Eleven people were killed early Friday in a road pile-up south of Cairo, according to police. They blamed the mishap on a private car, which swerved from the route to avoid a truck and crashed into other vehicles on the … read more
The ministries of information and communications last week informed nine satellite channels that they must broadcast directly from studios affiliated with the state-run Media Production City if they wanted to seen their licenses renewed. According to sources at one Arab … read more
The number of mobile subscribers in Egypt reached 60.2 million at the end of August, according to the latest statistics from the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, an increase of 20.3 percent over the past year. Mohamed Hamdy, associate … read more
Poking fun at everything from the president’s almost 30-year rule to the capital’s frenetic traffic, satirical books are filling more shelf space in Egypt’s bookshops and reflecting the frustrations of a young generation. “There Must be a Solution,” with a … read more
Egypt’s chief archaeologist says the United States will return a number of sarcophagi smuggled out of the country 50 years ago. Zahi Hawass says U.S. authorities seized the sarcophagi on American soil and will return them to Egypt in the … read more
Egypt has imposed new media restrictions that will effectively put all live broadcasts, including television talk shows and news bulletins, under the control of state television. Several Egyptian private broadcast service providers said Wednesday they had received letters from the … read more
Egyptian police have arrested and charged at least four Shi’ite Muslims, including a visiting Australian, with insulting and denying tenets of religion, a judicial source said on Tuesday. The Shi’ites, who also include two Iraqis, were among two dozen men … read more
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood on Tuesday accused the government of cracking down ahead of November’s parliamentary election, as police arrested at least 28 members of the Islamist group. The Brotherhood, which fields independent candidates to skirt a ban on religious parties, … read more
In a shock result, unfancied Niger (FIFA ranking: 154) ran out 1-0 winners over current champions Egypt (FIFA ranking: 9) in their 2012 African Cup of Nations qualifying game last Sunday. Rather than pinning the blame on Egypt’s lacklustre start … read more
Egypt’s telecommunications regulator has set new rules for companies sending text messages to multiple mobile phones, in a move activists say will stifle efforts to mobilize voters ahead of upcoming parliamentary elections. Reform groups in Egypt, as well as elsewhere … read more