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Articles of the author Zeinab El Gundy
Youth group says Brotherhood kidnapped, tortured member; FJP denounces charges
The Muslim brotherhood is accused by the revolutionary Free front for Peaceful Change of abducting and torturing Ibrahim Hanafi; The Freedom and Justice Party says group does not employ violent means The Free Front for Peaceful Change movement has accused the Muslim brotherhood of abducting and (...)

15 - 02 - 2013
Egypt political forces call for symbolic funeral of slain boy potato seller
Egyptian human rights activists and political movements are calling on people to take part in a symbolic public funeral on Friday in Tahrir Square for Omar Salah, the ten-year-old sweet potato seller killed by mistake last week near the US embassy in Cairo. Salah had been a regular fixture of (...)

14 - 02 - 2013
BREAKING: Fire at Egypt's Giza Zoo
Six fire engines were called to tackle a fire at Giza Zoo on Sunday afternoon. The fire started in a forested area and spread to the animal food warehouse, reports say. The cause of the fire and the amount of damage caused is still unknown. Giza Zoo was conceived by Khedive Ismail and launched in (...)

20 - 01 - 2013
UAE newspaper: Egyptians detained in Emirates belong to Brotherhood 'cell'
Egyptians protest on Tuesday at the embassy of UAE for the release of detainees accused of belonging to 'deviant' group while their families deny they are members of the Muslim Brotherhood Tens of Egyptians protested on Tuesdayat the embassy of UAE in Giza demanding the release of Egyptians (...)

01 - 01 - 2013
Prosecutors protest against prosecutor-general
Hundreds of prosecutors have begun a sit-in at the prosecutor-general's office, demanding his immediate resignation. The action on Sunday followed an earlier decision by prosecutor-general Talaat Abdullah to remain in his position, after having previously offered his resignation. The prosecutors (...)

23 - 12 - 2012
BREAKING: Egypt's Judges Club to refrain from supervising constitutional poll
The Egyptian Judges Club's general assembly announced at a Tuesday press conference in Cairo its final decision not to supervise Saturday's popular referendum on Egypt's draft constitution. The club made its decision following the refusal of the vast majority of judges' clubs across the country to (...)

11 - 12 - 2012
Egypt's defence minister calls for 'dialogue meeting' Wednesday
Egyptian Armed Forces spokesman Colonel Mohamed Ali issued a statement on his Facebook page Tuesday night stating that Defence Minister Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi was inviting President Mohamed Morsi and "political parties and forces" to hold dialogue on Wednesday in hopes of resolving the current (...)

11 - 12 - 2012
National Salvation Front rejects looming constitutional poll
The National Salvation Front issued a statement on Sunday evening in which it rejected Egypt's scheduled constitutional referendum slated for Saturday, 15 December. "The National Salvation Front has decided not to recognise the upcoming referendum and the draft constitution, which it considers (...)

09 - 12 - 2012
Egypt army officers granted arrest powers until 15 December
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has issued a law granting army officers the authority to make arrests, according to what was published in Egypt's official state gazette on Sunday. Law 107 of 2012 gives army officers the authority to make arrests from the day of issuance until 15 December 2012, the (...)

09 - 12 - 2012
Egyptian Islamist figures slam protests at presidential palace
Essam El-Arian, deputy chairman of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), slammed protesters taking part in Tuesday's demonstrations in statements to Al-Ahram's Arabic-language news website. "These are the people who reject the results of the March 2011 referendum and who want to (...)

05 - 12 - 2012
Tear gas at Egypt's presidential palace protests
A planned protest at the presidential palace was met with tear gas fired by security forces on Tuesday evening, after protesters, chanting loudly against the constitutional declaration and the draft constitution, tried to remove the barbed wire security barriers, with others launching fireworks. (...)

04 - 12 - 2012
Nader Bakkar: Saturday's pro-Morsi demo will be in Tahrir Square
The official spokesperson of the Salafist El-Nour Party announces that pro-Morsi demonstrations planned for Saturday will be in Tahrir Square where an ongoing anti-Morsi sit-in is in progress El-Nour Party official spokesperson and member of the Constituent Assembly Nader Bakkar has announced on (...)

28 - 11 - 2012
Local reactions vary to Egypt's online pornography ban
Reactions varied among Egypt's independent and partisan politicians to Prosecutor-General Abdel Maguid Mahmoud's Wednesday decision to implement an earlier administrative court ruling banning pornographic websites in Egypt. Islamist politicians praised the move. In statements to Al-Ahram's (...)

07 - 11 - 2012
Nour Party spokesman declines Egypt's Supreme Press Council post
Salafist Nour Party spokesperson Nader Bakkar announced that he has turned down membership of Egypt's Supreme Press Council, in a statement on his official Facebook and Twitter accounts, Wednesday. Bakkar, who had been appointed by the Shura Council (Egypt's upper house of parliament) on Tuesday, (...)

05 - 09 - 2012
Morsi appoints new head of Egypt government watchdog
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on Sunday evening changed the leadership of Egypt's Administrative Control Authority (ACA), a public-sector watchdog, by appointing Mohamed Omar Wahabi and Badawy Hamouda Ibrahim as head and deputy head of the ACA, respectively. The move follows the dismissal of (...)

02 - 09 - 2012
BREAKING: Morsi ends practice of temporarily holding journalists for 'press crimes'
In first show of new-found legislative authority, president issues law ending temporary detention for 'publication offences'; Al-Dostour's Islam Afify expected to be released imminently Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on Thursday evening issued a new law cancelling the Mubarak-era practice of (...)

23 - 08 - 2012
BREAKING: Morsi appoints new Egypt spy chief
President Mohamed Morsi has forced Egypt's Chief of Intelligence Mourad Mowafi into early retirement Wednesday afternoon in the premier's first major reshuffle of Egypt's security forces, as the situation deteriorates in the Sinai region following a series of armed attacks on military-police (...)

08 - 08 - 2012
No 'secret' deal between with Brotherhood, US officials tell Egypt activists
US officials discuss Hillary Clinton's recent visit, relationship between US and Muslim Brotherhood, Syria and more at meeting with Egyptian activists at American embassy in Cairo on Monday US officials met with a number of prominent Egyptian activists, bloggers and journalists at the US embassy in (...)

17 - 07 - 2012
Egypt's intelligence service celebrates 57th anniversary with documentary
The Egyptian intelligence service has celebrated its anniversary for the first time in its history by screening a special documentary about the organisation. The documentary, aired on Tuesday, was promoted by an extensive advertising campaign, which even reached billboards around Cairo. The (...)

11 - 07 - 2012
Ahmed Shafiq: No going back to the former regime
Presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq held a press conference at his official campaignheadquarters in Dokki where he addressed the public as well as the nation's political forces and fellow contenders in the presidential race. The former premier faced questions about his time servingthe regime of (...)

26 - 05 - 2012
Egyptian activist Ghoneim laments vote split, urges courage
Famed Egyptian activist Wael Ghoneim has blamed presidential candidates not associated with the Mubarak regime for failing to present a united front, resulting in the split of the public vote. Posting on Facebook late on Thursday, the administrator of the 'We Are All Khaled Said' page said that (...)

25 - 05 - 2012
Ahly Ultras protest in Tahrir to demand justice for Port Said victims
Hundreds of members of Egypt's football fan club Ultras Ahlawy staged protests in Cairo's Tahrir Square Thursday night to demand justice for the victims of February's Port Said Stadium disaster. The Ultras Ahlawy had earlier planned a protest march from Ahly Club headquarters in the capital's (...)

17 - 05 - 2012
Independent Egypt will support Palestinian rights: Abul-Fotouh
Presidential candidate Abdel-Moneim Abul-Fotouh issued a statement Tuesday on the 64th anniversary of the fall of Palestine, Nakba. The Islamist candidate, who organised aid convoys to besieged Gaza on several occasions over the years and spent years in Mubarak prisons, saluted palestinian (...)

16 - 05 - 2012
Abul-Fotouh to show off his support in Friday rally
Presidential candidate Abdel-Moneim Abul-Fotouh's campaign has invited his supporters to a huge event called “Strong Egypt” that it will hold next Friday afternoon at Cairo Stadium. The event, which takes its name from Abul-Fotouh's presidential platform, will be attended by the presidential (...)

14 - 05 - 2012
BREAKING: SCAF announces general mourning on Tuesday for Pope Shenouda
Egypt's ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) announced on Monday a general day of mourning for Pope Shenouda III on Tuesday. The patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria died at the age of 88 on Saturday evening. The SCAF made the announcement in a statement it issued (...)

19 - 03 - 2012
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