Egyptian expatriates
Egyptian expats welcome efforts to grant them voting rights
Egypt
April 12, 2011
Egyptian expats welcome efforts to grant them voting rights
Expatriate Egyptians in the US welcomed news on Monday that a ministerial committee has agreed to grant them the right…
119,000 Egyptian expatriates return from strife-torn Libya
Egypt
March 3, 2011
119,000 Egyptian expatriates return from strife-torn Libya
Some 119,000 Egyptian nationals working in Libya have returned to Egypt on 352 EgyptAir flights since violence erupted in the…
Former PM: Tunisia uprising will negatively impact Egyptian remittances
Business
January 20, 2011
Former PM: Tunisia uprising will negatively impact Egyptian remittances
Political fallout from Tunisia's ongoing popular uprising threatens to negatively affect the remittances coming into the country from Egyptians working…
Egyptian expats in UK urge govt to protect places of worship
Egypt
January 3, 2011
Egyptian expats in UK urge govt to protect places of worship
The Egyptian Association in the United Kingdom (EAUK) has called on the Egyptian government to "do all it can" to…
Egyptian Americans to press Obama on democracy promotion in Egypt
Egypt
December 27, 2010
Egyptian Americans to press Obama on democracy promotion in Egypt
At a meeting on Sunday with Ayman Nour, founder of the opposition Ghad Party, a
NAC blasts Egyptian-Americans for failing to sign on to reform demands
Egypt
December 23, 2010
NAC blasts Egyptian-Americans for failing to sign on to reform demands
Abdel Gelil Mostafa, coordinator of the National Association for Change (NAC) reform movement, told a delegation representing the Alliance of…
Expat Egyptians frustrated by mixed statements on right to vote
Egypt
October 30, 2010
Expat Egyptians frustrated by mixed statements on right to vote
The Alliance of Egyptian-Americans (AEA) said expatriate Egyptians are “confused and frustrated” by conflicting statements from government officials and the…
Government considers providing Egypt expats with voting rights
Egypt
October 19, 2010
Government considers providing Egypt expats with voting rights
The government may allow Egyptians living abroad to vote in next year’s presidential elections, Manpower Minister Aisha Abdel Hadi said…
Saad Eddin Ibrahim calls ElBaradei ‘my first choice for presidency’
Egypt
September 20, 2010
Saad Eddin Ibrahim calls ElBaradei ‘my first choice for presidency’
Prominent Egyptian rights campaigner Saad Eddin Ibrahim described would-be independent presidential candidate Mohamed ElBaradei as "my first choice for the…
Saad Eddin Ibrahim looks to US legislature for support on democratization
Egypt
September 19, 2010
Saad Eddin Ibrahim looks to US legislature for support on democratization
Prominent Egyptian human rights activist Saad Eddin Ibrahim on Sunday said he expected US Congress to approve a resolution in…