Abbas: Reconciliation with Hamas and elections are on the agenda
The head of the PLO stresses peaceful methods as the only way for Palestinians to get their state
Read More →Calling all animal activists
Six days ago, three grizzly bears died at Giza Zoo. Reports on the news stated that the three female bears were fighting over a male. Thus ensued a slew of jokes about the prowess of read the rest…
Read More →Equality Now: Taking Egyptian women’s issues to a global level
Launches a campaign to help sexually harassed women in Egypt
Read More →Celebrating Mubarak’s birthday
Today, 4 May, marks a date hated by many of my generation; Hosni Mubarak’s birthday. For 30 years, the “people” celebrated his birthday. The people in this case were mainly state media, publishing articles regaling read the rest…
Read More →Women protest against minister’s remarks
Minister of Information causes controversy in Cairo
Read More →In Pictures: Women protest against minister’s remarks
Minister of Information causes controversy in Cairo
Read More →Al-Duweiqa residents demand ownership of homes
Residents of Al-Duweiqa call on Cairo governorate to allow them to pay monthly instalments so they can own their homes
Read More →The minister of ‘sexual harassment’
The Egyptian Minister of Information has done it yet again. In a press conference last Thursday, Salah Metwally Abdel Maqsoud repeated the innuendo that got him in trouble only a week before. Receiving questions on read the rest…
Read More →Seif pharmacies, racism and bringing down the Ikhwan
On Wednesday, Egyptian activists were in a frenzy. One of the most well-known pharmaceutical chains in Egypt, Seif Pharmacies, was in deep water after one of their appointed pharmacists refused to take money from a read the rest…
Read More →Raising tyrants in the name of Islam
“In China, they have blocked YouTube, Facebook and Twitter and no one is upset; life is good and everyone is happy. And they say we do not have freedom of speech in Egypt.” These were read the rest…
Read More →Amr Al-Alfy, Egyptian Kick-boxing Master
A candid interview with the Egyptian Kick-Boxing master
Read More →The dead of the Salem Express
Out of all the dive sites in the Red Sea, the Salem Express wreck is known among divers as the most depressing. In 1991, the passenger ferry carrying pilgrims back from Saudi Arabia sunk 18 read the rest…
Read More →Targeting Activists in the Ikhawni state
On Friday night in Alexandria, well-known activist Mahienour Al-Masry, together with several others, was arrested after they staged a protest in support for those detained in the latest clashes. Al-Masry, for those who are not read the rest…
Read More →6 April surround house of minister of interior
Reports several injuries and arrests
Read More →On blood, lynching and moving forward
Two months ago, after a heated discussion, a bunch of us self-proclaimed analysts concluded that Egypt is about to dive head-first into a fresh wave of violence. The trigger to this downward spiral started in read the rest…
Read More →The IDRC in Egypt: an interview with David Malone
Canada’s International Development Research Centre retiring head speaks to DNE
Read More →The West and shopping for a new president
On Thursday night, the European parliament, after heated discussions, passed a resolution recommending the withholding of budget support to Egypt and tying financial aid to “significant progress” in areas of human rights, democracy and the read the rest…
Read More →The value of an Egyptian’s life
Egyptians satirically now refer to the country as “the big morgue”.
Read More →First sexual harassment complaint filed in Upper Egypt
Mary is under pressure to drop charges against assailant
Read More →The legitimacy of Morsi
Wikipedia defines political legitimacy as “the popular acceptance of an authority, usually a governing law or a regime”. The keyword here is “popular”. The voting system was concurred as a way to gauge public acceptance of read the rest…
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