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Presidential demands, boycotts and bouncing cheques: The strange case of Sainsbury’s in Egypt
The CEO of a UK supermarket has been given a prison sentence in Egypt, but it is only the latest instance in a bizarre, ongoing story
2 police officers, 3 conscripts injured in Beni Suef shooting
An exchange of fire between security forces and wanted assailants led to the injuries, according to news reports
Mubarak calls on Egyptians to stand behind Al-Sisi
Former president spoke on satellite channel Sada Al-Balad on the commemoration of 33rd anniversary of Sinai Liberation day
Former PM Nazif’s graft charge retrial postponed to May
Nazif’s previous prison sentence was overturned in a series of corruption acquittals
IGA appeals Al-Adly’s acquittal on corruption charges
Court had acquitted Al-Adly who was accused of illicitly obtaining EGP 181m
Al-Adly’s acquittal details deny abuse of power
Investigations were insincere, says court
A butterfly effect could turn things upside down: Hala Shukrallah
Daily News Egypt spoke to Shukrallah about the future of politics in Egypt, and whether the rule of the military is serving democracy
‘1980 and Upwards’: The youth’s pain relief
A play that many have watched over and over
Photojournalist facing trial on terrorism charges
Ahmed Gamal Ziada to stand before court’s branch in charge of terrorism affairs
Egyptian spectator ban: Flashpoint for conflict and statement of weakness
By James M. Dorsey An Egyptian cabinet decision to end the suspension of professional football in late March but reinstitute the ban on spectators attending matches could spark renewed clashes between militant fans and security forces. The decision against the backdrop of mounting evidence that Egyptian general-turned-President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has no apparent intention of easing …
Egypt’s face of justice: Trial of 80 protesters arrested on 25 January anniversary
“Judges who hate the revolution have orders to take its icons down,” says lawyer
Ex-minister acquitted over suspect Israel gas deals
Verdict for former petroleum minister is latest in series of acquittals for Mubarak-era figures
More Islamists referred to military tribunals
Since 1950s, special military courts used as judicial tool to crack down on Islamist opposition
Football deaths renew spotlight on Egypt’s notorious security forces
By James M. Dorsey A stampede at a Cairo stadium earlier this month, much like a politically-loaded football brawl in the Suez Canal city of Port Said three years ago, is shining a spotlight on Egypt’s unreformed, unabashedly violent, and politically powerful police and security forces amid confusion over what precisely happened and how many …
What Egypt and Russia want
Egyptian-Russian relations have been cold for around 40 years, but as Putin visits Egypt, the foreign policy game is changing for both countries
Egypt witnesses collapse of rule of law, constitution, human rights: Activist
Demonstrating in Egypt is considered more dangerous than mass murder, and the Protest Law must be amended, says Bahey Eldin Hassan
Young political parties and the election game: To play or not to play?
Party members eager to reflect revolution’s demands for democracy by participating
Where is the Egyptian revolution?
Demands increase on each anniversary, as do calls against every new regime
Parliament caught in political ambiguity: will the president respect legislative independence?
Experts warn of unfair representation, state control and failing public’s expectations
Education in Egypt hit harder by Arab Spring unrest
By Mohamed Ibrahim Education in Egypt has been further dented by the unrest that has engulfed the country since the start of the Arab Spring in January 2011. The education process has been largely disrupted since the ouster of former president Hosni Mubarak that year. Reforming the education system in the most populous Arab nation …
Brotherhood, SAC call for escalation ahead of 25 January
Groups call for protests under slogan “Together We Revolt”
A biography of Osama El-Baz
From working as a butcher’s boy while studying for his PhD, to being Mubarak’s foreign affairs advisor
Trying Mubarak unconstitutional, should have taken place before electing president: Minister of Transitional Justice
‘My committee visited Tora Prison following the UPR and we did not receive any complaints of torture’, minister says
Demonstrators attacked with glass bottles at Cairo protest
Incident took place during a small anti-Mubarak protest in Abdel Moneim Riad Square on Friday evening
3-month state of emergency imposed on North Sinai
Emergency law first used by Gamal Abdel Nasser back in force
Football and militant Islam intersect in incidents across the Middle East
By James M. Dorsey A successful football player near the peak of his career, 22 year-old Nidhal Selmi, died last week a foreign fighter for the Islamic State, the jihadist group that controls a swath of Syria and Iraq. His death followed that of Tunisian handball goalkeeper Ahmed Yassin and Ahmed El-Darawi, a former policeman …
UPDATE: Court postpones Mubarak’s verdict to 29 November
Judge says panel needs more time to rule on case
In Pictures: Judge adjourns Mubarak’s case to 29 November
Judge Mahmoud Kamel Al-Rashidy adjourned on Saturday the retrial session of ousted president Hosni Mubarak, who is accused of ordering the killing of peaceful protesters during the 25 January Revolution as well as corruption charges. Mubarak’s sons Alaa and Gamal, former interior minister Habib Al-Adly and six of his aides, and fugitive businessman Hussein …
Judge adjourns Mubarak trial to 29 November
The verdict was expected Saturday but the court says it needs more time to rule on the 160,000 paper-case
Egypt’s fallen Ministry of Information
By Mohamed Selim On Monday, 23 February 2004, and at a tempestuous conference held at the headquarter of Egypt’s Syndicate of Journalists in downtown Cairo, former president Hosni Mubarak’s longtime loyalist and propaganda apparatchik, Safwat El-Sherif, declared that he would be the country’s last minister of information (a post that he had held for 22-years). …