The European Union approved an agreement with Egypt to encourage trade in agricultural products, manufactured agricultural products, and fish. Egyptian exporters welcomed the agreement, saying it guarantees an increase in agricultural exports,...
One day after prominent Muslim Brotherhood member Youssef Nada's name was removed from the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) terrorism list, I called Nada to congratulate him and ask for an interview with Al-Masry Al-Youm. He obliged and, as...
According to a report issued by the Association for Prisoner Support and Human Rights and recently submitted to the state-run National Human Rights Council, prisoners in Egyptian jails often suffer inhumane treatment at the hands of their captors....
Local sanitation authorities in the Giza governorate have converted a public park in the Warraq district into a makeshift garbage dump, putting the health of some 60,000 nearby residents at risk.
Locals in the area complain bitterly about the...
Sheikh Youssef el-Qaradawi, head of the International Federation of Muslim Scholars, has called for peaceful marches to be held this Friday to protest Israeli policies regarding Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque. These policies include forbidding Muslims...
State Security prosecutors have remanded into custody four suspects charged with involvement in the February bombing in Cairo's Hussein district that killed one French tourist and injured several others.
According to judicial sources, the...
Members of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) opposition movement have been sending out SMS mobile-phone messages calling for the appointment of prominent MB member Essam el-Arian to the group's authoritative Guidance Bureau. If appointed, el-Arian would...
The Evangelical Church of Egypt is denouncing what it perceives as attacks against it by Anba Bashoy, bishop of Damietta and the secretary of the Holy Synod, the Coptic Church's highest authority. Bashoy has recently made claims that the Evangelical...
Hani Anan, a founding member of the Kifaya opposition movement, has recanted on his earlier statements saying he would support the transition of power from President Hosni Mubarak to his son Gamal.
Anan said in an interview with OTV earlier this...
Drivers for the Public Transport Authority are threatening to strike on 3 October. They say the government has failed to follow through on promises made during the negotiations that ended a two-day strike in August.
Last month's strike concluded...