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Post-revolution Egypt: Change or conformity?
Opinion
September 26, 2011
Post-revolution Egypt: Change or conformity?
Egypt, post-Mubarak. That long dreamt-about era has finally arrived. A new Egypt! Youth! Revolution! I wonder how many Egyptians imagined…
Sweden allocates US$1mn for treating the injured of Egypt’s revolution
Egypt
September 26, 2011
Sweden allocates US$1mn for treating the injured of Egypt’s revolution
Egypt's Foreign Ministry has said that the Egyptian Embassy in Sweden succeeded in obtaining the approval of the Swedish government…
Police officer sentenced to 5 years in prison for killing female demonstrator
Egypt
September 25, 2011
Police officer sentenced to 5 years in prison for killing female demonstrator
The Cairo Criminal Court on Sunday sentenced police officer Tamer Sami Refaat to five years in prison for killing a…
NGO report: 93,000 Copts left Egypt since March
Egypt
September 25, 2011
NGO report: 93,000 Copts left Egypt since March
Nearly 93,000 Coptic Christians have left Egypt since 19 March, a report by an Egypt-based Coptic NGO has said. The…
Planned US protest gains Egyptian support
Egypt
September 22, 2011
Planned US protest gains Egyptian support
Egyptian activists are lending their support to a planned protest in Washington, DC, which US activists hope will become an…
Egypt down 25 positions on Global Peace Index
Egypt
September 22, 2011
Egypt down 25 positions on Global Peace Index
Egypt ranks 73 on the Global Peace Index 2011, published on Wednesday by the Vision of Humanity Foundation, a non-profit…
Mahalla: A city on the verge of a labor revolt
Egypt
September 21, 2011
Mahalla: A city on the verge of a labor revolt
Workers in the Egyptian city of Mahalla, a hub for the labor movement and one of the most industrial cities…
Egypt approves political party to be led by former NDP figure
Egypt
September 19, 2011
Egypt approves political party to be led by former NDP figure
A party presided over by the former secretary general of the disbanded National Democratic Party (NDP), Hossam Badrawy, was approved…
Only 6 Suez martyrs were former convicts, says security chief
Egypt
September 19, 2011
Only 6 Suez martyrs were former convicts, says security chief
The head of the Suez security directorate, Major General Adel Refaat, denied that the majority of those killed in the…
Nour Party warns military council against delaying parliamentary elections
Egypt
September 15, 2011
Nour Party warns military council against delaying parliamentary elections
“The military council will bear the anger of the people if it postpones the parliamentary elections,” Nader Bakkar, spokesperson for…