CAIRO: They do not believe in governments, they boycotted the elections, they demand “direct democracy” and they're associated with chaos and have been targeted by the military and some Islamists.
Egypt's anarchists are anticipating a crackdown (...)
CAIRO: During the transition to democracy, and away from the fierce competition between political forces, a group of activists found it important for Egyptians to know their rights with regards to their respective local councils.
A campaign, (...)
CAIRO: Birds of a feather flock together, they say. On Twitter, young revolutionaries in Egypt lived together on the #Tahrir hashtag during an 18-day revolution that ended with the toppling of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year (...)
CAIRO: Birds of a feather flock together, they say. On Twitter, young revolutionaries in Egypt lived together on the #Tahrir hashtag during an 18-day revolution that ended with the toppling of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year (...)
CAIRO: A fight between people of different political and religious backgrounds claiming ownership of a store is the first scene in Costa Salafis' (Salafyo Costa) second film soon to be uploaded on the group's YouTube channel. The store is used as a (...)
CAIRO: Sixty-seven percent opted for a civil state in a mock vote held Wednesday by an Egyptian think-tank aimed to assess where the country is heading.
International Center for Future and Strategic Studies (ICFS) invited dozens of youth to cast (...)
CAIRO: A common feeling of resentment towards the coverage of the revolution in both state-owned and private media has led young activists to launch their alternative media outlets using social networks.
A number of online platforms have become (...)
CAIRO: A month-long campaign by the Cairo Cleaning and Beautification Agency (CCBA) in Heliopolis resulted in cutting dozens of trees depriving pedestrians of the cooling shade.
However, local officials say that the slaughter is only to protect (...)
CAIRO: While most sectors were hard hit in the aftermath of the January 25 uprising, the media seems to be flourishing with more and more satellite TV channels making their way to the screen, experts say.
The competition is fierce as some (...)
CAIRO: The relationship between post-Mubarak Egypt and some Gulf countries has been unclear for the past months, with some claiming it has taken its toll on Egyptians living in Gulf monarchies.
The public diplomacy delegation, led by Mostafa (...)
CAIRO: The staff at Nile News has launched a campaign to demand independence from state TV's News Sector, and have formed a coordinating committee to negotiate with Cabinet and television officials.
"The revolution generated hope in changing our (...)
CAIRO: The Ministry of Interior launched the “Community Partnership with the Police” project, in a bid to bridge the gap the police and the people, in a press conference Monday.
The initiative, which will take effect today, June 15, in 10 (...)
CAIRO: Arab and German bloggers gathered in Cairo for the Young Media Summit (YMS) last week to explore the role of social media in the Arab uprisings. The summit is the second in a row to promote dialogue between Arabs and Germans through (...)
CAIRO: Officials at the Egyptian Radio & Television Union (ERTU) denied reports claiming that a decision was issued to delete any footage of former president Hosni Mubarak from the archives.
Reports attributed the decision to Nihal Kamal, head of (...)
CAIRO: At its first Egypt conference, the Union of European Coptic Organizations for Human Rights (UECOHR) called for establishing a civil state for all Egyptians.
The organization on Friday brought together a panel of Egyptian figures from (...)
CAIRO: A couple of independent journalists' syndicates were recently launched to break the monopolization represented by the official Journalists' Syndicate indicating a root change in associations and unions moving more towards plurality.
The (...)
CAIRO: The announcement of the Muslim Brotherhood's new leadership by the Shoura Council was not well received by the group's youth, who were disappointed that the party's leaders weren't elected by its founding members.
The Shoura Council named (...)
CAIRO: "Transitional periods are dangerous and they make us all skeptical towards anything so we have to be cautious and know how to hinder domestic or foreign groups from staging a coup and controlling over," senior scholar and founder of the (...)
CAIRO: The Muslim Brotherhood's Shoura Council (legislative branch) is soon to vote on the Guidance Bureau's initiative to establish the Brotherhood's own political party named Freedom and Justice, amid fierce debate within the group.
The rifts (...)