The draft Egyptian constitution, which will be put to public referendum in a matter of weeks, comprises a major step forward in regulating the role of Islamic sharia and in allowing religious freedom, according to observers.
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The results of a preliminary investigation into the disappearance of Egyptian-German writer Hamed Abdel-Samad will be released "within hours," a senior interior ministry aide has told Abdel-Samad's brother.
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Egypt's revolutionary groups fear the memory of Mohamed Mahmoud Street could be marred by clashes once again, following calls by the Muslim Brotherhood and military supporters to demonstrate on the same day
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Egypt's No to Military Trials for Civilians group expressed contentment Tuesday following a meeting with representatives from the 50-member committee tasked with amending the suspended 2012 constitution.
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In his first television interview since his installment as Egypt's interim president, Adly Mansour rejected claims that the Mubarak regime is making a comeback after the ouster of Mohamed Morsi in July.
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Egypt's prominent opposition figure and current Vice President gives first interview to local television, stresses he is only concerned with the future following ouster of president Morsi
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Presidential aide for political affairs Mostafa Hegazi has accused the Islamist supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi of intentionally victimising themselves in order to gain a negotiation advantage. Hegazi's accusation comes one day after (...)
Two major Egyptian political groups, the Salafist-oriented Nour Party and the revolutionary 6 April Youth Movement, have denounced a call made on Wednesday by army chief Abdel Fattah El-Sisi for nationwide protests to mandate the armed forces and (...)
Egyptian interim president Adly Mansour on Saturday appointed well-known writer Sekina Fouad as presidential advisor for women's affairs.
The 68-year-old author and journalist is the deputy head of Egypt's liberal Democratic Front Party.
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Egyptian presidency urges all political forces, currently demonstrating in rival mass rallies countrywide, to commit to peaceful protest, insists 'dialogue' is only way out of impasse
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Egypt's 'Rebel' campaign spokesman Mahmoud Badr said Saturday that the initiative to force President Mohamed Morsi out of power had collected over 22 million signatures, surpassing its original goal of 15 million before 30 June.
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It has been an action-packed year for Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi. Since day one, the Muslim Brotherhood's presidential candidate — elected by a narrow margin last June over Mubarak's last prime minister, Ahmed Shafiq — has had to confront high (...)
Egypt's anti-government 'Rebel' campaign appears to receive warm welcome from Cairo metro passengers, despite fears that upcoming 30 June rallies will be accompanied by violence
On Tuesday evening, five members of the Tamarod ('Rebel') petition (...)
Islamic authority Al-Azhar condemned what it described as 'insults' and 'lies' about its Grand Imam made by Islamist preacher Safwat Hegazy during Friday's pro-Morsi rally in Cairo
Egypt's highest Islamic authority Al-Azhar denounced statements made (...)
Opposition figures from across Egypt's political spectrum on Monday asserted that Ethiopia's controversial Renaissance Dam project constituted a potential "crisis" for Egypt.
The assertions were made at a meeting between President Mohamed Morsi and (...)
As the state continues to mull ways of securing the release of seven Egyptian soldiers kidnapped in the Sinai Peninsula last Thursday, all possible options appear to bear serious consequences, say local analysts.
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Hundreds of Egyptian workers and political activists have joined a march from Cairo's Sayyeda Zeinab district to the Shura Council headquarters to voice workers' demands on Labour Day.
Protesters waved red flags as they shouted the famous slogan of (...)
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has told Egypt's top judges that he would personally adopt their proposals for a new judicial authority law in hopes of containing mounting tension between Egypt's Islamist forces and the judiciary.
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In the spring of 2008, the April 6 youth movement burst onto Egypt's political scene. Five years and a historic uprising later, political observers say the group no longer wields the same influence – due to a combination of political inexperience, (...)
As members of the 6 April Youth Movement plan to rally for the release of three of their detained colleagues, rights lawyers say most detainees arrested during clashes in Cairo and the governorates since January have been released over the past (...)
With threat of political violence at their doorstep, residents of the usually-sleepy Moqattam district – home to the Muslim Brotherhood's main headquarters – appear divided over recent violence. Ahram Online investigates
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Activists and opposition groups have called for a demonstration in front of the Cairo headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood on Friday, to protest what they describe as attacks by Brotherhood members and security forces on opposition (...)
Egypt's main non-Islamist umbrella coalition, the National Salvation Front (NSF), has been facing increasing criticism lately over its responses to political developments, but the main challenge to its sustainability appears to run deeper.
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Members of Ultras Ahlawy celebrate the court's death sentence verdict to 21 of the 73 accused of killing Ahly fans in a football match in Port Said stadium; Port Said fans react angrily
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Ultras Ahly welcome verdict sentencing 21 civilians to death for killing fellow fans in Egypt's worst football violence in Feb 2012, insist police officers and former military council leaders must be tried
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