Ahram Online talks about the transitional period and the new government with representatives of three key players: the Brotherhood's Amr Darrag, the NSF's Mohamed Abul-Ghar and the Nour Party's Nader Bakkar
Mohamed Abul-Ghar, leading member of the (...)
There were tense scenes at the pro-Morsi sit-in in Cairo's Nasr City on Monday afternoon as the army increased its security presence and the injured continued to be treated in makeshift field hospitals near Rabaa Al-Adawiya Mosque.
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As unprecedented numbers turn out for mass rallies to demand President Morsi's ouster, Muslim Brotherhood finds itself under siege nationwide on day that sees at least seven people fall victim to political violence
Millions of opposition protesters (...)
With the Islamist group's headquarters under attack and 'millions' demanding the resignation of their president, FJP leading member dismisses opposition parties as 'paper work' and tells grassroots campaign Rebel to 'man up'
There have been attacks (...)
Campaign posters of President Mohamed Morsi, bleached in the sun, line the walls of a dilapidated building in tiny Nile Delta village of El-Adwa: the only sign that this might be the street that Egypt's president grew up on.
Morsi's family still (...)
Fierce clashes between supporters and opponents of President Mohamed Morsi continue to rage into the night in Egypt's coastal city of Alexandria, following a day of rival protests nationwide that left one Egyptian and one US citizen dead.
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In advance of Friday's anticipated pro-Morsi rallies, FJP Spokesman Nader Omran emphasised Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi's electoral legitimacy. Omran explained the reasoning behind Friday's rallies, which are intended to show support for the (...)
In the warren of cobbled streets just off Istanbul's Taksim Square, hundreds of riot police fired tear gas Sunday at protesters trying to return to nearby Gezi Park, the site of a weeks-long sit-in against Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip (...)
In a small bedroom in Alexandria adjacent to the sea, the belongings of a young man: new trainers, a computer console and homemade speakers are quietly gathering dust. Three years of dust, to be precise.
On 6 June, 2010 their owner a 28-year-old (...)
The fate of 43 NGO employees accused of operating in Egypt without proper legal status will be decided on Tuesday after a year-long trial that had sparked a political dogfight between Cairo and Washington.
The defendants, including 13 Egyptians (...)
From antagonising ruling generals to eating doughnuts with Mubarak ministers, meet Human Rights Watch Egypt Director Heba Morayef, once described by a US radio station as Egypt's guardian of human decency.
A familiar face of civil society, Morayef, (...)
Privately owned Al-Masry Al-Youm News cooperation withheld the 50th edition of their English-language publication Egypt Independent Thursday and confirmed it had formally shut down the weekly newspaper's operations, after two months of crisis talks (...)
Hundreds of protesters gathered on Tuesday in front of the prosecutor-general's office in downtown Cairo, to demonstrate against the summoning of five opposition activists over their alleged incitement of Friday clashes at the Muslim Brotherhood (...)
"My brother wasn't even at the game; he was watching the match from a nearby coffee house. His friends confirmed this but their testimonies were ignored," claims Intesar, sister of 20-year-old student Fouad Ahmed El-Saby, one of 21 people from Port (...)
Tensions run high the day before the anticipated verdict on the football match that ended in a violent attack; protesters stand their ground near police and ministry buildings (Photos by Bel Trew, Diaa (...)
In an impoverished district of Alexandria, Sherifa Abdel-Meneem described finding bruises and gashes all over her 13-year-old son's body, Abdel-Rahman, who was picked up by Egyptian security forces at a protest on 27 January and detained for over (...)
Demonstrations took place outside Egyptian embassies and consulates in several countries on Tuesday to denounce the occurrence of violence against women and particularly against female protesters in Egypt.
While incidents of sexual harassment in (...)
Ordered to shoot protesters in Tahrir Square, attempting to declare independence for Alexandria and forced to work for the only company with phone signal: five ordinary Egyptians tell their extraordinary stories about the 18 days that shook the (...)
The refusal of treatment for a teenage cancer patient in detention is a highlighted case among a record number of missing protesters after week of political turmoil, Egyptian rights organisations tell Ahram Online
A fourteen year-old bone cancer (...)
Dozens of armed assailants raided and looted the InterContinental Semiramis hotel on Cairo's Nile Corniche, while staff desperately called for help via their official Twitter account, in the early hours of Tuesday morning amid fierce clashes between (...)
The funeral at Al Mariam Mosque in Port Said was disrupted on Sunday by tear gas reportedly fired from the direction of the nearby army club.
Alastair Beach, correspondent for the British daily, The Independent, describes to Ahram Online the tense (...)
On the second anniversary of 2011's 18 day uprising, protesters will gather in the country's main rallying points; clashes between demonstrators and security forces continue on Cairo's Qasr Al-Aini street
13:10 Tens of protesters at Heliopolis's (...)
National Salvation Front say President Morsi lost legitimacy after standing by his contentious Constitutional Declaration in Thursday's speech, reject president's calls for dialogue after Wednesday's bloodshed
13:30Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide (...)
The historic Gaza-Israel truce saw Egypt take centre-stage as a major geo-political player: as details of the ceasefire are fine-tuned amid growing instability in Egypt, Ahram Online takes a closer look at the losses and gains
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Opposition forces protest Egypt's new draft constitution passed in the early hours of Friday morning; Demonstrations expected across the country against President Morsi's contentious Constitutional Declaration
13:10 Not all in the presidential camp (...)