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8 artifacts missing from Egyptian Museum
Egypt
February 13, 2011
8 artifacts missing from Egyptian Museum
Eight ancient artifacts were stolen from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square on 28 January during the protests calling for…
Labor protests over low payment continue
Egypt
February 13, 2011
Labor protests over low payment continue
Several companies are currently witnessing workers' strikes.More than 400 workers at a spinning machinery factory in the governorate of Helwan…
MUBARAK STEPS DOWN, HANDS POWER TO MILITARY
Egypt
February 11, 2011
MUBARAK STEPS DOWN, HANDS POWER TO MILITARY
In a historic announcement on Friday, Vice President Omar Suleiman said President Hosni Mubarak had resigned and given power to…
Protesters reach Presidential Palace as they face army barricade
Egypt
February 11, 2011
Protesters reach Presidential Palace as they face army barricade
Eyewitnesses said Friday thousands of protesters gathered meters away from the presidential palace in Heliopolis, demanding that Mubarak step down.…
Fears proliferate in Upper Egypt amid security void
Egypt
February 10, 2011
Fears proliferate in Upper Egypt amid security void
Following the death of a man and the injury of another in a vendetta killing in the Upper Egyptian city…
Cairo’s artists thrive on revolution
Art news
February 10, 2011
Cairo’s artists thrive on revolution
Although art is generally perceived as an exclusive discipline with limited outreach, Egyptian curator Sarah Rifky argues that the boundaries…
Thursday’s papers:constitutional amendments, land seizure, potential Presidential Palace seige
Egypt
February 10, 2011
Thursday’s papers:constitutional amendments, land seizure, potential Presidential Palace seige
Thursday’s state-owned newspapers show a slight change in their adopted editorial policy of taking the government's side and veiling the…
Egyptian state press journalists demonstrate against corruption
Egypt
February 8, 2011
Egyptian state press journalists demonstrate against corruption
Hundreds of journalists and workers at Egypt’s state-owned Al-Ahram and Rose Al-Youssef newspapers on Tuesday staged protests against corruption in…
Revolutionary art: Tahrir Square becomes Cairo’s stage
Art news
February 7, 2011
Revolutionary art: Tahrir Square becomes Cairo’s stage
The past two weeks have seen Cairo’s Tahrir Square filled by mass protests and scarred by violence. Much of the…
US special envoy to Egypt recalled due to ties with Mubarak regime
Egypt
February 7, 2011
US special envoy to Egypt recalled due to ties with Mubarak regime
Frank Wisner, Obama special envoy to Egypt, declared Saturday during a security conference in Munich that “Mubarak must stay in…