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Articles of the author Deena Wahba
Mass resignations at Al-Wasat party
The Al-Wasat party said in a statement released on Friday that members at their Port Said branch submitted their resignations on Thursday to the chairman of the party, objecting the policies of the party leaders. The list of the resigned members (...)

29 - 06 - 2013
Maspero fights the presidency
Presenters at state-owned station Radio Misr released a statement Tuesday objecting to what they called "the repeated [political] interference" in their work, stating that they would defend their "right to provide an objective, impartial and (...)

26 - 06 - 2013
`Information Minister must repay EGP 269,000
The Administrative Judiciary Court in Alexandria, ordered on Wednesday that Minister of Information Salah Abdel Maqsoud repay EGP 269,000 to the state's treasury. The court ruled that incentive funds given to the minister were in violation of law (...)

26 - 06 - 2013
Ministry of Interior prepare for 30 June protests
The police will protect government facilities and remain neutral during the opposition protests set for 30 June said a statement by The Non-Commissioned Officers Club in the Ministry of Interior on Sunday. The club's spokesperson said that "the (...)

24 - 06 - 2013
NSF condemns Morsi's praise for Friday rallies
The National Salvation Front (NSF) condemned on Saturday President Mohamed Morsi's statements, made during 50th anniversary celebrations for the Arab Engineers' Union, in which he voiced strong praise for Friday demonstrations by Islamists. Morsi (...)

23 - 06 - 2013
Interior Ministry: No repeats of revolution security lapses
Protesters will not be able to break into police facilities as they did on 25 and 28 January, 2011, vowed Minister of Interior Mohamed Ibrahim on Monday. In an interview with TV presenter Lamees El-Hadidi, Ibrahim discussed the ministry's (...)

18 - 06 - 2013
Morsi meets with Al-Wasat Party leaders
President Mohamed Morsi met a delegation from Al-Wasat Party on Monday to discuss a national initiative released by the party. The moderate Islamist party's initiative discusses how to achieve political cooperation, common ground on the current (...)

18 - 06 - 2013
Dar Al-Ifta legitimises peaceful protest
The Islamic educational institution Dar Al-Ifta has issued a religious opinion acknowledging the legitimacy of peaceful protest and has called on Al-Azhar to give support to nonviolence. The organisation, which issues religious opinions based on (...)

17 - 06 - 2013
Opposition weighs post-June 30 transition plans
Top opposition party leaders met on Saturday at the headquarters of the Popular Current Party to discuss preparations for the upcoming 30 June protests. In attendance were Hamdeen Sabahy, leader of the Popular Current Party, Mohamed ElBaradei, (...)

16 - 06 - 2013
Morsi's popularity declining
The percentage of President Mohamed Morsi's supporters has declined from 46% to 42% in one month, according to a poll released on Sunday. Egyptian Centre for Public Opinion Research (Baseera) released results of a poll that was conducted on the (...)

16 - 06 - 2013
Army denies buying weapons from Israel
Colonel Ahmed Mohamed Ali, spokesperson for the Armed Forces, denied a report that stated the Egyptian military purchased weapons from Israel. The Armed Forces spokesperson was referring to a report by the British Ministry of Defence and published (...)

12 - 06 - 2013
Interior minister pledges not to attack protesters on 30 June
Police will not harass protesters on 30 June, the Minister of Interior Mohamed Ibrahim has announced. "The preparations taken by security agencies to secure the protests on 30 June are based on a fixed strategy that had been used since 2011 (...)

11 - 06 - 2013
Coptic teacher pays an EGP 100,000 fine for insulting Islam
Luxor's Misdemeanour Court on Tuesday ordered that a teacher convicted of contempt of religion pay a fine of EGP100, 000, in a verdict handed down by presiding Judge Mohamed El-Tamawi. Demiana Abdel Nour, a 24-year-old social studies teacher in (...)

11 - 06 - 2013
NSF backs Tamarod, 30 June protests
The upcoming 30 June protests represent a "watershed moment in the life of the Egyptian people," according to National Salvation Front (NSF) spokesman Azzazzi Ali Azzazi. He made the statement at a press conference following the group's Saturday (...)

09 - 06 - 2013
Moussa holds conference in Menufiya
Former presidential candidate Amr Mousa and his Conference Party held a conference on Friday in the governorate of Menufiya to promote the party's objectives and discuss events planned for 30 June. According to Yara Khaled, party leader and Amr (...)

08 - 06 - 2013
Relocating the Nubians
The presidency's legal advisory board is currently considering a bill to relocate Nubians living on the banks of Nasser Lake, reported state-run Al-Ahram. The bill was proposed by a group of Nubian lawyers last week. Another bill establishing an (...)

05 - 06 - 2013
Wasting water costs EGP 1,000
Qena governorate on Tuesday issued a penalty on wasting water. Wasting water in Qena will cost businesses EGP 1,000 The office of the Qena Governor General Adel Labib confirmed on Tuesday that wasting drinking water by businesses or cafés, through (...)

04 - 06 - 2013
Amr Moussa meets Ethiopian ambassador
Amr Moussa, Conference Party and the National Salvation Front (NSF) leader, held a two-hour meeting with the Ethiopian ambassador to Egypt Mahmoud Dardir on Monday to discuss issues surrounding the controversial Grand Renaissance Dam. Amr Moussa's (...)

04 - 06 - 2013
Green Tourism
Minister of Tourism Hisham Zaazou signed on 30 May a protocol with the National Bank of Egypt, the Egyptian Hotels Association, and the Solar Energy Development Association to provide Red Sea hotels with solar energy in order to reduce the (...)

03 - 06 - 2013
ANHRI releases names of dead
More than 200 Egyptians died during the rule of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), said Gamal Eid, executive director of the Arabic Network of Human Rights Information (ANHRI). The statement was made during a press conference on Sunday (...)

02 - 06 - 2013
Political parties form parallel governments
The National Salvation Front (NSF), as well as the Al-Watan, Al-Wasat and Ghad Al-Thawra parties revealed their plans to create parallel parliaments and shadow governments. Ahmed Hawary, NSF spokesperson, told Daily News Egypt “the formation of a (...)

01 - 06 - 2013
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