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Egypt Independent 2009-2013

Drawings by Andeel, Essam Abdallah, Jenifer Evans, Leyla Doss, Hicham Rahma, Shinnawy, Anwar  
25 Apr 2013
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...
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Irrigation Ministry: Prevent rice cultivation in deserts

24 Apr 2013
Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Mohamed Bahaa Eddin has called for the prohibition of rice cultivation in desert lands, which is already forbidden by law, so as to reduce overdraft of water from aquifers. “The groundwater...
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Information Minister raises controversy again with comments

Egyptian anti-government protestors demonstrate raising their shoes in front of the Egyptian national TV building, which is currently secured by the Egyptian Army, in central Cairo, February 11, 2011. Egyptian demonstrators reacted with fury after the military threw its weight behind President Mubarak's attempt to cling on to power despite massive nationwide protests.
24 Apr 2013
For the second time, Information Minister Salah Abdel Maqsoud has created controversy when he answered Nahar TV reporter Dalia Ashraf’s question on the development of television by saying, “Come, and I’ll show you where...
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Shura Council member alleges kidnapping in Beni Suef

24 Apr 2013
Shura Council member Kamal Suleiman has submitted a report onthe disappearance of a Muslim girl in Beni Suef last February, accusing a Coptic Christian of kidnapping the girl. In what may be an oblique threat against the Coptic community,...
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Ibrahim offers condolences for Khosous victims

Clashes ensued at St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Abbasseya after unknown assailants attacked a funeral there.
24 Apr 2013
Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim on Wednesday visited Pope Tawadros II at St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Abbasseya to offer his condolences for the victims of the Khosous clashes. The deadly 5 April clashes between Muslims...
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Hagel meets Morsy in Egypt, addresses Syria chemical weapons

Former US Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) testifies during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on his nomination to be Defense Secretary, on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 31, 2013. Hagel, 66, is a decorated Vietnam War veteran and a former two-term Republican senator.
24 Apr 2013
US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Wednesday the US effort to determine whether Syria has used chemical weapons is a "serious business" that cannot be decided in a rush just because several countries believe evidence...
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Update: General Assembly quashes draft judiciary bill

أحمد نظيف، رئيس الوزراء، يتحدث خلال أولي جلسات المجلس في دور انعقاده الجديد الحادي والثلاثين، القاهرة، 8 نوفمبر 2010، تحدث نظيف خلال الجلسة عن إنجازات الحكومة، وتحقيق الأهداف المطلوبة في البرنامج الانتخابي للرئيس مبارك. تم خلال الجلسة قراءة قرارى رئيس الجمهورية رقم 300، ورقم 295 لسنة 2010، الأول لدعوة المجلس للانعقاد، والثاني لتحديد موعد إجراء انتخابات مجلس الشعب القادمة .
24 Apr 2013
Head of the Judges Club Ahmed al-Zend has said that the General Assembly decided to nullify the draft law submitted by the Wasat Party to the Shura Council and prevent the council from discussing it. The assembly prevented discussion on...
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Protests in front of High Court in solidarity with judiciary

Protesters gathering outside headquarters of High Court in solidarity with Black Bloc, Cairo, 30 January 2013.
24 Apr 2013
Several political parties and forces protested in front of the High Court Wednesday, in solidarity with judges during their public assembly meeting, shouting slogans against what they called “schemes to demolish judicial institutions...
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Leftist, revolutionary groups to mobilize for May Day

A foam-made skeleton laid inside a coffin bearing a quip that reads:
24 Apr 2013
Leftist forces, revolutionary movements and trade unions are planning a million-strong demonstration to mark May Day. The demonstration, titled “alarm,” will protest the Muslim Brotherhood’s economic policies, workers...
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Mubarak's detention extended for 15 days

Ousted President Hosni Mubarak on stretcher during moving him from Maadi Military Hospital to Tora Prison, Cairo, 16 July 2012. Egypt's public prosecutor ordered that Mubarak be moved back to prison after an improvement in his health which meant he no longer needed to stay in a military hospital, the state news agency reported.
24 Apr 2013
Former President Hosni Mubarak has been ordered detained an additional 15 days pending further investigation into graft charges, according to a ruling by the Illicit Gains Authority. The authority’s judicial committee held the...
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