U.S.-based Human Rights Watch on Monday urged Egyptians to amend the current draft which it said did not adequately protect women and children's rights
Egypt’s central bank says the country’s net foreign reserves have dropped again in September
This year's Nobel prize season kicks off Monday with rumours suggesting the peace prize could go to Egypt's Maggie Gobran
Several political parties have called for demonstrations on 12 October to protest various issues related to the Constituent Assembly and the country's general state, according to a statement released Saturday.
Sunshine Stars scored a late goal to salvage a thrilling 3-3 draw with Ahly in Nigeria but the result leaves the Egyptian giants as overwhelming favourites to reach the African Champions League final.
Fifty-eight percent of Egyptian citizens are dissatisfied with Morsy’s performance, according to the Morsymeter website, on the 98th day of his presidency.
No preconditions will be imposed on Egypt by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) which intends to resume talks in October with the Egyptian government over the $4.8 billion loan, confirmed IMF chief Christina Lagarde during a Saturday press conference.
Khaled Saeed’s sister, Zahra Saeed, has said that President Mohamed Morsy has not yet kept his promise to her mother to issue a death certificate for her brother.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamal Amr said Syria should stop bloodshed on its own soil
Inas Mekkawie is angry, apprehensive, indeed almost scared. As the founder of the nearly one-year-old women’s rights organisation Bahiya ya Masr, she feels that, in the grand scheme of Egyptian politics, women are being reduced to sex objects; she is concerned that rights won with difficulty over decades will be revoked while society is busy with other matters: “some,” she says, “legitimate and pressing; others of limited if any significance”. The attack on women’s rights, she feels, predates the rise to power of the Muslim Brotherhood and the election of President Mohamed Morsi. It started in the early days of the transitional period when SCAF (Supreme Council of Armed forces) took over running the country after Hosny Mubarak was forced to step down on 11 February 2011.“Today”, argues Mekkawie, “the attack takes on a ferocious tone with the attempt to include in the constitution language that can have dire implications for women’s rights.”
The Constituent Assembly plans to launch a large-scale awareness campaign Monday to inform voters about the draft constitution the body has drawn up, Reda Abdel Aziz, director of the assembly's media center, announced Thursday.
Culture Minister Saber Arab said that most of the problems facing Egypt lie in the field of culture and art, as many institutions need to be rehabilitated.
Former President Hosni Mubarak and former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly will be retried on charges of killing peaceful protesters during the revolution, Justice Minister Ahmed Mekky said Thursday.
Egypt will resume exporting rice following a four-year ban, Hatem Saleh, Egyptian minister of industry and foreign trade, announced on Sunday.
India salutes the “Gandhian spirit” of Tahrir Square revolutionaries with a poster making contest
One of the world's largest cruise ships, its foreign passengers primed for onshore spending, that was supposed to dock in Egypt was scrapped
Syrian state TV launched a fierce campaign against Hamas politburo chief Khaled Meshaal and Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi
The draft constitution currently under discussion in Egypt is enraging liberals
All we ask for is a road to tie us to the rest of the world, to connect us to life," explains Ahmed Abdel-Qader, a local blacksmith from the isolated village of Tahsin in Egypt's Daqahliya governorate.
Presidential spokesperson Yasser Ali said Monday that President Mohamed Morsy will explain the successes and failures of the first 100 days to the people once they have passed.
Egypt is destined to become a net importer of natural gas if the government hits the economic growth targets
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The Light of the Desert-Documentary on St Macarius Monastery, Egypt