Egypt appoints new stock market head    In northern Iraqi city, Al-Qaida gathers strength    Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Digs In For Trouble Ahead    Jon Stewart in Cairo for Bassem Youssef's El-Bernameg    UAE will try 30 Emiratis, Egyptians for illegal Brotherhood cell    Europe Stocks Slide After Fed Meeting    Oil Prices Struggle On Energy Demand, Fed Worries    Dollar Climbs In Fed's Wake, Extends Gains Vs. Yen    Renewed Political Violence In Egypt's Fayoum Leaves 27 Injured    Egypt's Morsi, Brotherhood Seek Allies; Army Mulls 'Possible 30 June Scenarios'    Egypt Development Needs 'Specialists Not Islamists': UNFPA Cairo    League matches postponed for security reasons    Egypt defeats Mozambique in World Cup qualifiers    Zamalek to face Ismaily in warm-up for Egypt League final phase    Egypt's largest steel producer obtains LE2.8 bn loan from local banks    Juventus sign Ghana midfielder Asamoah from Udinese    Egypt 'realistic' ahead of World Cup    Greek coalition parties meet to try to settle state TV row    Maspero suspends radio presenter    Ahli excited with Bidimbou coup    Morsi meets religious leaders    Acer Sees Tablet, Notebook PC Shipments To Be Flat In Second Quarter    The Best Books On Egypt: Start Your Reading Here    Islamists Press Blasphemy Cases In A New Egypt    Egypt pound officially hits LE7-to-dollar mark    Global study: Access to technology boosts profitability    Presidency launches website documenting 1 year of Morsy    UAE puts Egyptians, Emiratis on trial for forming Brotherhood branch    The Nile: Egypt must start a Blue Revolution 2/2    EU's Ashton meets Morsi, NSF in Cairo visit    Egypt's Cairo Opera House: What's next?    Journalists Syndicate: Al-Shorouk''s problems resolved    Discovering Egypt: A museum gem of Central Cairo    'Lives have been saved' by NSA programs: Obama    Minister insists on resignation over Luxor appointment    Mahmoud Khaled exhibits at Nile Sunset Annex    The Arab world through the eyes of a clown    Spain, Brazil – favourites for Egyptians    The emergence of Christianity in Egypt    Space and society    Luxor governor reassures nervy tourism sector    Rousseff salutes Brazil protests, cities cut bus fares    Australia fans celebrate World Cup entry with Sydney party    Explore the architectural heritage of Downtown Cairo    Gangs Of Cairo? Egyptian Minister Fights Culture War    Karzai suspends talks with US on security deal    Sharon Stone: Middle East Peace Process ‘Like Going To The Gym'    Russia participates in Hurghada int'l fest    

Articles of the author Luiz Sanchez
Al-Nour opposes planned pro- and anti-Morsi demos
Islamist political parties will hold a march in Cairo this Friday, under the slogan "No to Violence", nine days before planned opposition protests. The Friday demonstration was called for by various groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), Al-Watan Party and Al-Wasat (...)

19 - 06 - 2013
Foreign minister in Ethiopia to discuss dam
Talks between Egypt and Ethiopia's foreign ministers in Addis Ababa began on Monday, aimed at discussing the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr's meeting with his Ethiopian counterpart is focused on reaching an agreement between both (...)

17 - 06 - 2013
Drunk Thai diplomat assaults Egyptian
A complaint against a Thai diplomat has been filed with the Qasr Al-Nil Police Station. The diplomat allegedly assaulted an Egyptian woman at the Kempinski Hotel in Downtown Cairo on Thursday. According to Rana Ashraf, the woman who filed the complaint, the Thai embassy First Secretary Kakanang (...)

16 - 06 - 2013
Egyptian imprisoned on suspicion of espionage
The Supreme State Security Prosecution has sentenced an Egyptian to 15 days imprisonment pending investigations into allegations of espionage. The state-owned newspaper Al-Ahram reported the private sector employee is accused of working as a spy for the Israeli Mossad intelligence agency. The (...)

15 - 06 - 2013
EU special envoy meets political currents ahead of Ashton visit
The European Union's Special Representative for the Southern Mediterranean region, Bernardino León, met with members of political parties and government officials on Wednesday as part of his visit to Egypt. In his meetings León spoke about the current economic and political situation in (...)

12 - 06 - 2013
NCW submits bill on violence against women
The National Council for Women has finished drafting a bill aimed at addressing all forms of violence against women. According to Aswat Masriya, the final draft was submitted to President Mohamed Morsi, Prime Minister Hesham Qandil and Minister of Justice Ahmed Suleiman. The council had consulted (...)

12 - 06 - 2013
Nile University students clash with Zewail security
Nile University students and supporters protested at the site of three buildings contested by the Zewail Science City on Thursday. The protest was organised after the latter announced it would be holding a lecture in one of the buildings. According to Nancy Mustafa, a student at Nile University, (...)

30 - 05 - 2013
AUC New Cairo campus closed on power shortages
The American University of Cairo closed their New Cairo campus on Thursday, and it will remain closed throughout the weekend, according to the university. The decision came in light of power and water shortages the campus has been suffering since Wednesday. The university's twitter account made the (...)

30 - 05 - 2013
Egypt reacts to Ethiopia dam announcement
Ethiopia's sudden announcement on Tuesday that it would begin diverting the Blue Nile ahead of the planned construction of the Grand Renaissance Dam has drawn reaction from several figures in Egypt, most notably Prime Minister Hisham Qandil and members of the Shura Council. Sudan's Minister of (...)

29 - 05 - 2013
UN World Food Programme struggles to feed Syrians
The United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP) released a quarterly evaluation report on Wednesday detailing their activities in Syria, especially highlighting the plight of millions of internally displaced persons (IDP). The report highlighted three main issues facing Syrians on a daily basis as a (...)

29 - 05 - 2013
Admin Court postpones Sadat lawsuit
The Administrative Judiciary Court postponed the case filed by Roqia Sadat, daughter of the late President Anwar Sadat, against the head of the Shura Council, Ahmed Fahmy, and President of the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) Hossam El-Gheriany. The case was postponed until the first of (...)

29 - 05 - 2013
Ethiopian Dam announcement unexpected
Ethiopia's announcement it will begin diverting water from the Blue Nile attracted the ire of certain political figures in Egypt and the Sudanese ambassador in Cairo, although the National Salvation Front, Egypt's largest opposition group, has as of yet to adopt a position on the matter. The (...)

28 - 05 - 2013
Prosecutor general's request to recuse bench denied
The Cairo Court of Appeals rejected a request by Prosecutor General Tala'at Abdullah to recuse the court bench. Abdullah had requested the change due to a conflict of interest. According to Aswat Masriya, he had a feud with a member of the bench, who then proceeded to make statements to the media (...)

28 - 05 - 2013
Midnight brawl at Cairo University sparks sit-in
A brawl between Egyptian and Sudanese students at the Cairo University dorms broke out on Monday night, prompting the Sudanese embassy to intervene and students to call for a sit-in. According to the state-owned Al-Ahram, the embassy representatives appeared after the students failed to mediate the (...)

28 - 05 - 2013
Egypt begins evacuation of expats in Syria
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement on Monday in which it revealed the Egyptian embassy in Damascus will resume the evacuation of Egyptians from Syria starting Tuesday. The statement was made by the Egyptian chargé d'affaires in Damascus, Alaa Abdul-Aziz, who said a new regiment of (...)

27 - 05 - 2013
Egypt leads North Africa in achieving Millennium Development Goals
A new report published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has listed Egypt as one of the leading countries in its efforts to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) in North Africa. The report analysed the African continent's progress on the seven MDG goals set forth by the (...)

27 - 05 - 2013
Electricity Ministry: citizens must share burden with state
The Ministry of Electricity and Energy said on Sunday that the national electricity network has seen a noticeable improvement over the past three days, which has contributed to the stability of the nationwide network. According to state-run Al-Ahram, the ministry appealed to citizens to do their (...)

26 - 05 - 2013
SCC ruling on officers' right to vote unpopular
The Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) ruled on Saturday it was unconstitutional to exclude police and army officers from voting, a policy which has been in place since 1923 according to Ibrahim Darwish, a professor of constitutional law and review at Cairo University. The move has garnered (...)

26 - 05 - 2013
Kerry urges Morsi to push for reforms
President Mohamed Morsi met with the US Secretary of State John Kerry on the sidelines of the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa on Saturday, where they discussed economic and social reforms in Egypt. Kerry told Morsi that continued US assistance to the state hinged on Egypt's progress on (...)

26 - 05 - 2013
Cairo participates in global protests against Monsanto
Egyptians are taking to the streets Saturday afternoon as part of a global protest against the agricultural biotech company Monsanto and their genetically modified (GM) crops. The protest is aimed at raising awareness surrounding Monsanto's aggressive business practices and growing concerns of (...)

25 - 05 - 2013
The IMF conundrum: austerity and unrest
Egypt has been negotiating with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the past two years in an attempt to secure a symbolic loan which many believe would open the floodgates to wider investments and loans from the international community. The talks have largely stalled due to the government's (...)

22 - 05 - 2013
Assiut Criminal Court sentences five men to death
Assiut's criminal court passed death sentences on to five people found guilty of murdering a priest from Abu Sefein church in the village of Shatb last year. The decision was made unanimously, according to state-owned Al-Ahram. The five defendants, Omar Abdullah Yusuf, Khalid Ali Badawi Farghaly, (...)

22 - 05 - 2013
HRW: Little regard for freedom of speech in the Arab World
Human Rights Watch published an article Monday evening in which the executive director of the Middle East and North Africa division, Sarah Leah Whitson, said there is a “disconnect between the public's passionate demonstrations for freedom and their commitment to the legislative and institutional (...)

21 - 05 - 2013
Clarification: Egyptian World Heritage Sites not to be declassified
Minister of Antiquities Ahmed Eissa on Tuesday denied rumours the United Nations Economic Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) had threatened to declassify heritage sites in Egypt. The statement comes after media outlets reported the minister had requested additional financial support (...)

21 - 05 - 2013
Hamas declares border a ‘closed military zone'
Hamas has declared the border area between Egypt and the Gaza Strip a “closed military zone" on Monday as the Sinai hostage crisis enters its fifth day. The closure was announced early on Monday morning, according state-run Al-Ahram, and all known tunnels are said to be closed. The decision comes (...)

20 - 05 - 2013
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