CAIRO: Egyptian-American journalist Mona el-Tahawy was released from Egyptian police custody shortly after noon on Thursday.
“I AM FREE,” she posted on her Twitter account at 12:29 on Thursday.
“12 hours with Interior Ministry bastards and (...)
CAIRO: Egyptian-American journalist Mona el-Tahawy was arrested in Cairo early on Thursday morning as violence clashes between demonstrators and police entered their third day.
“Beaten arrested in interior ministry,” el-Tahawy posted on her (...)
CAIRO: Any Egyptian who was in the streets during Egypt's January uprising will insist that the gas used against demonstrators over the past five days is much stronger than what was used in January.
There are rumors that Egyptian Central Security (...)
CAIRO: “They are our brothers and sisters there. We have to save them,” was the reasoning Hassan and his friend gave for going to Tahrir Square. The two were using their motorbike to help evacuate injured protesters from Mohamed Mahmoud street, (...)
CAIRO: Popular politician and public figure Gameela Ismail is running for parliament as an independent in Cairo's sixth district, which includes downtown Cairo and Tahrir Square.
On Saturday, Ismail suspended her parliamentary campaign in (...)
CAIRO: Bloody clashes between Egyptian demonstrators and riot police are well into their third day in the streets around Cairo's iconic Tahrir Square. In the rest of the city, however, it's life as usual.
It is a strong symbol of just how much (...)
CAIRO: As Egyptian riot police forces and demonstrators pelted each other with rocks and tear gas in downtown Cairo for the second consecutive day, it wasn't only young men on the front lines.
Women, veiled and unveiled, stood with their male (...)
CAIRO: Egyptian Central Security Forces today fired tear gas at demonstrators protesting in Tahrir Square this afternoon during their extension of the “Sole Demand” Friday.
Protestors retaliated with rock-throwing.
The recent clashes in Tahrir (...)
CAIRO: Egyptian demonstrators continued to rally and protest in front of the Arab League headquarters in an effort to galvanize support, resume their strike and retake Tahrir Square after being forced to retreat to the Qasr al-Nil Bridge.
The (...)
CAIRO: An Egyptian human rights group has launched a website to help Egyptian voters learn about political parties' platforms and decide which party most closely matches their personal views.
The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (...)
CAIRO: After 20 years of fighting for a democratic Egypt, one man may be prevented from running for any public office – while the three-decade ruler ousted by a popular uprising earlier this year still can.
The Cairo Court of Cassation today (...)
CAIRO: Eight bands shared a stage at the Gezira Youth Center Friday night in the first concert hosted by UMF, the Underground Music Federation.
The show featured seven Egyptian bands and one American band finishing a tour in Egypt.
The bands (...)
CAIRO: The hoarse cry came from a man dashing across Cairo's Abdel Moneim Reyad Square on Sunday night. “The military has thugs! The military has thugs!”
He paused long enough to reiterate the statement to two women moving in the opposite (...)
CAIRO: Youm7 met with British Ambassador to Egypt James Watt last week. Ambassador Watt discussed visa regulations for Egyptians, British investments in Egypt, the difficulty of retrieving stolen Egyptian assets abroad, and the UK government's (...)
CAIRO: The Lord Mayor of London will accompany a group of businessmen to Cairo in October, British Ambassador to Egypt James Watt told Youm7. The delegation of 20 businessmen will travel to Cairo October 3-5.
The delegation will include (...)
CAIRO: Egyptian journalist Mohamed Abdelfattah is one of two recipients of this year's International Press Freedom Award, issued by the Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE).
Abdelfattah was chosen as a recipient for his thorough (...)
Some Americans are calling for a mass protest and sit-in today at the country's financial epicenter, Wall Street in New York City. Dubbed ‘Occupy Wall Street,' the protest is calling to end the repression of big business in America.
Many of the (...)
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt: The key for Egypt to reach a higher potential in tourism is the creation of local boards for each destination, according to Emad Aziz, chairman of the Savoy Group.
Savoy owns and operates three hotels in Sharm el-Sheikh, (...)
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt: British pop star Peter Andre wowed an international crowd in Cairo's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Friday night, proving that he still knows how to put on a good show after nearly two decades in the music (...)
CAIRO: Rebels have moved on the Libyan capitol of Tripoli. Over 1,300 people have been killed in 24 hours, according to a government spokesman. Two of Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi's sons are in rebel custody.
And a Libyan rebel leader says the (...)
Youm7 English Edition met one-on-one with Egyptian Minister of Tourism Munir Fakhry Abdel Nour on Tuesday, August 16. Minister Nour talked about Egypt's recovering tourism, plans for development and his fears of the implications on tourism if an (...)
CAIRO: In an unexpected move for a city considered to be one of the most liberal in the United States, San Francisco's mass transport system shut off subterranean cell phone networks last week in an attempt to halt a planned protest. Since then, San (...)
CAIRO: The Twitterverse was buzzing with the public trial of ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. By noon, the hashtag ‘#MubarakTrial' was trending worldwide over Egypt's latest historic moment.
The comments of Egyptian activists were (...)
This is the first article published by bikyamasr.com following the massive violence of February 2. Please note that later reports confirmed many more deaths at the hands of pro-government attackers.
CAIRO: At least one anti-government protester (...)
‘Autostrade' is perhaps the first publication of its kind in Egypt: an anthology of traditional and experimental comics in both English and Arabic. Division Publishing released the first issue of 12 comics –six each in English and Arabic – in July (...)