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Interior Ministry allows Talaat Harb protest to go ahead
Egypt

Interior Ministry allows Talaat Harb protest to go ahead

The Interior Ministry said it has approved a request to protest in Cairo's Talaat Harb Square on Wednesday.The ministry announced…
UPDATE: Competing claims for Tahrir as clashes mark Mohamed Mahmoud
Egypt

UPDATE: Competing claims for Tahrir as clashes mark Mohamed Mahmoud

Tahrir Square has once again become the venue for fresh clashes in the heart of Cairo, on the day hundreds…
From the shadows: The failure of Gaza Tamarod
Egypt

From the shadows: The failure of Gaza Tamarod

The streets of Gaza on November 11 were more or less the same as the day before.
State TV broadcasts recordings from Morsy trial
Egypt

State TV broadcasts recordings from Morsy trial

State television have broadcast images from Monday morning’s chaotic trial of ousted President Mohamed Morsy. The footage shows Morsy, appearing in…
London wary of ‘internal repression’ as it resumes Egypt arms licenses
Egypt

London wary of ‘internal repression’ as it resumes Egypt arms licenses

The British government has resumed 24 arms export licenses to Cairo, according to a statement from the British embassy in…
After Warraq: Sectarianism, warts and all
Opinion

After Warraq: Sectarianism, warts and all

About this time last week, the bodies were being ferried into the Virgin Mary Church where they had been shot…
Update: Coptic activists demand ‘failed’ minister step down after Warraq
Egypt

Update: Coptic activists demand ‘failed’ minister step down after Warraq

As officials continue to condemn Sunday's Warraq church shooting, in which four Christians including an eight-year-old girl were gunned down…
Tourism “getting better every day” despite violence, minister claims
Culture

Tourism “getting better every day” despite violence, minister claims

Egypt's antiquities minister, Mohamed Ibrahim, has reassured foreign tourists looking to arrive in Egypt that they are not at risk…
Beleaguered Egyptian museum “ready in six months”
Culture

Beleaguered Egyptian museum “ready in six months”

Since the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, in Cairo’s El Fustat, was first announced in 1978, Egypt has seen one…
Dwindling hopes for workers’ rights in post-Brotherhood Egypt
Egypt

Dwindling hopes for workers’ rights in post-Brotherhood Egypt

When the Egyptian army moved in on a workers’ sit-in outside the Suez Steel plant on 12 August, armoured vehicles…
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