In director Hussein Al-Manbawy's Sweet Life, based on a Spanish series and written by Injy Qassem and Asmaa Abdel-Khalek under the supervision of screenwriter Tamer Habib, a young and happy couple are preparing for their wedding, which includes a (...)
It was almost one hundred years ago that Egyptian women decided to break their chains and took to the streets in defiance of tyranny.
On 16 March 1919, 300 Egyptian women led by prominent feminist Hoda Shaarawi took part for the first time in a (...)
It is no coincidence that the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak began on 25 January, Egypt's Police Day. One of the targets — perhaps the target — of protesters' ire was a security apparatus that had spun out of control. Police and security forces (...)
After eight years of legal battles the UK has finally extradited five Islamists wanted in the US on terrorism charges, Jailan Halawi reports
After exhausting all avenues of appeal five suspected Islamist militants were extradited to the US on 5 (...)
Restaurant review:
The secret d'cuisine
It's all about garlic, olive oil and spices, Jailan Halawi finds out
Have you ever been on a strict diet for months, after which you proudly feel the change of shape in all your clothes, when everybody, to (...)
Writing has never been more difficult than it is now, for this is the time I have dreaded most throughout my entire life, the time when I have to bid my beloved father farewell.
was not an ordinary man who would enter or leave anyone's life easily. (...)
Are recent assaults on presidential candidates as politically unmotivated as the Ministry of Interior would have us believe, asks Jailan Halawi
Was it an armed robbery or an assassination attempt? The question has dogged reporting of the carjacking (...)
In the light of new developments a year after the revolution, Jailan Halawi wonders about the morals that govern Egyptian attitudes to life
I always took pride in being Egyptian. It was simply not because Egypt is the oldest and richest civilisation (...)
Conspiracy theories have flourished as a result of the breakdown in security that has taken place across Egypt since last year's revolution, writes Jailan Halawi
Armed robberies by the dozen, kidnappings in broad daylight, hostage-taking in return (...)
A spate of armed robberies hit Egypt this week. But early indications appear to show that there is more at stake than money, reports Jailan Halawi
Armed theft and bank robbery are not among the common crimes in Egypt, yet this week witnessed four (...)
Successful reform of the security forces can come only alongside reform of other state institutions, writes Jailan Halawi
2011, a year of contradictions, saw Egypt prey to a succession of mixed feelings, not least as regards the country's security (...)
In the wake of Egypt's first free and fair elections following the 25 January Revolution, Jailan Halawi celebrates her new-found sense of citizenship
To vote or not to vote -- that was the question for many after Egypt's ruling Supreme Council of (...)
Over 18 days Egyptians staged a perfectly orchestrated revolution, ousting a tyrannical regime that had ruled for more than three decades. Now it is passing through a bottleneck that will decide the country's future for years to come, writes Jailan (...)
Egypt's army and police have led a successful clamp-down on an Arish terror cell in Sinai, reports Jailan Halawi
In the early hours of Monday, Egyptian army and police forces launched a raid on North Sinai as part of a larger campaign to clear the (...)
Jailan Halawi on post-revolution Ramadan
Ramadan has always had a distinct flavour. It is a time when streets are decorated with colourful lanterns and Islamic Cairo in particular can seem a magical place.
Ramadan songs are heard everywhere and (...)
Security and military forces begin to tighten their grip on north and central Sinai following an attempt to take over the police headquarters in Arish, reports Jailan Halawi
A hitherto unknown group, Al-Qaeda in Sinai, posted a statement on the (...)
Self restraint, tolerance and hard work are needed for the security apparatus to begin doing its job, writes Jailan Halawi
"You persecuted the nation for 30 years so why not accept the nation's persecution of you for a few months," said journalist (...)
Will this week's extensive security reshuffle satisfy the ire of revolutionaries, ease the concerns of the families of the martyrs, and assuage the frustration of officers? Jailan Halawi seeks answers
Yesterday, Egypt witnessed an unprecedented (...)
Jailan Halawi joins fellow women on the revolutionary barricades
"Will the rights we have gained in recent years now witness a setback" has been an incessant question among women activists since the ousting of former president Hosni Mubarak in the (...)
The public has been watching the appearance of the former minister of interior in the dock with fascination and is now eagerly awaiting the trial of Mubarak, writes Jailan Halawi
"Swift revenge for the blood of the martyrs is the only means of (...)
Jailan Halawi questions how the new Egypt will respond to an alleged Israeli spy
Four days following his arrest, the 27-year-old American-Israeli Ilan Grapel, arrested Sunday 12 June on charges of espionage, is still making headlines. While similar (...)
The government is hopeful that the lifting of the four-month-old curfew will send positive messages of Egypt's recovery, writes Jailan Halawi
"What difference will it make? The curfew was not strictly followed from the beginning," said 38-year-old (...)
Can the much feared State Security Intelligence that propped up Mubarak's regime be reformed? Only time will tell, writes Jailan Halawi
For decades State Security gathered information. Sometimes it seemed their files covered everything that moved in (...)
Jailan Halawi surveys local opinion on the trials of the Mubarak family
Ever since the downfall of ousted president Hosni Mubarak's regime, his family's arrest, detention, interrogation and possible trial left the public opinion divided on what he (...)
According to security sources, it is only the personnel of the dissolved state security apparatus who know how to restore order in the country, and that can do it, Jailan Halawi reports
Incidents of thuggery, sectarian strife, robberies and fights (...)