At a rally in Aswan on Saturday, presidential candidate Abdel Moneim Abouel Fotouh said he would appoint a Copt as his vice president if he wins the election. “It's all about qualification, not religion,” he said.
He also warned against prolonging (...)
Nubians continued to protest before the governor's office in the Upper Egyptian city of Aswan on Monday for the second day in a row, demanding that the authorities resettle them on their ancestral lands around Lake Nasser, property they were forced (...)
Nubians seeking compensation for their evacuation from the Lake Nasser area are now divided over a government plan to provide them with alternate housing at Wadi Kurkur.
Nubians were displaced from their homes in Upper Egypt between 1902 and 1934 - (...)
Naguib Sawiris, Coptic co-founder of the Free Egyptians Party, said the party was formed to compete with the Muslim Brotherhood in upcoming parliamentary elections.
“The majority of our members are Muslims, by the way,” he said.
He also said the (...)
Salafi preacher Hazem Shoman has apologized to Mohamed ElBaradei for previously accusing him of being an infidel after his daughter married a Christian.
On the Al-Rahma television station on Saturday, Shoman said, ”Islam teaches us to be fair in our (...)
Forty Sudanese nationals were injured Wednesday night in a bus accident in front of Sidi Suleiman Square on the road to Abu Simbel temples in Aswan.
The bus, which was transporting a group of Sudanese to Abu Simbel port, overturned. The passengers (...)
An Arabic-language teacher at the Kom Ombo Secondary School for Boys is said to have assaulted one of his students with a shoe. The teacher also reportedly kicked and slapped the boy.
The student's father filed a complaint at Kom Ombo's education (...)
A Nile Petroleum Company barge carrying 224 tons of diesel fuel has sunk north of Aswan near the village of Abu al-Reesh whilst attempting to dock in the new Nile Corniche area. The accident resulted in a leak of 110 tons of diesel into the waters (...)
More than 200 members of the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP)'s branch in the southern city of Kom Ombo have submitted a collective resignation from the party because they felt they were being "marginalized."
Those who resigned complain of the (...)
Azza Suleiman, director of the Center for Women's Issues, said yesterday that there are currently five million postponed divorce cases in Egypt, in addition to 13 million cases under consideration by the personal status courts. She added that a (...)
The lives of nearly 1600 students at a school in Minya are being threatened as cracks have begun to appear in the walls and ceiling of their elementary and junior high school. Many of the students' guardians said the school administration has (...)
Aswan— The opposition movement Kefaya will Mohamed ElBaradei at the airport in mid-January, when the possible presidential candidate and former International Atomic Energy Agency head arrives in Cairo, according to Kefaya General Coordinator George (...)