Abu Salim Prison, once Libya's most famous prison, has been abandoned since Tripoli fell to anti-regime rebels. Citizens have managed to free its political prisoners.
Al-Masry Al-Youm reporters toured the notorious facility, accompanied by a former (...)
Alexandria's department for government-run mosques has received a communication from the Ministry of Islamic Endowments urging imams to tackle issues of terrorism and Muslim-Coptic unity during the upcoming Friday sermons, said the department's (...)
The head of the Egyptian Psychiatric Association, Ahmed Okasha, has joined the debate over the legitimacy of sex reassignment operations currently being performed on the 22-yr-old Islam Salah in Assiut.
Salah, who identifies as a woman and now goes (...)
Pharaonic tombs in Tameyah Desert in Fayoum are being raided, according to an investigation by Al-Masry Al-Youm.
The investigation found that residents in the area have encroached on historical tombs that contain stone statues, gold necklaces, a (...)
Mohamed el-Balati boards the boat on which he works as a fisherman in Burullus. He scans the Burullus strait, his eyes spotting dozens of other boats at anchor. These boats have raised black flags in objection to the decision of the governor of Kafr (...)
Leaking water from Ein el-Seira, a body of water formed by six springs, is threatening cemeteries in the Emam el-Leithy area where members of Egypt's royal family are buried.
The Eman el-Leithy royal cemetery is a short distance from the garden of (...)
Cairo's provincial authority demolished a seven-story hospital belonging to the Islamic Medical Association on Sunday, claiming that the hospital lacked a license. The Islamic Medical Association is an affiliate of the Muslim Brotherhood.
The (...)
More than 200 employees of the Imbaba Chest Hospital in Cairo staged a sit-in on Tuesday to protest the expected prosecution of the hospital's director following Egypt's sixth fatality from the H1N1 virus, commonly known as "swine flu." Protesters (...)
An international research company says that the Egyptian government spent close to LE350 million on advertising in the last two years.
The research was done by ABSU, which put the exact amount spent on advertising at LE347,846,290, including both (...)