An Egyptian is lying naked on the ground while policemen are kicking him. Another is lying dead in a hospital with traces of torture on his body three days after he was kidnapped by security forces. Dozens of others are killed in clashes with the (...)
While supporters of former President Hosni Mubarak chanted “God is great” and “Long live justice” in the courtroom after the annulment of the life sentence verdict he received last summer, the front-page headline of the Freedom and Justice Party (...)
Many would expect that, as an organization ascending to power from political isolation, the Muslim Brotherhood would engage in a foreign policy spree of weaving new relations with both old and new partners.
Idealists would certainly expect that, as (...)
President Mohamed Morsy has largely picked up where Hosni Mubarak left off in terms of media freedom. A case in point is the constitution.
Critics argue that the constitution, which was just approved by 63.8 percent, does not go far enough to (...)
A year, 11 months and 14 days have passed since the 25 January revolution and Egyptians are still taking to the streets and squares on Fridays, giving these days a name and making political and social demands.
But yesterday was one Friday with (...)
Like other Egyptians who were provoked by the pictures of the injured people during the Mohamed Mahmoud clashes in 2011 — the first anniversary of which was commemorated today with demonstrations and renewed clashes — Noha Zayed, 33, decided to go (...)
The Cairo Doctors Syndicate issued a statement Tuesday saying that there are encouraging signs that doctors' demands may soon be answered.
The statement said that the extent to which doctors' demands are met depends on the strength and resolve of (...)
Sunday, a number of Egyptian football league players and sports workers besieged the Baron Hotel in Heliopolis. Staying there were the Sunshine Stars, a Nigerian team due to play against Egypt's premier club, Ahly, in the African Champions League (...)
Last week, protesting doctors launched a mass resignation campaign to escalate their ongoing strike. Mona Mina, a member of the strike's general committee and the Doctors Without Rights movement, says they would not submit anything less than 15,000 (...)
A group of political parties, movements, and independent trade unions signed a statement declaring their full support for the doctors' strike, amid accusations that support or opposition of the strike is politically motivated.
The statement said (...)
Doctors affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood stormed out of a Doctors Syndicate meeting on Friday, after disagreements over a strike slated to begin on 1 October exposed a political rift within the syndicate.
Brotherhood members, including (...)