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Articles of the author Basil El Dabh
Patterson: Army rule inconsistent with democracy
While the army's role in Egypt's transition was critical, it cannot be part of a political solution in a democracy, said United States Ambassador to Egypt Anne Patterson on Monday. The ambassador, who has held her Cairo post since July 2011, discussed relations between her country and Egypt, along (...)

21 - 05 - 2013
TV presenters investigated for Tamarod support
Prosecutor General Tala'at Abdallah has opened an investigation against two TV presenters and the founders of the Tamarod petition campaign on Monday. The complaint that led to the investigation accused TV hosts Amr Adib and Mohamed Mostafa Sherdy, along with three founders of Tamarod for inciting (...)

21 - 05 - 2013
Trial referrals for UAE detainees imminent
Egyptians detained in the United Arab Emirates will soon face trial, according to Egyptian ambassador Tamer Mansour. The ambassador to the UAE met the 14 detainees on Sunday, two months after his first visit to them in March, and was assured that investigations into their charges neared completion, (...)

20 - 05 - 2013
Children face investigation by State Security prosecution
Investigations under the State Security prosecution represent a continuation of policies applied under the former regime, said the Egyptian Coalition on Children's Rights (ECCR). One of the detained minors, Abdel Rahman Abdel Wadoud, was taken from his house as police "overturned" the house looking (...)

20 - 05 - 2013
Muslim Brotherhood hosts former Malaysian PM
Deputy Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood Khairat El-Shater and former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad held a press conference to compare the transition Malaysia saw under Mohamad's tenure to Egypt's current phase. Mohamad recommended that the Egyptian government turn its focus to (...)

19 - 05 - 2013
Suleiman criticises lowered age limit of judges
The lowering of maximum age limits for judges impedes the work of the judiciary, said Minister of Justice Ahmed Suleiman. The minister discussed developments surrounding the Judiciary Law and judicial reform in an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper published on Sunday. Suleiman stressed that (...)

19 - 05 - 2013
State Department issues new travel warning for Egypt
The United States Department of State on Wednesday issued a new alert for its citizens travelling to Egypt. The alert cited "the possibility of political and social unrest, incidents of which have led to recent violence" as a factor contributing to the growing concern in the country. "Political (...)

18 - 05 - 2013
Sectarian clashes in Alexandria leave one dead
A fight between two families took a sectarian turn on Friday night, resulting in one dead and dozens injured in Alexandria. A feud between a Muslim and Copt in the neighbourhood of Dakhila in western Alexandria escalated into clashes on Al-Gaish Street, according to state-owned Al-Ahram. The (...)

18 - 05 - 2013
Salma Sabahy released from detention
Salma Sabahy, daughter of opposition leader and Al-Tayar Al-Sha'aby (Popular Current) head Hamdeen Sabahy, was released from detention on Sunday per decision by the prosecutor general. During a press conference by leaders of the National Salvation Front on Sunday morning, Sabahy downplayed charges (...)

18 - 05 - 2013
Zaazou defends Iranian tourism
Other Sunni countries have hosted Iranian tourists for years with no issues, said Minister of Tourism Hisham Zaazou. "The Iranian market produces 10 million tourists annually," said Zaazou in an interview on satellite channel El-Balad. "Sunni Turkey received in 2011 1,900,000 of them," he said. "We (...)

15 - 05 - 2013
Al-Jamaa Al-Islamiya launches anti-sectarian campaign
Islamist group Al-Jamaa Al-Islamiya will focus efforts to end sectarian strife, said leaders and members of the group's political wing the Building and Development Party (BDP) in a press conference on Wednesday. The initiative called "one nation and coexistence" will seek to devise solutions for (...)

15 - 05 - 2013
Morsi meets with two new ministers
President Mohamed Morsi met with two of his new ministers at the presidential palace on Tuesday. Ahmed Suleiman, who replaced Ahmed Mekki last week as the justice minister, met with Morsi to discuss his ministry's role with regards to the judiciary. The two discussed "the sovereignty of the role of (...)

14 - 05 - 2013
Egypt opposed to Entebbe Agreement
Egypt will not endorse mediation over the Entebbe agreement, said Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Bahaa ElDin. South Sudan, the most recent member state of the Nile Basin Initiative, will host a ministerial meeting in Juba at the end of June. Bahaa ElDin indicated that some of (...)

13 - 05 - 2013
Doma verdict coming 3 June
Tanta Misdemeanours Court postponed the case of journalist and activist Ahmed Doma on Monday, and is set to hand down a verdict on 3 June. The court also ordered Doma's continued detention until the hearing in three weeks. Supporters of the defendant chanted against the Muslim Brotherhood and (...)

13 - 05 - 2013
Qandil criticises cabinet post rejections
Figures who turned down ministerial posts leading up to the recent cabinet reshuffle "withheld from their country when it needed them" said Prime Minister Hesham Qandil. He said candidates turned down ministry positions because they thought it "was not their time". "Those who possess the technical (...)

13 - 05 - 2013
The army does not interfere in political affairs: Al-Sisi
The Egyptian military will not take to the streets, said Commander of the Armed Forces Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi on Saturday. The defence minister said in front of troops and public figures at military training exercises that the army was not the solution to the current political issues the country (...)

12 - 05 - 2013
Residents of Al-Duweiqa threaten escalation of protests
Residents of the Al-Duweiqa neighbourhood threatened to escalate their protests against the Cairo governorate if it continues to "disregard their demands". They publically refused the "stalling" of the Governor of Cairo in a press conference, on Sunday, and said they were unable to pay the (...)

12 - 05 - 2013
Al-Sisi: The army does not interfere in political affairs
The Egyptian military will not take to the streets, said Commander of the Armed Forces Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi on Saturday. The defence minister said in front of troops and public figures at military training exercises that the army was not the solution to the current political issues the country (...)

12 - 05 - 2013
Coptic teacher remains in prison
The detention of a Christian school teacher in Luxor was renewed on Saturday for an additional 15 days, pending investigation. Demiana Abdel Nour, a 24-year-old social studies teacher in Luxor, presented herself to the public prosecution, last Wednesday in response to complaints filed by parents of (...)

11 - 05 - 2013
Detainees in Tanta released on bail
Five individuals who had been arrested for alleged connections to violence, near the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters, on 22 March were released on EGP 1,000 bail on Saturday. The hearing was the first in the trial against the defendants, and was postponed to 14 July. Khaled Al-Dweik, Fahed Abdel (...)

11 - 05 - 2013
Arab organisations speak out against EBRD
A group of Arab civil society organisations have voiced concern over plans by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) for the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean (SEMED) region. "We perceive that the kind of operations and interventions by the EBRD merely come to re-enforce and (...)

11 - 05 - 2013
Qandil travels to Turkey as Al-Sisi returns
Prime Miniser Hesham Qandil left Cairo on Friday morning with a delegation to attend the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's (EBRD) annual meeting. Qandil's two day visit will be spent attending the summit and meeting with high level Turkish officials in Istanbul, including Turkish (...)

10 - 05 - 2013
Pope Francis receives Pope Tawadros II
Head of the Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Tawadros II met with Pope Francis in the Vatican on Friday morning as part of a historic visit between the two institutions. The meeting was part of the commemoration of a memorandum signed between the churches 40 years ago when Pope Shenouda III visited the (...)

10 - 05 - 2013
6 April's Ahmed Maher arrested
Ahmed Maher, the leader of the 6 April Youth Movement, was arrested at Cairo Airport on Friday. He was returning to Egypt after a visit to the United States. Khaled Al-Masry, media spokesman for the 6 April Youth Movement, confirmed the arrest of the revolutionary group's co-founder, who was (...)

10 - 05 - 2013
Islamist groups to rally against Israel on Friday
A number of Islamist parties and movements declared that they would participate in a demonstration at Al-Azhar University following Friday prayers condemning “aggression against Al-Aqsa Mosque". The Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) said in a statement that the arrest of the (...)

10 - 05 - 2013
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