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Egyptian court refers Mahalla Mazoun to trial for legitimizing marriage for 27 minors
Egypt
October 2, 2017
Egyptian court refers Mahalla Mazoun to trial for legitimizing marriage for 27 minors
Egypt’s Administrative Prosecution ordered on Sunday the referral of a Mazoun, (a Muslim cleric who authorizes marriages) in the city of…
Work resumes normally after spinning and weaving workers end strike
Egypt
August 22, 2017
Work resumes normally after spinning and weaving workers end strike
Business returned to normal in all departments of the Egyptian Spinning and Weaving Company on Tuesday morning, after the company’s…
16,000 Mahalla spinning and weaving workers end strike
Egypt
August 21, 2017
16,000 Mahalla spinning and weaving workers end strike
Abdel Fattah Ibrahim, president of the General Union of Spinning and Weaving Workers, announced Sunday that the workers of the…
Policemen remanded into custody over fishmonger’s death in Mahalla
Egypt
June 10, 2016
Policemen remanded into custody over fishmonger’s death in Mahalla
Five policemen have been remanded into custody for four days pending investigations into the death of a fishmonger during a…
Mahalla workers end strike as govt promises resolution
Egypt
November 1, 2015
Mahalla workers end strike as govt promises resolution
Hundreds of workers at Egypt’s state-run Misr for Spinning and Weaving Company in Gharbiya ended an 11-day strike over delayed…
Swedish reporter briefly arrested covering Mahalla demos
Egypt
October 28, 2015
Swedish reporter briefly arrested covering Mahalla demos
A Swedish reporter was briefly detained on Tuesday while covering protests by Egyptian textile workers in Mahalla condemning the withholding…
Mahalla textile company on strike over bonuses
Egypt
October 21, 2015
Mahalla textile company on strike over bonuses
Workers at Egypt’s major textile manufacturer declared on Wednesday an open-ended strike over the government’s decision to backtrack on disbursing…
Five people injured, including child, in Mahalla IED explosion
Egypt
June 6, 2015
Five people injured, including child, in Mahalla IED explosion
Five people were injured Friday evening, including a child, when an IED exploded near a police station in Mahalla, Gharbiya.…
Health Ministry: 2 killed, 11 injured in Mahalla bombing
Egypt
March 7, 2015
Health Ministry: 2 killed, 11 injured in Mahalla bombing
A bomb exploded in Mahalla city on Friday, leaving two dead, including one policeman, and 11 injured said Gharbiya Health Minister Deputy,…
Four simultaneous bomb blasts in Tanta and Mahalla
Egypt
September 21, 2014
Four simultaneous bomb blasts in Tanta and Mahalla
Four bombs exploded simultaneously in the cities of Tanta and Mahalla at 1:45 pm amid reports of injuries.