Tens of Nubian protesters blocked traffic on Qasr al-Aini Street on Thursday afternoon, demanding a halt to the auctioning off of land that they claim is ancient Nubian property by the Ministry of Agriculture and the General Authority of Rehabilitation Projects.
President Mohamed Morsi returned to Cairo on Thursday afternoon after a visit to Saudi Arabia – the first he has undertaken to a foreign country after taking office. The newly elected president held talks with King Abdullah and Crown Prince Salman ibn Abdel-Aziz regarding the future of Egyptian-Saudi relations and how to endorse economic and investment projects between the two countries.
The Sudanese ambassador to Cairo Kamal Hassan Ali announced on Thursday that Egyptian journalist Shaimaa Adel, who has been detained in Khartoum for 11 days now, after being arrested while covering the anti-regime protests, will be released and deported to Cairo by next Monday.
Marking his first state visit as president, Mohamed Morsy traveled to Saudi Arabia Wednesday to meet with King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz.
Hamdeen Sabbahi, the Nasserist former presidential candidate, has proposed six measures to solve the country's political crisis:
A documentary commemorating the 57th anniversary of the establishment of the Egyptian General Intelligence Services was aired on a number of television channels on Tuesday night.
Acting spokesman for the presidential office, Yasser Ali, revealed on Tuesday that President Morsi will appoint a prime minister "soon," in his first step in forming a cabinet.
The Union of Revolutionary Youth called on President Mohamed Morsy to dissolve the Supreme Constitutional Court, in a statement Wednesday, saying the judiciary needs to be immediately purged of Mubarak’s men to build a sound democratic system.
Former commander of the Central Military Zone, Hassan al-Roweiny, has given his account in the trial of 24 former regime officials accused of orchestrating a bloody attack on pro-democracy protesters in February 2011.
Workers at the Pirelli tire company in Alexandria accused the executive director of the company there, Karim Qaddas, of trying to smear the workers to sway public opinion in the company’s favor.
An agreement has been reached by the head of the Lawyers' Syndicate, Sameh Ashour, and Minister of Interior Mohamed Ibrahim, to end tensions between lawyers and police officers at Nasr City police station.
Independent MP Mostafa Bakry announced his resignation from the People's Assembly in a statement Tuesday, responding to President Mohamed Morsy's decision to recall parliament.
Egypt's Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) never resorted to taking "exceptional" measures during its interim tenure in power, the military council declared in a Monday statement, one day after parliament's lower house was reinstated via presidential decree.
Former Central Bank of Egypt Governor Mahmoud Abul Oyoun is the most likely nominee for prime minister, a source from the presidential office told Al-Masry Al-Youm.
Former presidential candidates Khaled Ali, Hamdeen Sabbahi and Abdel-Moneim Abul-Fotouh have all expressed their disapproval of the decree issued Sunday by recently-inaugurated President Mohamed Morsi reinstating the People's Assembly (the lower house of Egypt's parliament), dissolved last month by order of the military.
The Supreme Constitutional Court’s general assembly will meet Monday to discuss how to respond to President Mohamed Morsy’s decision to reinstate the People’s Assembly, which the court had dissolved in a ruling last month.
Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi welcomed President Mohamed Morsi during the 41th armed forces graduation ceremony on Monday, just one day after the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) had a closed emergency meeting about the president's controversial Sunday decree reinstating the dissolved parliament.
Members of the 25 January Revolution Youth Coalition have grown divided over the decision by some members to dissolve the group.
The acting spokesperson for the presidency, Yasser Aly, has dismissed news that President Mohamed Morsy intends to appoint himself prime minister.
Members of the Revolution Youth Coalition (RYC) held a press conference at El-Sawy Centre early Saturday to officially announce the dissolution of the umbrella group that was widely regarded as a driving force of the 25 January 2011 uprising.
A Suez appeal court judge renewed the detention of the three defendants accused of killing a student in Suez 7 days until the case can be further studied.
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The Light of the Desert-Documentary on St Macarius Monastery, Egypt