Two Coptic Christian boys have been detained by the authorities on charges that they defiled the pages of a Koran

A coalition of 33 women's rights organisations and initiatives are set to march from Merghani Street in Cairo

As the first anniversary of the Maspero violence approaches, activists and political groups are demanding that former SCAF members be put on trial, criticizing what they call “the safe exit of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces” from responsibility for the events.

The spokesperson for Egypt’s Shia community, Baha Anwar, met with US Ambassador to Egypt Anne Patterson on Wednesday to brief her on the situation of Shias in the country.

Responding to questions during an open discussion of the draft constitution, Mohamed El-Beltagui revealed that the Shura Council (the lower house of parliament) will most likely continue to exist with additional responsibilities, and that the parliamentary election system, whether majoritarian or party-list, will be included in the constitution, which was not previously the case.

The Egyptian Coalition on Children's Rights (ECCR) issued a statement Thursday strongly condemning the arrest of two Coptic Christian children, aged just nine and ten, for "insulting religion" in the upper Egyptian governorate of Beni Suef.

Members of Egypt’s Constituent Assembly, the body tasked with drafting Egypt’s post-uprising constitution, are purportedly finished with drafting the chapter on the freedoms, rights and duties of citizens.

Public Prosecutor Abdel Meguid Mahmoud on Tuesday referred a complaint against former Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Sami Anan and former Housing Minister Mohamed Ibrahim Suleiman to the Illicit Gains Authority to verify accusations relating to illegal gains and property acquisition.

On and around September 11, 2012, al Qaeda attacked multiple American assets around the world

Sabah al-Sakkari, a female activist, is running to replace outgoing party chairman Mohammed Morsi

Islamists are seeking to enshrine in Egypt's long-awaited new constitution a number of articles

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has formed a committee to support the Syrian uprising, led by Mohamed Abdel Rahman, a member of the Guidance Bureau.

Constitution expert Nour Farahat on Monday criticised recent statements by Mohamed Omara, member of the Salafist Nour Party and Egypt's Constituent Assembly (tasked with drafting a new constitution), regarding the legal minimum age for women to marry.

Amnesty said thousands of protesters were injured or maimed

It was just before dawn on Sept. 16 when Mahmoud heard the unmistakable roar of a helicopter gunship

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Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb called for reconciliation between Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah during a meeting Monday with Hamas Religious Affairs Minister Ismail Said Radwan.

One of the main factors that hinder societies from achieving progress is “denial”

Egyptian authorities have released television presenter Tawfiq Okasha

Prime Minister Hisham Qandil said Egypt is seeking to establish a strong and sincere partnership with European Union

A governorate official said that residents of the informal Cairo neighborhood of Duweiqa will only be moved to 6th of October City if they deserve it