Egypt
Marriages between Egyptian men and foreign women on the rise
September 25, 2011
Marriages between Egyptian men and foreign women on the rise
A recent study indicated that the phenomenon of young Egyptian males marrying elderly foreign women is growing in Egypt. The…
Public transport workers continue all-out strike
September 25, 2011
Public transport workers continue all-out strike
Employees of the Public Transport Authority (PTA) in Cairo stepped up their strike action of Sunday, with workers at the…
Masked gunmen fire at military checkpoint
September 25, 2011
Masked gunmen fire at military checkpoint
Masked gunmen on Sunday fired at a military checkpoint on the Suez - Ismailia highway. No casualties were reported, and…
Martyrs’ lawyers request new judge in Mubarak trial
September 25, 2011
Martyrs’ lawyers request new judge in Mubarak trial
A group of lawyers representing the families of those killed in the 25 January uprising have filed a request with…
Egyptian activists demand disclosure of Tantawi’s testimony
September 25, 2011
Egyptian activists demand disclosure of Tantawi’s testimony
Egyptian activists on Sunday demanded to release details of the testimony by Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi in former President Hosni…
Presidential hopefuls submit joint report to military council
September 25, 2011
Presidential hopefuls submit joint report to military council
Several presidential hopefuls said Sunday they have submitted a report to the ruling Supreme Council for Armed Forces (SCAF) on…
Q&A with Ahmed Agiza: A survivor of the Mubarak regime’s war on terror
September 25, 2011
Q&A with Ahmed Agiza: A survivor of the Mubarak regime’s war on terror
Ahmed Agiza is no stranger to the brutality of the Egyptian justice system. The 49-year-old Egyptian Islamist was first detained…
Egyptian court postpones Church bombing trial to 13 November
September 25, 2011
Egyptian court postpones Church bombing trial to 13 November
An Egyptian court on Sunday postponed the trial of the New Year’s Eve bombing of the Two Saints Church in…
NGO report: 93,000 Copts left Egypt since March
September 25, 2011
NGO report: 93,000 Copts left Egypt since March
Nearly 93,000 Coptic Christians have left Egypt since 19 March, a report by an Egypt-based Coptic NGO has said. The…
Jama’a al-Islamiya to field 150 parliamentary candidates
September 25, 2011
Jama’a al-Islamiya to field 150 parliamentary candidates
Jama'a al-Islamiya will field around 150 candidates in the parliamentary elections scheduled for November, the group's media spokesperson, Tarek al-Zomor,…