In contrast to the sound and hubbub of Sabahi's campaign in the coastal city, El-Sisi's campaign is quiet and reserved, but appears to capture the loyalties of locals who struggle with daily life
Trucks laden with freight containers, gas cylinders (...)
Following Friday prayers, tens of opposition demonstrators occupy Shoan Square, Mahalla Al-Kubra's flashpoint protest ground. The day before the first round of Egypt's national referendum on a highly contentious and divisive draft constitution, the (...)
As opposition members snub President Morsi's offer for talks, an unbridgeable chasm seems to have formed between supporters and opponents of the president – each subscribing to a different reality
With no apparent end to Egypt's constitution crisis, (...)
Since the announcement of the constitutional declaration by President Mohamed Morsi that granted his office unfettered authorities, Egypt has seen a massive outpouring of opposition in the streets and a series of violent clashes involving security (...)
Tens of anti-Shafiq protesters faced off with two dozen supporters of the Mubarak-era presidential candidate in Qorba, Heliopolis on Friday afternoon.
The presidential candidate's followers had set up a stage in the posh neighbourhood in east (...)
Ramzi Yassa, internationally renowned pianist and artistic director of Cairo's ten-year-old International Music Centre (IMC), represents one of Egypt's greatest artistic exports. In January 1963, Yassa gave his first concert at Cairo's Khedivial (...)
Clashes between Egypt's Central Security Forces (CSF) and demonstrators continue in downtown Cairo's flash-point street, Mansour, and the port city of Suez, following the death of at least 74 football fans – largely Ahly supporters – in Port Said (...)
After a wave of strikes and workers' action fuelled and empowered Egypt's 18-day uprising, the burgeoning labour movement, subsequently empowered, began asserting itself: unilaterally declaring an independent trade union federation to rival its (...)
Egypt's political forces organise a symbolic funeral march to honour the deaths of tens of protesters over the course of last week's bloody clashes and begin to discuss the future of the square's sit-in
Thousands of protesters attended Friday's (...)
Following a deadly standoff in Cairo's Tahrir Square at sunset, thousands of protesters regained their ground, successfully expelling the military police and soldiers – dressed in riot gear and wielding bludgeons and electroshock weapons – who stood (...)
Independent trade union members are fighting for their right to run as worker representatives in the upcoming parliamentary elections; Wednesday's court ruling could set a precedent as other governorates head to the court
On Wednesday, lawyers from (...)
On 9 October 2011, 28 protesters were killed as they marched on Egypt's state TV building. In a two-part timeline, Ahram Online investigates eyewitness accounts that shed light on the night's horrific sequence of events
The following is an attempt (...)
Seven Mega Textile Company employees charged with riotous behaviour and assaulting the authorities among other charges have been granted an appeal hearing. The appellate court in Shebin El-Kom, Menoufiya will convene at 9pm on Saturday to review the (...)
A candlelight vigil Thursday night for the victims of Sunday's bloody events at Maspero turned into a passionate protest against the ruling military council and Egypt's de-facto ruler, Field Marshal Mohammed Hussein Tantawi. Hundreds gathered in (...)
On Sunday, 31 workers from Mega Textiles Company in the industrial Sadat City were denied entrance into their factory. Many of the workers belonged to the company's recently organised union's committee have reportedly witnessed rising tensions as (...)
Court's reversal of the 2007 privatisation of the Shebin El-Kom Spinning and Weaving Company does not stop workers from pushing for the appointment of an 'honest' board and payment of outstanding benefits
Hundreds of workers from the Shebin El-Kom (...)
An agreement, whose details are as yet unclear, has been reached between Egypt's minister of manpower, Ahmed Hassan El-Borai, and public transportation workers Tuesday, after a ten-day strike. An Ahram Online source, however, indicates that there (...)
DP World, Sokhna port operator in Egypt, acquiesced to all 16 of the workers demands on Sunday night, promising to provide results within days.Sokhna portworkers were asked to begin attending their shifts as of Sunday night. The negotiations took (...)
Labour protests heated up in front of Egypt's Cabinet offices on Thursday morning as doctors, Unionaire workers, tok-tok drivers and Public Transportation Authority (PTA) workers all raised banners demanding better working conditions and fixed wages (...)
Egypt's ongoing wave of public sector strikes has brought into sharp focus prospects of a nationwide general strike. Spectators, activists and the labour movement have all been asking if Egypt will see a strike of that scale in the near future. A (...)
A real show of power will manifest on Sunday, as a collective strike by teachers, university professors, public transportation workers and post office employees commences. Out of the relative dormancy that marked the month of Ramadan, a strident (...)
At 10am Wednesday morning at the Qasr El-Aini Hospital near downtown Cairo a group of about 20 senior house officers (SHO), interns, made a stand in front of the administrative offices, protesting the lack of security in the emergency wards and the (...)
On Saturday evening, Kamal Abbas of the Centre for Trade Union and Worker Services held an iftar dinner and panel discussion at the Association for Upper Egypt with a focus on Egypt's labour scene.
Representatives of several parties, including (...)
Egypt's Cabinet has approved new legislation on trade union freedoms, consenting to pass the law within days. The new law would eliminate many of the constraints imposed on workers' unions under Law No 35 (1976), which outlined the structural and (...)
THURSDAY 28-7:
The flow of foot traffic into Tahrir was endless Thursday night and Friday morning. Micro buses and coaches surrounded various entrances to the squares. Men with untrimmed beards, white skull caps and Saudi-styled galabiyas filed (...)