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Egyptian judges have been mistreated, a statement from the Judges Club quotes head of the International Association of Judges (UIM) Gerhard Reissner as saying during a visit to Egypt.
A bill that would lower the retirement age of judges is an...
In 1975, Algerian director Mohamed Lakhdar-Hamina became the first Arab to win an award at the Cannes International Film Festival.
Lahkdar-Hamina was awarded the Palme d'Or for his movie "Sanawat al-Jamr" (Chronicle of the Years of...
Dostour Party chief Mohamed ElBaradei has called for early presidential elections should the government of President Mohamed Morsy prove unable to enact the critical changes the country needs.
ElBaradei, also a leading member of Egypt's main...
Egypt has revoked annual grants of LE100,000 (US$14,000) allocated by former President Hosni Mubarak to the Jewish community in the country, an Egyptian cabinet official said Wednesday.
Mubarak supported the Jewish community through a confidential...
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy has called on political powers and Egyptians to engage in dialogue and on militants who possess weapons to turn them in.
Morsy spoke to the press on Wednesday morning at the Almaza airforce base in Cairo, where he...
Omar Abdel Fattah Abdel Qader Mostafa al-Telmissany (4 November 1904- 22 May 1986) was the Muslim Brotherhood’s third Supreme Guide. Famous for his public speaking skills and flexibility, Telmissany was credited for reinvigorating and...
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 in the 1950s, which were affected by Western -- especially Greek -- mythology, Donkol found...
Mohamed Omran, head of Egypt's stock market, described the government's decision to reach reconciliation settlements with businessmen as “important” and added that this step would encourage the flow of capital into Egypt....
Egypt's foreign minister has ruled out military action to solve disagreements over water shares, after Ethiopia and other basin countries signed a deal in 2010 to redistribute them without Egypt's approval.
Asked whether Egypt would opt to...
Since the fall of ex-President Hosni Mubarak in February 2011, the Sinai Peninsula has been a hotspot for violence, with frequent attacks on the police and tourist kidnappings.
Violence peaked when 16 security guards were killed at the border with...
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Opinion articles
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....
