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Making front-page news in almost all of Monday’s papers are the conflicting narratives of what happened to Hamada Saber — the man who was filmed being stripped naked, beaten and dragged by riot police forces outside the Ettehadiya...
Labor provisions in Egypt's new Constitution are worrying workers and unionists alike, who fear that a lot of room has been left to restrict labor rights.
Drafted by an Islamist-dominated assembly, the new Constitution maintains the Nasser-era...
Monday’s daily papers were full of news pertaining to violent clashes between protesters and police forces that occurred on Sunday in Alexandria and Shubra al-Kheima.
They also carried news of other nationwide protests and general unrest...
Daily papers Sunday run news relating to the preparations for the upcoming parliamentary elections, the issuing of historic court verdicts pertaining to the ousted Hosni Mubarak regime and the Shura Council, along with plans for the second...
The main news items in Monday’s papers include: Coptic Christmas celebrations, controversies surrounding new ministers in the recently reshuffled cabinet, and plans for a strike by members of the public prosecution who are demanding the...
A draft law in the works to regulate protests and strikes is raising eyebrows and causing concern over the future of the right to demonstrate.
The Islamist-dominated Shura Council’s Human Rights Committee has used its newly granted legislative...
Three developments dominate the papers on the last day of 2012: the plummeting of the Egyptian pound to record lows; an imminent ministerial shake-up expected to be announced today; and a commemoration of the year’s main milestones, set...
Labor politics remain a thriving form of contentious politics in Egypt throughout 2012, reinvigorated by a Muslim Brotherhood-led ruling regime that many consider to be less than sympathetic to the labor movement.
On the macro-level, new laws have...
KAFR AL-SHEIKH — The northern Delta governorate of Kafr al-Sheikh witnessed a relatively low turnout as residents cast their ballots Saturday in phase two of the referendum on the draft constitution.
Preliminary results from a few voting...
Topping the news in Thursday’s papers are three chief developments: the arrest and detention of two Islamists, increasing tensions between the Islamist and opposition camps ahead of Friday protests, and the second phase of a constitutional...
