At least 36 Muslim Brotherhood members were killed in Egypt on Sunday evening as a prisoner convoy was attacked by militants, leading to fierce gun battles with security forces who reportedly used tear gas to quiet the prisoners, resulting in their (...)
Before Egypt armed forces unleashed violence Wednesday, crushing a defiant sit-in of Islamic Brotherhood supporters, attention shifted toward Egyptian women and their battle for safety in the street.
Shorouk Al Toraby must have been infuriated when (...)
The Egyptian political movement Tamarod, or rebellion, affirmed that their primary goal is early presidential elections supervised by the Supreme Constitutional Court with an impartial government.
The group said on Wednesday that they have collected (...)
"Before you know it" is a heartfelt observational documentary about aging, loss, isolation and finding one's community. Its characters, isolated in their "golden years", will grab your attention and keep it.
The second documentary feature from (...)
An American man was taken to a local Cairo hospital on Thursday afternoon after a young man stabbed him in the neck near the American Embassy, officials in Egypt confirmed.
Reports identified the man as Christopher Stone, a fellow at the American (...)
A group of Emirate women have climbed Africa's highest mountain, Kilimanjaro, to raise money for girls education in Tanzania.
The group, led by Suzanne Houby, the first Arab woman to climb Mount Everest, aimed to raise funds in support of education (...)
More than four months after their abduction, an Austrian student and a Finnish couple were freed in Yemen by Al Qaeda militants on Thursday, officials said. The three were abducted on December 21 and were handed over to the neighboring Omani (...)
One third of the new Egyptian Cabinet are members of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Public frustration in Egypt is rising after the new cabinet shuffle sees more Islamists and Muslim Brotherhood loyalists in power. The shuffle failed to bring in a moderate (...)
A Syrian opposition group said on Tuesday that it is holding four United Nations soldiers at a location between Syria and the Israeli occupied Golan Heights "for their protection" after the area has recently seen heavy fighting between the Syrian (...)
Egyptian activist Nada Zaiytona had little idea when she walked into Seif Pharmacy in Cairo that she would come toe to toe with the ugly and omnipresent face of racism in Egypt. The activist strolled into the pharmacy last month intending to buy a (...)
A Saudi Arabian website shared a document allegedly issued by an all female university warning them to not “hug” each other or they would face being transferred to a mental examination by the school.
The document also states that al-Baha University, (...)
Egyptian lawyer Ahmed Abdelsalam al-Roety filed three reports against satirist Bassem Youssef, accusing him of causing tension between Egypt and Pakistan after a skit he did that poked fun of President Mohamed Morsi receiving an honorary degree from (...)
Egyptian female students are now faced with threats of “going to Hell” if they continue to wear pants at an Alexandria university, north of Cairo, the New Women Foundation reported, citing a news article published by al-Youm al-Saba'a online (...)
CAIRO: Egyptian women's organizations condemned the state's blind eye towards sexual harassment crimes in the country, most recently last year when two girls were sexually harassed in downtown Cairo and then beaten when they fought back, reported (...)
CAIRO: Egyptian police have been randomly and systematically arresting people in and around downtown Cairo's Qasr el-Aini street, where clashes broke out Saturday only a few hundred meters from Tahrir Square. One of those arrested was Sarah (...)
CAIRO: Two young Egyptian women arrested by police on Saturday after they took photographs of police brutality from their homes were released on 2,000 Egyptian pound bail, Egyptian activists reported late on Sunday.
Egyptian police have been (...)
CAIRO: Following the sentencing to death of 21 defendants for their role in the February 2012 violence at a Port Said stadium that left at least 74 people dead, massive violence broke out at the prison holding those accused. At least 14 people have (...)
Egyptian protesters marched down Cairo's main Qasr el-Aini street late Saturday afternoon. What they were met with was brutality and brute force by police, who attacked, fire tear gas barrage after barrage and beat up protesters. Here are images (...)
CAIRO: A number of women's rights groups and organizations protested on Wednesday outside the Egyptian National Diabetes Institute after a janitor reportedly raped 7 patients while they were unconscious and receiving medical attention in the (...)
CAIRO: Egyptian human rights organizations have jointly condemned the three year sentence of activist Alber Saber, who is accused of defaming religion. A Cairo criminal court sentenced Saber on Wednesday to three years in jail and a 1,000 LE bail, (...)
CAIRO: As Egypt takes large steps towards the referendum on the new controversial constitution, Egyptian Coptic Christians are showing unity in refusing to boycott the constitution and have called on Egyptians, Muslims and Copts, to vote “no” as (...)
CAIRO: A recent segment on the news comedy show “el-Bernamag” by Egypt's “Jon Stewart” Bassem Youssef has people cringing after mocking women for a cheap laugh.
The segment in question on “al-Bernamag”, on Friday night, shows a clip of a women's (...)
CAIRO: Egyptian activists and political groups confirmed the death of two anti-President Mohamed Morsi protesters around the Presidential Palace after Muslim Brotherhood members and supporters attacked the two and killed them.
The two murdered (...)
CAIRO: Seven people were killed and two others wounded in a collision on Sunday, between two microbuses near the Egypt resort town of Abu Soma, south of Hurghada on the Red Sea coast.
The crash left four German tourists dead, along with the two (...)
CAIRO: In a freak accident, one demonstrator lost his life when a tree fell on him during the pro-President Mohamed Morsi demonstrations on Saturday.
During the demonstration, 11 protesters were taken to a hospital for treatment.
The deceased, (...)