chanted “Down, … read more
Sheikh Mazhar Shaheen, preacher at the Omar Makram mosque in Tahrir Square, called on opposition forces and activists to preserve the revolution and continue their determination to achieve its goals in his Friday sermon at the mosque. “The people responsible … read more