Egypt’s new Antiquities Minister has reopened the Pyramid of Chefren and six other ancient tombs on the Giza plateau in a bid to bring tourists back to Cairo. The BBC reports that the tombs had been closed for a restoration … read more
Egypt’s governors’ council has set strict new closing times for shops and restaurants due to the country’s “current security and economic condition,” the state-run MENA news agency reported on Thursday. Under new laws to be enforced in November, Egypt’s shops … read more
Egypt has no foreign military bases on its soil and has no plans to downsize its armed forces, said the military spokesman, rejecting media reports claiming so. Military aid from the United States of $1.3 billion per year allows Egypt … read more
Hundreds of protesters started to flock to Tahrir Square on Thursday evening to participate in a one-million-man march to be organized on Friday. The demonstrators, who mainly belong to the Muslim Brotherhood, rallied in the square’s central park to protest … read more
There’s a new Egypt now – an Egypt where public opinion actually matters. The country has gone through a tumultuous seven months, and Ramadan provides something of a break from politics, as Muslim communities engage in a month of fasting … read more
Hosni Mubarak’s televised trial transformed Egypt and much of the Middle East into a vast living room on Wednesday, with millions of viewers, from the shops of Amman and Jerusalem to the hovels of impoverished Yemen, mesmerized by the live … read more
Egyptian protesters who have been camped out in Tahrir Square in Cairo said they will suspend their activities until after the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The protesters, who since early July have been demonstrating against the Egyptian military’s handling … read more
February 11: After daily mass protests and deaths in clashes with security forces and regime loyalists, Mubarak steps down and leaves Cairo for Sharm el-Sheikh on the Red Sea. 13: The army suspends the constitution and says it will rule … read more
The pro-democracy Egyptian revolution is heading towards producing results contrary to the expectation of those who spearheaded it. The Islamist parties now stand a good chance to win an absolute majority in the parliamentary elections in November, and also contest … read more