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Articles of the author Reem Gehad
Egypt's cartoonists pen their condemnation against Charlie Hebdo attack
Egyptian cartoonists have marked their condemnation of Wednesday's deadly attack on the French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo by inking more cartoons. Young cartoonist Makhlouf, drew a caricature of himself holding up his hand in what looks like (...)

08 - 01 - 2015
Egypt's Brotherhood condemns Sinai attacks, holds government responsible
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has expressed its condolences for the victims of Friday's deadly Sinai attacks, holding the government responsible for their death. At least 30 security forces were killed in two attacks in North Sinai on Friday, prompting (...)

26 - 10 - 2014
Egypt amends penal code to stipulate harsher punishments on foreign funding
Egyptian government expands reach of foreign funding article in penal code; changes could mean death penalty in some cases for public servants and could also place more restrictions on work of NGOs Egypt has amended a key article in its penal code (...)

23 - 09 - 2014
British man treks Nile length on foot
A British man became the first person to travel the length of the Nile, the world's longest river, on foot and was celebrated in Egypt on Saturday. Levison Wood, a former British army captain, started his arduous journey last December at the mouth (...)

31 - 08 - 2014
Police storm Zagazig University, fire teargas at student protesters
Central Security Forces (CSF) stormed the campus of Zagazig University and fired teargas at demonstrating students on Saturday morning. Hundreds of students blocked the gates of the Faculty of Engineering of Zagazig University in the Nile Delta to (...)

16 - 11 - 2013
Inside Egypt's Muslim Sisterhood
As army tanks came to a halt in front of a group of protesters lying in the road, the air thick with teargas, Wafaa Hefny didn't hesitate. “I walked up to the soldiers standing on each tank and said ‘your mothers will curse you. Do not fire at your (...)

07 - 10 - 2013
Policewomen patrol women's carriages on Cairo's packed metro
As crowds increase on Cairo's underground with the return to school and closure of a central station connecting two main metro lines, a female police force has appeared on busy trains. Colonel Roqayah El-Seify, 57, saluted high-ranking officials as (...)

02 - 10 - 2013
Egyptian military arrests leading Revolutionary Socialist member
Labour lawyer Haytham Mohamadein, a leading member of Egypt's Revolutionary Socialists, was arrested at a military checkpoint close to Suez and is currently being detained, the group announced on Thursday. Mohamadein, who is also a member of (...)

05 - 09 - 2013
Crackdown on pro-Morsi sit-ins leaves Egypt in a state of emergency
Shortly after dawn on Wednesday, Egyptian police cracked down on 6-week-long sit-ins by supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi in Cairo, sparking deadly clashes that have left dozens dead and hundreds injured by nighttime. By mid-afternoon, (...)

15 - 08 - 2013
Brotherhood and Mubarak: Two former regimes in court this month
On 3 August 2011, Egyptians watched ousted president Hosni Mubarak wheeled on a stretcher into a courtroom defendant's cage, to be brought to justice on live TV. However, as the trial dragged on for months, many lost hope that it would hold the (...)

12 - 08 - 2013
Egyptian Social Democratic Party: From opposition to cabinet leaders
Founded after the January 25 Revolution, the Egyptian Social Democratic Party (ESDP) sits at the top of the government in the post-Morsi transitional period. Prime Minister Hazem El-Beblawi and Deputy Prime Minister Ziad Bahaaeddin are founding (...)

23 - 07 - 2013
Shafiq vs Morsi redux: Egypt Court to rule on 2012 presidential poll results
Former presidential contender Ahmed Shafiq's appeal against the results of the 2012 presidential elections, which brought President Mohamed Morsi to office, have triggered legal debate in Egypt on the possible repercussions of his case, should he be (...)

24 - 06 - 2013
Fleeing Syrians find few opportunities in cash-strapped Egypt
A young man in his twenties stands at a stall selling Syrian textiles in a temporary market in Faisal Street, Giza, folding sheets and table-covers as a few customers ask about prices then leave. Constantly haunted by the fear of being identified by (...)

04 - 04 - 2013
Activists protest lawyers, socialists arrest after anti-Brotherhood clashes in Alexandria
Leftist groups call for protests after Alexandria prosecutors on Saturday charge 9 anti-Brotherhood protesters and four of their lawyers with a list of serious crimes including attacks on a police station The Revolutionary Socialists and the (...)

30 - 03 - 2013
BUE halts classes as students protest to sack university president
Classes have been suspended for a week at British University in Egypt (BUE) after students staged protests calling on the university's president and its general secretary to leave their posts. While BUE students received emails informing them of the (...)

04 - 03 - 2013
Egypt's private universities form union against new charter
Student unions of eight private universities formed on Tuesday the Egyptian Private Universities Union (EPUU). The EPUU's new student union was announced at a press conference held at the American University in Cairo (AUC) on Tuesday. The EPUU, an (...)

22 - 01 - 2013
Nubians still dream of return to historical lands in Upper Egypt
In front of a long line of Central Security Forces eyeing them from behind thick barbed wire, they stand in a circle, their arms wrapped around each other's backs, and they dance to the rhythm of a song only they can understand. More than a hundred (...)

20 - 01 - 2013
Egypt rights group challenges new university students' charter
The Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE), a Cairo-based rights group, has filed a lawsuit in Egypt's administrative court against Prime Minister Hisham Qandil's recent approval of a charter for Egyptian university students, the (...)

20 - 01 - 2013
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