A Tora Prison inmate, Hosny Khairy Diab, died on 30 August, amidst accusations of medical negligence. Diab was arrested during the dispersal of the Rabaa Al-Adaweya sit-in in 2013.
The dissolved Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) claimed on its (...)
The main reason behind the unrest in health care in Egypt is low salaries, according to Dina Omar, Managing Director of Phoenix, a healthcare consultancy firm, and a presenter on the Arabic Doctors TV Show.
The Doctors' Syndicate had called Monday (...)
While the debate over whether the Constitution should be written before or after the parliamentary elections continues to capture national attention, the question of who gets to write the Constitution remains little discussed.
In the March (...)
Caught between a capitalist logic to encourage investments in a slowing economy, and a revolutionary reality that demands immediate attention to social justice, Samir Radwan's interim Finance Ministry was not able to produce a tax system that serves (...)
Clashes erupted between protesting students and Ministry of Higher Education security forces on Tuesday in downtown Cairo.
Ministry employees attacked students with fire hoses, powder and rocks to break up their protest that has been going on since (...)
Dozens protested Wednesday night against military police who had allegedly performed “virginity tests” on female protesters arrested in March.
The protests, which were staged outside a military sports club in Cairo's Heliopolis neighborhood, came a (...)
On 28 May, Al-Jazeera aired “Hadret al-Zabet” (Mr Police Officer) – the first documentary film to tell the story of the 25 January revolution through the eyes of low-ranking police officers. After her 2007 documentary “Waraa al-Shams” (Behind the (...)
On Saturday, a group of young students and graduates from Ebda Benafsak visited a school in one of Cairo's slums, Ezbet al-Nasr, with the aim of educating the children that live nearby and influencing children's behavior. They taught lessons on (...)
The 25 January revolution has resonated with people striving for change around the world - from Egypt's Arab neighbors to the US state of Wisconsin to, most recently, a popular uprising in Spain against unemployment, corruption and government (...)