Features/Interviews
Mubarak convicted of embezzlement, embarrasses high-level officials in Sisi government
May 25, 2014
Mubarak convicted of embezzlement, embarrasses high-level officials in Sisi government
A three-judge court in Cairo has sentenced on Wednesday the deposed president Hosni Mubarak to three years in jail as…
Egypt court jails 155 Brotherhood supporters
May 21, 2014
Egypt court jails 155 Brotherhood supporters
An Egyptian court sentenced 155 Muslim Brotherhood supporters to jail terms on Wednesday and gave 54 of them life sentences,…
Text of Sisi interview with Reuters
May 15, 2014
Text of Sisi interview with Reuters
Egyptian presidential frontrunner Abdel Fattah al-Sisi gave Reuters a wide-ranging interview. The following is the full text. Q: How long do…
Egypt’s Sisi turns Islam on the Islamists
May 9, 2014
Egypt’s Sisi turns Islam on the Islamists
As the Egyptian state presses its crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood, the man expected to become president has deployed a…
Hamzawy interview: ‘We are returning to the old regime’
May 8, 2014
Hamzawy interview: ‘We are returning to the old regime’
Amr Hamzawy is a political professor at the Polical Science Department of Cairo University and the American University of Cairo.
Prime Minister bans Egyptian movie for risqué scenes
April 17, 2014
Prime Minister bans Egyptian movie for risqué scenes
Egypt’s Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb has decided to ban the recently-premiered movie “Halawet Roh”, or “Sweetness of Rouh”, from public…
Counter-terrorism draft law ready for president’s approval
April 4, 2014
Counter-terrorism draft law ready for president’s approval
Major General Adel Labib, Minister of Local Development, said after the Cabinet's Thursday meeting the Cabinet would submit the counter-terrorism…
Investors believe Sisi presidency will bring stability
March 20, 2014
Investors believe Sisi presidency will bring stability
Egyptian Army chief Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi may not look like a model democrat, but foreign and local businessmen…
New animated film paves way for health awareness
March 17, 2014
New animated film paves way for health awareness
In an effort to combat Egypt's high prevalence of pneumonia infections, Healthy Egyptians Association for Development has released a short…
Khaled Ali will not run for president, says election is farce
March 16, 2014
Khaled Ali will not run for president, says election is farce
Former presidential hopeful and leftist activist Khaled Ali announced Sunday in a press conference he would not run for president,…