Egypt’s stock exchange has decided to delay today’s opening until Sunday. The exchange, which was expected to reopen this morning, has been closed since January 27, after civil unrest in the North African nation led to the ousting of President … read more
Fatema Salah said her students had never sung the Egyptian national anthem quite the way they did Sunday, the first day back to school for most Cairo pupils. Before, they shuffled through the morning ritual, heads down and sleepy. This … read more
Egypt’s stock exchange, closed for a month because of the protests that ousted President Hosni Mubarak, will reopen on Tuesday, the cabinet said in a statement. Continuing unrest has delayed the market’s reopening several times in the last few weeks … read more
Egypt faces many challenges that will make the transition to democracy difficult, as “transition requires an understanding of the economic and political situations,” UN Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe said in Cairo on Sunday. Pascoe told journalists at … read more
Egypt’s once widely feared interior minister Habib al-Adly is to appear before a criminal court on March 5 accused of money laundering, judicial sources told AFP on Sunday. Adly would be the first of toppled president Hosni Mubarak’s regime to … read more
Fatema Salah said her students had never sung the Egyptian national anthem quite the way they did Sunday, the first day back to school for most Cairo pupils. Before, they shuffled through the morning ritual, heads down and sleepy. This … read more
Egypt’s military rulers, hoping to set the stage for transparent democratic elections in six months, have unveiled a raft of proposed constitutional changes that include adopting a U.S.-style term limits of two four-year presidential terms. The changes, announced late Saturday, … read more
The Supreme Council of the Egyptian army, the country’s interim government, plans to hold its first talks with the Palestinian Authority. A Palestinian official said a delegation, headed by Gen. Mohammed Ibrahim, a senior intelligence officer, is scheduled to visit … read more
Proposed amendments to the Egyptian Constitution were revealed on Sunday after meeting the approval of Egypt’s Supreme Military Council, which has been charged with ruling the country since Egypt’s former president, Hosni Mubarak, stepped down after thirty years of rule … read more
A tear rolled down Eweis Abdullah’s cheek, but his voice didn’t crack or waver. He had told his story of injustice often over the years; a cadence settled over it. He was born a farmer’s son, running through his father’s … read more