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Ahmed Farag, a 25-year-old lawyer, sits in his office in a suit and tie, but underneath his desk is a backpack with jeans, a shirt and sneakers.
The extra clothes are always on hand in case a protest turns unexpectedly violent and he needs to head...
The local press Wednesday attempts to determine culpability for the devastating train wreck that killed 19 police conscripts and injured more than 100 late Monday.
In a transparent attempt to head off accusations against President Mohamed Morsy'...
A 12-car train carrying hundreds of Central Security Forces conscripts left Upper Egypt for Cairo on Monday afternoon. Before midnight, the train derailed in Giza, leaving 19 of its passengers dead and another 120 wounded.
This is not an unusual...
The parliamentary elections law, currently being debated in the Shura Council, which has legislative powers until parliamentary elections, is marking another juncture in the ongoing rift between Islamist and civil groups.
Forces in opposition to the...
Privately owned Al-Watan newspaper attempts a new approach Wednesday in its criticism of the ruling Muslim Brotherhood.
The paper announces that the issue is a parody to show the reader a sample of the Brotherhood's vision for the media.
It...
The year 2012 was supposed to witness Egypt’s transition from the revolutionary state back to the stability of elected bodies and sovereign institutions.
However, the transition turned out to be longer and more complicated than expected, and...
President Morsy’s latest address to the nation—at Saturday’s opening session of the Shura Council’s new cycle—provoked a few sarcastic headlines in Sunday’s papers.
Independent daily Al-Sabah observes that “...
“The President and the Brotherhood take credit for the most significant achievement the opposition made this year,” says Tamer al-Mihy, member of the political bureau of the Social Democratic Party. “That they started to unite and...
Farida Mohamed, an elderly voter in Giza, brought a chair to her polling station on Saturday in anticipation of the long queues.
Leaning on her crutch, she said her goal was to vote on the constitutional referendum no matter how long she had to wait...
In the video, terrified schoolchildren line up at their teacher’s desk in a Delta kindergarten to have their homework corrected. What comes next was a rude awakening for Egyptian society. The teacher strikes each sobbing student with a stick...
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