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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. On 19 April 2012, the management of the English-language newspaper Daily...
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. Amid a troubled political climate and an unsettled transition process,...
  Egyptian papers are joining the flurry of international press reports, commentary and speculation on the unknown culprits of the marathon bombing that shocked Boston and the world Monday. Twin blasts that went off just 12 seconds apart killed...
The iconic Maspero television building has long been a protest hub for activists voicing their mounting frustration with the state’s media arm. After the 25 January uprising, the iconic Maspero building was the site of regular protests by...
Thousands of supporters of Al-Azhar’s top cleric, Grand Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb, took to the streets across Egypt’s governorates after Friday prayers, protesting against what they believe are attempts within the Islamic institution...
As Egypt’s student union elections reach their end, independents and opposition groups have achieved surprising victories against the veteran Muslim Brotherhood student movement. But a flawed electoral system, critics say, has led to an overly...
The future of a court ruling to annul the appointment of the country's top prosecutor Talaat Abdallah is the main talk of Egypt's newspapers on Sunday, as Abdallah promises to appeal the contentious ruling. The state owned Al-Ahram reports...
The Cairo Court of Cassation ruling on Wednesday annulled the presidential decree appointing Talaat Abdallah as Egypt's prosecutor general, after sacking his predecessor Abdel Meguid Mahmoud. President Mohamed Morsy issued this past November a...
President Mohamed Morsy's speech in front of the Arab Summit in Doha and the aftermath of clashes between protesters and Brotherhood members dominate the headlines of Egypt's newspapers Wednesday. State-owned Al-Ahram newspaper says "...
Clashes broke out Tuesday between students and guards at Misr International University, leaving dozens injured. MIU student Menna Alaa said on her Twitter account that a group of students starting protesting 10 days ago against the university’...