CAIRO: The Shoura Council's education and scientific research committee met to discuss the problems of the thanawiya amma (the Egyptian High School certificate) in their first session since the summer parliamentary recess.
The meeting discussed (...)
CAIRO: The liberal Al Wafd opposition party has announced plans to draft a parallel anti- terrorism law.
The draft is a response to government legislation currently being drafted by a special committee led by Mufid Shehab, the state minister for (...)
CAIRO: A member of parliament began a hunger strike yesterday to express his solidarity with the members of his electoral constituency, who have been suffering from a complete lack of water supply for the past two weeks.
MP Mohamed Abdel Aleem (...)
CAIRO: Independent Members of Parliament have once again expressed their wish to be recognized as a distinct bloc within the People's Assembly.
Even though the parliament sessions are adjourned until next November, 11 independent MPs have (...)