On 6 April, security forces clashed with hundreds of protesters, most of them from the April 6 Youth Movement, during a...
Protesters block traffic in Tahrir Square, after Security forces re-opened it, and removed barbed wires, and iron barrier,  Cairo, 27 March 2013.
Protesters block traffic in Tahrir Square, after Security forces re-opened it, and removed barbed wires, and iron...
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An Egyptian army vehicle keeps its position close to the Rafah border crossing with the Hamas-run Gaza Strip
Sinai kidnapping crisis continues to generate headlines in both Wednesday’s state-owned and independent dailies. Papers highlight that the Egyptian army "is within reach of victory against the unknown...
Hamas policemen stand in front of Egyptian soldiers as they prevent Palestinians from coming close to the iron gate of Rafah border crossing with Egypt in the southern Gaza strip, June 4, 2011. Egyptian officials at the border with Gaza barred Palestinians from crossing, but later allowed them passage out of Egypt only,
The Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip reopened on Wednesday morning after five days of closure, following the release of seven Egyptian soldiers kidnapped last week in Sinai. Border police working...
Power went out more than once at the Cairo International Airport on Wednesday, causing some X-ray machines to go out of order. Official sources at the airport said electricity was cut twice at Arrival Hall 3 on Tuesday...
مجموعة من قوات الشرطة المنتشرة بأرض سيناء لحراسة الحدود المصرية، 12 مارس 2011.
Seven members of the Egyptian security forces kidnapped by Islamist militants in Sinai last week were released on Wednesday, ending a crisis that has highlighted lawlessness in the desert peninsula bordering Israel....
An Egyptian army vehicle keeps its position close to the Rafah border crossing with the Hamas-run Gaza Strip
Hamas policemen stand in front of Egyptian soldiers as they prevent Palestinians from coming close to the iron gate of Rafah border crossing with Egypt in the southern Gaza strip, June 4, 2011. Egyptian officials at the border with Gaza barred Palestinians from crossing, but later allowed them passage out of Egypt only,
مجموعة من قوات الشرطة المنتشرة بأرض سيناء لحراسة الحدود المصرية، 12 مارس 2011.

News

Egypt's army and police stepped up roadblocks in an area of northern Sinai as they tried to track down militant Islamists who kidnapped seven security officers last week, a security source said on Tuesday. The militants seized the men on a road...

Economy

Small tomatoes sold at LE10 per kilo at a market in Mansoura, Dakahliya, 9 October, 2010. The recent jump in vegetable prices, especially tomatoes, has made it one of the country’s central concerns, prompting the government to hold a meeting to determine reasons behind the sudden rise in tomato prices.
 
Inflation in Egypt is expected to climb to 10.9 percent this year, the highest level since 2010, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Tuesday, more than it expected in April. “Inflation is expected to rise in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco,...

Environment

This piece was written for Egypt Independent’s final weekly print edition, which was banned from going to press. We offer you our 50th and...
This piece was written for Egypt Independent's final weekly print edition, which was banned from going to press. We offer you our 50th and final...
Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Mohamed Bahaa Eddin has called for the prohibition of rice cultivation in desert lands, which is already...

Culture

File photo for prominent Egyptian poet Amal Donkol (1940-1983)
Amal Donkol was born in 1940 in Qalaa, a village in the Upper Egyptian province of Qena. Marking a break with most poetry schools that predominated...
The Photoshopped image featuring President Hosni Mubarak.
This piece was written for Egypt Independent’s final weekly print edition, which was banned from going to press. We offer you our 50th and...
In "The Black Dot" (2010) by Egyptian author Walid Taher, a group of children triumphs over a mysterious, oppressive dot.
This piece was written for Egypt Independent’s final weekly print edition, which was banned from going to press. We offer you our 50th and...

Life Style

This piece was written for Egypt Independent’s final weekly print edition, which was banned from going to press. We offer you our 50th and...
This piece was written for Egypt Independent’s final weekly print edition, which was banned from going to press. We offer you our 50th...
 
Since the ‘50s, wedding invitation designs have developed significantly as new printing techniques have been introduced in Egypt.
This piece was written for Egypt Independent’s final weekly print edition, which was banned from going to press. We offer you our 50th and...