CAIRO: Dozens of Egyptians and Palestinians assembled in front of the Arab League headquarters on Tuesday to mark the 64th anniversary of the Palestinian “catastrophe” that followed Israel’s establishment. The commemoration took place amidst an alleged “victorious achievement” of 2000 Palestinian prisoners who ended a 77-day hunger strike after their demands were met to ease [...]
CAIRO: Azza Haikal, member of the Women’s National Council said that the council will not intervene to defend the women who were arrested in Abbassiya on Friday as it is not a ‘national or patriotic cause’. The member of newly restructured council rejected the notion that the council will be involved in any sort. 15 [...]
CAIRO: At least 18 journalists have been assaulted, injured, or arrested in the past three days, while covering clashes between protesters and thugs and uniformed military personnel in front of the defense ministry in the neighborhood of Abbassiya in Cairo. The report comes from the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). “Authorities cannot stand by while [...]
CAIRO: A Dutch activist’s anti-monarchy speech caused uproar Monday as security officials instantly forced the young man off stage during a national celebration hosted by the Dutch Embassy in Cairo. Queen’s Day is a national festivity celebrated annually in the Netherlands to commemorate the former Dutch Queen’s birthday. “We are here today to celebrate [...]
CAIRO: Egypt’s Chief of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, called Saudi king Abdullah bin Abdel Aziz. The telephone call came after the Saudi government recalled its ambassador and closed its embassy in Cairo and its two consulates in Alexandria and Suez. Tantawi said the Egyptian people greatly appreciate [...]
CAIRO: The French Agency for Development, said on Saturday, it is awaiting approval by the Egyptian authorities for a soft loan worth 300 million Euros to finance construction of the third line of the Cairo Metro. This came in a statement distributed by the French Embassy in Cairo, Saturday, on the loan, which was approved [...]
CAIRO: In two days of consecutive protest, Egyptian youth continued to demand the release of human rights lawyer, Al Gizawi, who is detained in Saudi Arabia for allegedly defaming its monarchy. Al Gizawi, who flew to Saudi Arabia for a religious pilgrimage, was arrested on arrival on April 17. Officials found more than 20, [...]
CAIRO: A number of women’s organizations and movements are marching on Saturday, and too, calling for fair and equal representation of women in the new constitution. The Egyptian Women’s Union said the march will start at noon from Talaat Harb Square to Tahrir Square, with the participation of many leading feminists figures including renowned writer [...]
CAIRO: Head of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, spoke on Monday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas about a means to offer more support to the Palestinian cause. The meeting stressed the importance of dialogue between Palestinian factions to end the internal strife in preparation for parliamentary elections as [...]
CAIRO: The 21st Cairo International Film Festival for Children (CIFFC) concluded activities on Friday in the Grand Theatre at the Opera House. The ceremony was attended by Dr. Nadia el-Kholi, the president of the festival on behalf of Minister of Culture Shaker Abdul Hameed who is on a visit to the United Arab Emirates. This [...]
CAIRO: According to Egypt’s State Information Service, the Armed Forces on Friday deployed buses in Greater Cairo to cope with a strike by public transport workers. A statement released Friday said that the Armed Forces deployed a fleet of its buses in major bus terminals in Greater Cairo. The buses, driven by army recruits, will [...]
CAIRO: In the past six months, The American University in Cairo (AUC) has used 20.4 percent less energy in kilowatt hours (KWH) University-wide, compared to the same six-month period a year earlier, with an eye toward reducing overall energy use by one third in three years. This substantial improvement already has and will continue to [...]
Egypt’s economy is in tatters. And making matters worse, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation left Egypt this week and Egypt was still without a loan. It had been believed to be a finalization visit by the IMF for a $3.2 billion loan to the country, but squabbling by the government and the Islamist Parliament [...]
A man who tried to save his horse from drowning, drowned himself in his attempts to rescue the animal, on Sunday in Cairo. Eid Abdel Ra’ouf Abdel Aziz, 26, who owns a horse carriage for a living, took his horse to bathe in the Ismaileya canal, in the Cairo suburb of Shubra al-Kheima, when the [...]
CAIRO: Often in Egypt, low level sexual harassment is seen to be the norm. While not acceptable, it is accepted. It is laughed off, lightly dismissed and frequently not even mentioned at all. In all honestly, that is not so surprising. Occurring more-or-less on a daily basis, it is no wonder that the monotony of [...]
DUBAI: United Arab Emirates company Majid al Futtaim announced on Tuesday that it would be financing its massive Mall of Egypt project through two Egyptian banks. The statement said the company would receive a loan of some $500 million for the project. Reuters news agency quoted three sources close to the UAE company saying the [...]
CAIRO: Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, in an interview with the Cairo Review of Global Affairs published today, condemned President Bashar Assad’s “brutal repression” of Syrian protesters as “a threat to the international peace and security.” Davutoğlu revealed he met Assad personally three times to press for political reform, but “promises given to us for [...]
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