Jano Charbel
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Kafr al-Sheikh voters lean toward 'yes' in referendum
KAFR AL-SHEIKH — The northern Delta governorate of Kafr al-Sheikh witnessed a relatively low turnout as residents cast their ballots...
Jano Charbel Jano Charbel 8 years ago
Thursday’s papers: Alleged gunmen in custody, rising tensions between Islamists and opposition
Topping the news in Thursday’s papers are three chief developments: the arrest and detention of two Islamists, increasing tensions between...
Jano Charbel Jano Charbel 8 years ago
Thursday's papers: Fighting over a journalist's death
Newspapers on Thursday focus their coverage on the death of Al-Fagr photojournalist Al-Husseini Abu Deif and the referendum on the...
Jano Charbel Jano Charbel 8 years ago
Human rights advocates worried, skeptical about military's arrest powers
Although it wasn’t enforced during the first phase of the constitutional referendum on 15 December, President Mohamed Morsy's recent decree...
Jano Charbel Jano Charbel 8 years ago
Gharbiya, home of 'autonomous' Mahalla, votes no
MAHALLA — As the initial results of the first round of referendum voting rolled in, it became obvious how the...
Jano Charbel Jano Charbel 8 years ago
In opposition to Morsy, Mahalla declares autonomy
Mahalla — The “Independent Republic of Greater Mahalla” was declared by thousands of angry locals on 7 December, following...
Jano Charbel Jano Charbel 8 years ago
Street vendors mull forming union to combat state crackdowns
Struggling with increasing unemployment, an estimated 5 million Egyptians have long resorted to becoming self-employed street vendors, and make up...
Jano Charbel Jano Charbel 8 years ago
Hands off: Initiatives grow fighting sexual harassment in Tahrir and elsewhere
“Don’t go there” and “Stay out for your own safety” have been the menacing messages from alarmist male protesters with...
Jano Charbel Jano Charbel 8 years ago
Wednesday's papers: Presidential palace besieged, constitutional crisis and media blackouts
Three developments top the news Wednesday in Egypt’s papers, including the massive anti-Morsy protests that flooded the presidential palace in...
Jano Charbel Jano Charbel 8 years ago
Anti-Morsy protests bring hundreds of thousands together
Although it appeared less crowded than Tuesday’s million-person rally, Friday’s protests in Cairo’s Tahrir Square and elsewhere gathered hundreds of...
Jano Charbel Jano Charbel 8 years ago
Tuesday's papers: Rallies, martyrs, judges, and labor
Tuesday’s papers focus their top coverage on four main developments today: a host of rallies supporting and opposing President Morsy’s...
Jano Charbel Jano Charbel 8 years ago
Labor activists: New decree eyes 'Brotherhoodization' of unions
A controversial labor decree issued by President Mohamed Morsy on Sunday has been denounced and met with resistance from both...
Jano Charbel Jano Charbel 8 years ago
Sunday's papers: Conflicting reports over deadly train-bus collision
The main news item in all daily papers Sunday is the deadly bus-train collision which left at least 50 school...
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Protesters outside Saudi consulate recount prison abuse
Families and friends of Egyptian detainees languishing in Saudi prisons launched an open-ended sit-in outside the kingdom’s embassy in Giza...
Jano Charbel Jano Charbel 8 years ago