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Four years after the birth of Egypt Independent, the management of Al-Masry Media Corporation has informed our editorial team that our print and online news operation is being shut down.
Because we owe it to our readers, we decided to put together a...
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 edition here.
Newspapers aren’t closed in one swift blow. Here at Egypt Independent, we’...
Egypt and the International Monetary Fund have agreed on the main aspects of a US$4.8 billion loan and the deal will be ready for implementation by the end of May, predicted regional IMF representative Abdel Shakour Shaalan.
Shaalan, who represents...
Ouda Tarabin, an Israeli citizen imprisoned in Egypt since 2000 on espionage charges, accused his country of betraying its pledge to work for his release, claiming that Israeli officials know he is innocent.
In a letter to the Israeli ambassador in...
Judges Club chief Ahmed al-Zend has declared an extraordinary meeting on Wednesday by the club’s general assembly that will be attended by members of several other judicial authorities.
The announcement, quoted by state agency MENA, comes amid...
Military Spokesperson Ahmed said border troops foiled attempts at "infiltration" at the western military command.
In a statement on Facebook, Ali said troops of the western military command, 50 kilometers to northeast of Kamel...
The public prosecution in Minya, Upper Egypt, will interrogate Hussein Anan, Matay district attorney, who had ordered the Islamic punishment of lashing for a drunk man.
Anan ordered Mohamed Eid Ragab to be whipped after he had been arrested while he...
The Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar Ahmed Al-Tayyeb is facing pressure to halt issuing a document of women's rights from an Islamic perspective, said the head of the National Council for Women (NCW) Mervat al-Talawy.
Addressing a conference held on...
Egypt proposed Saturday to conduct negotiations between the Syrian regime and opposition in Damascus — a change in Egypt’s stance toward Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s rule.
The proposal was submitted during a ministerial...
Opposition figure Mohamed ElBaradei criticized the Islamist-dominated Shura Council, describing it as incompetent and saying it tried to undermine freedoms and the judiciary.
ElBaradei, a longtime reform advocate and Dostour Party leader, wondered...
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Downtown Cairo is once again a battlefield, and this time, the military is not just a silent facilitator, but an active participant — beating, dragging, shooting, and assaulting civilians. The latest round of brutality has led us to not only...
On 24 November, we issued the first edition of our new project, Egypt Independent, a weekly, 24-page newspaper that attempts to unpack Egypt’s complex and dynamic political and cultural landscape. It was not long before we were interrupted....
