Egyptian security forces have captured the main suspect in a 2009 bombing at a popular Cairo tourist bazaar that killed a French teenager, security sources said on Sunday. The bombing in the crowded 14th century Khan al-Khalili market also injured … read more
As the revolutionaries have been organising million-strong protests in Al Tahrir Square to press for their unfulfilled demands via social networking websites, the Salafists are now doing the same to persuade other Muslims to grow beards and be more pious. … read more
FIVE weeks after the fall of the Egyptian regime, Ayman Anwar Mitri’s apartment was torched. When he showed up to investigate, he was bundled inside by bearded Islamists. Mitri is a member of the Christian Coptic minority that accounts for … read more
The draft state budget, which was approved on Wednesday by Egyptian cabinet for the new fiscal year that started from this July, raised the country’s minimum monthly wage to 700 Egyptian pounds (117.8 U.S. dollars). The minimum monthly wage would … read more
Egyptians are mad once more. This time it is the military’s ban on general strikes that have the country frustrated and angry. After 18 days of protests, combined with the obvious strikes at companies, activists are crying foul over the … read more
A total of 83.6 per cent of those polled said that they want a new constitution drawn up first, while 14.1 per cent rejected the idea. As for the transitional period in the country following the toppling of the former … read more
SIX months ago, Cairo mechanic Magdy al-Kordy was busy leading a grassroots campaign to draft Gamal Mubarak to succeed his father Hosni as Egypt’s next president. ”Hundreds of thousands of signatures I had,” a rueful Mr Kordy said in a … read more
Before Egypt’s revolution, Tamer Hosny’s rakish, goateed face was everywhere. His Pepsi billboards dotted the Cairo skyline, his videos played non-stop on music channels, and his catchy love songs were the ringtones of choice for millions of teenage fans. Then … read more
Friday Prayers leader of Cairo’s Liberation Square has called for the trial of Egypt’s former President Hosni Mubarak. Gamil Alam on Friday called Mubarak a despot and a criminal, saying the trial of the head of a dictatorial regime is … read more
A large number of people took to the streets across the Egyptian capital, Cairo, on Friday to renew their demands for better pay and also to express their resentment over the law which bans strikes and sit-ins, a Press TV … read more