students
Divided campuses: Students polarized over bylaws
Egypt
November 1, 2012
Divided campuses: Students polarized over bylaws
New university bylaws threaten to restrict student activities at higher education institutions, while the body that drafted the regulations is…
Life’s a playground: Program hopes to build environmental awareness through play
Environment
October 17, 2012
Life’s a playground: Program hopes to build environmental awareness through play
In an initiative that was one of the first of its kind in the country, a German-funded summer school program…
Labor protests on the rise, with demonstrations across sectors
Egypt
September 17, 2012
Labor protests on the rise, with demonstrations across sectors
A wave of fresh labor protests has hit the country this week at schools, universities and government bodies, mostly demanding…
Egypt is not a religious state, Morsy tells students
Egypt
September 5, 2012
Egypt is not a religious state, Morsy tells students
At the opening of the first General Conference of Student Unions on Wednesday, President Mohamed Morsy said Egypt is a…
Nile University sit-in opposes ‘political’ land deal
Egypt
August 30, 2012
Nile University sit-in opposes ‘political’ land deal
Nile University (NU) students began an open-ended sit-in on Tuesday after a year and a half of struggle which has…
Students block Hurghada road over exam difficulty
Egypt
June 27, 2012
Students block Hurghada road over exam difficulty
Dozens of secondary school students and their parents on Wednesday blocked the road and paralyzed traffic outside the education department…
University security releases student who touted anti-military activist’s seminar
Egypt
April 10, 2012
University security releases student who touted anti-military activist’s seminar
Security agents at Suez Canal University in Ismailia released on Tuesday a student who had given out pamphlets about a…
Interior Ministry: No quota for Brotherhood students at Police Academy
Egypt
April 1, 2012
Interior Ministry: No quota for Brotherhood students at Police Academy
The Police Academy will not set quotas for Muslim Brotherhood students applying, said the academy head, in response to rumors…
April 6: Selecting Brotherhood-linked student for constituent assembly a ‘farce’
Egypt
March 26, 2012
April 6: Selecting Brotherhood-linked student for constituent assembly a ‘farce’
Student members of the April 6 Youth Movement on Monday deeply criticized the selection of a Muslim Brotherhood-linked student as…
Egypt’s students should play politics
Opinion
March 12, 2012
Egypt’s students should play politics
When I worked as an assistant professor in the department for Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University, I often represented…