Items related to Eid al-Adha

"I am a harasser" printed on someone's T-shirt after members of popular committee caught him harassing girls in down town Cairo during third day of Eid al-Adha, 28 October 2012. Volunteer youth launched campaign against sexual harassment to catch harasser and scandalize them by writing the word "I am harasser" on his T-shirt.  
Morsy meets with interior minister over sexual harassment
Al-Masry Al-Youm 30 Oct 2012
President Mohamed Morsy met with Interior Minister Ahmed Gamal Eddin on Tuesday to discuss security and ways to address...
A man fights with sheep in cattle market, days before Eid al-Adha, Dakahliya, 24 October 2012.
750,000 sheep and cattle worth LE2.75 billion slaughtered for Eid
Al-Masry Al-Youm 30 Oct 2012
Veterinarians Syndicate President Sami Taha has said that 500,000 sheep and 250,000 cattle were slaughtered for Eid al-...
شباب يتحرشون ببعض الفتيات خلال أولي أيام عيد الأضحي في شوارع الإسكندرية، 16 نوفمبر 2010.
Report: Poor security response to Eid harassment
Egypt Independent 30 Oct 2012
  A report by anti-harassment activists has rated security forces’ cooperation in following up on sexual...
Eid al Adha at Resala in Shubra
Resala: A message of charity in Eid
Aaron Rose 29 Oct 2012
Mahmoud Anwar Halfy’s calm belies his passion. It is 6 am on 26 October, the first day of Eid al-Adha, and Halfy...
Security officials: 727 cases of sexual harassment reported over Eid
Al-Masry Al-Youm 29 Oct 2012
This week's Eid al-Adha holidays saw 727 cases of verbal and sexual harassment reported across Egypt, typically...
Indian bankers display cellular telephones on which they are using Mobile-based Trading at The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) during its launch in Mumbai , September 21, 2010. India, the fastest growing mobile phone market, launched stock trading through wireless technology this week, making access to market data easier for a growing breed of tech-savvy investors. The Bombay Stock Exchange, Asia's oldest exchange, introduced trading in shares on mobiles while rival National Stock Exchange is set to launch its services early next month.
Ministry: 1 bn text messages sent during Eid, costing US$66.5 mn
Egypt Independent 29 Oct 2012
Telecommunications officials estimated the number of Eid greetings messages for Eid al-Adha this year at about 1...
Boys harassing girls while they wandering in Alexandria's streets, November 7,2011.
172 arrested on sexual harassment charges; still not enough, say activists
Egypt Independent 28 Oct 2012
  In the first two days of the Eid al-Adha holiday, police have arrested 172 people on charges of sexual...
An Egyptian army vehicle keeps its position close to the Rafah border crossing with the Hamas-run Gaza Strip
Rafah crossing open throughout Eid holidays
Al-Masry Al-Youm 28 Oct 2012
Egypt is keeping the Rafah border crossing open through the Eid al-Adha holidays, the first time the authorities have...
Syria bombards major cities, weakening truce
Reuters 27 Oct 2012
Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad renewed their bombardment of major cities on Saturday and rebels...
A picture taken by a mobile phone shows a destroyed car sitting over rubble in Hilla, south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, May 5, 2011, after a suicide attacker blew up a bomb-filled car at a police station, killing at least 21 policemen, as Iraqi forces braced for Al-Qaeda revenge attacks after Osama bin Laden's death.
Double Baghdad blasts kill 13 over Eid holiday
Reuters 27 Oct 2012
Two blasts hit a Baghdad Shia neighborhood and a bus full of Iranian pilgrims on Saturday, killing at least 13 people...