Murderer of Yemeni Masters student arrested
The murderer of a Cairo-based Yemeni student has been arrested and admitted to perpetrating the crime, according to a Tuesday statement by the Yemeni embassy.
Mona Moftah, who was a Masters student at the Faculty of Economics and Political Studies of Cairo University, was found dead and burned in her apartment in Manial June 24. Preliminary investigations revealed that robbery was behind the murder, and that the assailants burned parts of the apartment to hide traces of their crime.
Education Ministry heavily secured in anticipation of students protest
Heavy security surrounded the Education ministry Wednesday amid calls to demonstrate at the building by Thanaweya Amma students to protest cancelling the dynamics test and postponing the history, algebra and geology tests due to exam leakage crisis.
Facebook page leaking Thanaweya Amma tests fails to publish religion test
“Shawmeng helps Thanaweya Amma cheat” Facebook page that has been leaking high school exams said Wednesday it will not leak the religion test although it promised it would the night before. Thanaweya Amma students are going through the test for the second time Wednesday after the first test was canceled because it had been leaked.
4th preacher delegation heads to Matoruh
The fourth delegation of preachers from the Endowment Ministry will head for Matrouh on the North Coast Thursday to spread moderate ideology, as part of the ministry’s keenness on rural areas, according to a Wednesday statement.
Consumer Protection agency recommends ban of Juhayna’s ad for citing breasts
The Consumer Protection Agency has recommended that a Juhayna TV ad be banned because of insinuations of women’s breasts; a baby in the ad says he cannot forget the “dundoo,” a word referring to the breasts, head of the agency Atef Yacoub told Youm7.
The company that produces dairy products already stopped broadcasting the add June 25 in a good will gesture from it, Yacoub told Youm7.
60K classrooms to be built in partnership between public, private sectors
A total of 60,000 classrooms will be built within three years per an agreement between public and private entities, head of the Partnership of the Public and Private Sectors Taher Hannura told Youm7 Tuesday.
Al-Azhar expat students warned against extremism
Al-Azhar expat students were warned against extremist ideology during an iftar held by the university, where head of the Islamic Research Academy Mohyiddine Afifi told the students work on their qualifications to be able to spread moderate concepts, coexistence and respect in their own countries.
