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

Egypt's Ministry of Electricity will increase the electricity it exports to the Gaza Strip

The doctors' strike is the only event highlighted in all of Tuesday's newspapers

Interior Minister Ahmed Gamal Eddin said on Monday that the police have entered a new era in which they will respect citizens’ freedoms, without any violations, protect legitimacy and prosecute criminals.

After weeks of protests and negotiations, the administration of the American University in Cairo and its students have reached an agreement stipulating putting a temporary cap on rising tuition fees.

Vice President Mahmoud Mekky told chief editors of several newspapers in a meeting on Monday that the results of a corruption investigation into the presidency would be revealed soon.

The head of the Constituent Assembly said Monday that the body would complete a draft of the new constitution in early or mid-November, adding that its worif a court dissolves it before then, the next assembly could use its work as a starting point.

The owner of a TV station, who is on trial for incitement following his call for the killing of Egypt's Islamist president, has been released after being briefly detained over allegations of theft of electrical power and bounced cheques, security officials said on Monday.

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on Sunday discussed several pressing regional issues in an address delivered at an annual conference of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party.

A judge authorized by the Justice Ministry to hear the case has decided to refer former presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq to a criminal court along with 10 other former officials of the Ministry of Civil Aviation over charges of profiteering and seizing public funds.