CAIRO: Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood warned in a statement on Sunday about the consequences of police violations against wives and female family members of detained brotherhood members. The statement said that violations against women include foul language, physical violence and stealing of personal jewelry and house belongings. “They frighten children, assault neighbors and their hands reach [...]

CAIRO: A group of young people dubbed the 6 April Youth movement drew national and international media attention in 2008, when it used Facebook to organize what was called the first nationwide protest in Egypt. This was the first time social networking had been linked to political action in such a way in Egypt. When [...]

MAHALLA: It is the city of spinning and weaving in Egypt and that is the reason for its fame, but the reason why the name of the city is etched in my memory is because of a joke by an officer when he asked one of the soldiers “where do you come from?” and the [...]

The labor strikes in Mahalla have played a great role in motivating the different grassroots movements in Egypt. Mahalla labor activists were the main reason behind the success of the April 6 National Strike of 2008. On Labor Day, May 1, which came a few weeks after the strikes, President Hosni Mubarak made a historical [...]