Journalism has come under attack more and more since 3 July in Egypt. Both foreign and national journalists suffer from crackdowns and censorship by security forces, with little reaction from the Egyptian Journalists Syndicate.
As Tamer Abdel Raouf, (...)
CAIRO: As jokes comparing the Egyptian regime with its Tunisia counterpart abounded on the streets, serious open discussion of a potential revolution in Egypt was harder to find.
Cautious happiness was the best description of the most prevalent (...)
CAIRO: The results of a recent US report that indicated that Egypt is “not free” came as no surprise to political pundits, who criticized the country's lack of political and civil liberties.
Egypt is listed as one of the world's most (...)
CAIRO: Six patients in solidarity with 80 others afflicted with Hepatitis C filed a lawsuit against the Ministry of Health and the National Health Insurance (NHI) for using a local drug they said had unsubstantiated efficacy instead of a globally (...)
CAIRO: Hundreds of Egyptian public figures signed a petition calling for the impeachment of Minister of Interior Habib El-Adly for abusing his powers in light of the New Year's bombing in front of Al-Qeddesine (The Church of the Two Saints) in (...)
CAIRO: Facebook will not be shutting down on March 15, 2011, the social networking site's Director of Corporate Communications Larry Yu said, quelling rumors that circulated this week.
It is not clear how and who started the rumor, but within (...)
CAIRO: Media coverage of court cases is what President Hosni Mubarak believes to endanger the credibility and image of the Egyptian judiciary system the most.
Mubarak explained, during his speech in the Judicial Supreme Council yesterday in (...)
CAIRO: Calling for calm in the wake of a deadly attack on an Alexandria church, Pope Shenouda III said the government must do its part by addressing the discrimination faced by Egypt's Christian community.
As hundreds of predominantly Christian (...)
CAIRO: An Egyptian court deemed the photograph of a limp cigarette that was placed on cigarette packs to be “inappropriate,” ruling that the Ministry of Health stop using it in its anti-smoking campaign.
The limp cigarette comes with a statement (...)