CAIRO: Former Egyptian presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahi told BBC Arabic on Wednesday that the Egyptian people are being “blackmailed to either accept decrees that they refuse or suffer a constitutional void.”
He said the constitution should (...)
Downtown Cairo has erupted in massive clashes as police attacked demonstrators near the iconic Tahrir Square on Friday afternoon with tens of thousands of Egyptians took to the square to demand the end of President Mohamed Morsi's regime.
Police (...)
CAIRO: Dozens of Egyptian protesters have been injured in ongoing violence in downtown Cairo on Qasr el-Aini street leading to the iconic Tahrir Square. According to volunteer doctors at field hospitals scattered around the frontlines, the injuries (...)
Dozens of Egyptians have been injured in clashes with police on Friday in what activists have dubbed the “Friday of Rage” after President Mohamed Morsi issued a series of constitutional declarations on Thursday evening, which protesters say cuts (...)
CAIRO: One year ago on Monday, Egyptian police attacked a group of protesters who had remained in Tahrir Square during a Friday demonstration. That attack led to thousands of Egyptians pouring into Tahrir Square, and eventually, Mohamed Mahmoud (...)
CAIRO: After three years of renovation, Egypt opened the Khafra Pyramid to visitors along with 6 royal and top officials tombs dating to the Old Dynasty, Minister of Tourism Mohamed Ibrahim said at a press conference.
The minister said the (...)
CAIRO: Norway has appointed a 29-year-old Muslim woman as culture minister. Hadia Tajik became the country's youngest minister and first-ever Muslim Cabinet member in a Scandinavian country on Friday during the country's government reshuffle.
Tajik (...)
CAIRO: Gynecologists representing members of The Egyptian Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics in Egyptian Universities, Ministry of Health and Population Hospitals, Teaching Hospitals, Military and Police (...)
CAIRO: The head of Egypt's National Council of Women (NCW) has once again spotlighted the horrific nature of the Egyptian street for women.
NCW Chief Mervat Tallawy said in comments published by state media that Egyptian women “are harassed 7 times (...)
CAIRO: After months of wrangling, women in Egypt are now officially permitted to wear the higab, or veil, while presenting television programs on the official state television.
It ends decades of Egyptian government regulations that barred women (...)
CAIRO: Egyptian riot police attacked a march in solidarity with the Syrian people outside the barricades surrounding the Syrian Embassy in Cairo on Wednesday evening.
Police shot tens of tear gas and exchanged rock throwing with the protesters who (...)
CAIRO: Clashes near the Syrian Embassy in Egypt are continuing into late in the night in Cairo after police attacked a march only minutes after it arrived earlier in the evening.
While a tense calm prevailed for a couple hours, police again used (...)
CAIRO: Egypt's newly elected President Mohamed Morsi is ready to take the official oath at the Supreme Constitutional Court on Saturday in Cairo, although controversy surrounds using the court, instead of parliament, as the site of his oath.
The (...)
CAIRO: Egypt's last prime minister under jailed dictator Hosni Mubarak, Ahmed Shafiq, has fled to the United Arab Emirates capital, Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.
Shafiq, who lost to the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsi in the recent presidential race, has (...)
CAIRO: The car sped past, drums banging and cheers from bystanders chanted “Morsi, Morsi.” Two girls, perched on the edge of the trunk were banging away and creating a joyous atmosphere in downtown Cairo's Tahrir Square on Sunday afternoon. (...)
CAIRO: Election results from last week's presidential run-off are expected on Saturday in Egypt, but activists and anti-military junta protesters are continuing their demonstrations in Cairo's Tahrir Square. The aim is to pressure the military to (...)
CAIRO: Over 100,000 Egyptians have descended on Cairo's Tahrir Square to protest against the country's military and what many activists are calling a “coup” after the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) took complete control of the country (...)
CAIRO: An Egypt court on Thursday sentenced four former security officials to life in jail for torturing to death an Egyptian citizen during investigations into the New Year's Day 2011 church bombing in Alexandria.
The officers were sentenced in (...)
CAIRO: Meandering through the masses on Tuesday and Wednesday, hands were out and about, grabbing and groping women with impunity, Egyptian and foreign women have told Bikyamasr.com in the latest sexual violence craze to hit the country.
“I was (...)
CAIRO: The Barack Obama administration warned on Monday Egypt's military junta over its recent moves that are being seen in Cairo as a power grab and potential military coup.
The US government urged the military to push forward with the democratic (...)
CAIRO: Egypt's ruling military council, which on Sunday ostensibly took complete control of the country, said on Monday they will hand over power to an elected president at the end of the month.
“The army will hand over power to the elected (...)
CAIRO: Women in Egypt, both foreigners and Egyptians, reported on Friday that they have been sexually harassed in Cairo's Tahrir Square area as protests in the iconic square take place following the disbanding of Parliament on Thursday (...)
CAIRO: Amnesty International on Monday called on the Egyptian authorities to investigate the attacks against women last week in Tahrir Square, including the violence meted out against peaceful demonstrators on Friday evening.
“These women stood (...)
CAIRO: Egyptians would not be stopped from going to Cairo's Tahrir Square on Sunday night. Even as medical sources told Bikyamasr.com there were at least 10 people confirmed dead, the military's barrage didn't stop, with tear gas and an eventual (...)
CAIRO: The verdict on Wednesday in slain activist Khaled Said's case where his two policemen killers were handed 7 years each, started a week of anger in Egypt instead of what could have been sighs of relief. The following evening, reports began (...)