Muslim Brotherhood organize mass protests in Alexandria on Monday
By Heba Fahmy CAIRO: The Muslim Brotherhood is organizing mass protests in Alexandria on Monday starting 1 pm marching from Al-Qaed Ibrahim Mosque in Al Raml station and another one…
Opposition calls for million man march Tuesday, general strike
By Safaa Abdoun CAIRO: The April 6 Youth Movement called for a million man march and a general strike on Tuesday. “We are renewing our demands, we have to continue…
Unrest in Egypt: a timeline
By AFP CAIRO: Here are the main developments this year in Egypt, rocked by the most serious anti-government demonstrations since President Hosni Mubarak came to power in 1981: JANUARY 2011…
Nikkei falls; Egypt riots spark shift out of stocks
By Ayai Tomisawa /Reuters TOKYO: Japan’s Nikkei fell 1.2 percent on Monday as anti-government rioting in Egypt prompted investors to shun riskier assets, with analysts adding that the blow to…
Mubarak, Let the people go
By Joe Bialek This letter is in response to the articles covering the civil unrest occurring in Egypt. As a citizen of and believer in democracy, I applaud the efforts…
Curfew extended, police back on the street
CAIRO: The curfew in Cairo, Alexandria and Suez has been moved to 3 pm, state TV announced Sunday night. The curfew was first declared on Friday, from 6 pm…
US embassy to offer assistance for citizens to depart
CAIRO: The US Department of State is authorizing voluntary departure of dependents – spouses and children – and non-emergency employees from Egypt, Elizabeth Colton, press attaché, public affairs section…
Egypt on the brink
By David Faris In Naguib Mahfouz’s magnificent Adrift on the Nile, written just before the June War, a group of politically and socially alienated Egyptians gather on a houseboat every…
Revolution not chaos
By Rania Al Malky CAIRO: The sight of tens of thousands of Egyptians, taking to the streets, demanding their constitutional right to choose their leader was a turning point in…
Prison inmates escape amid security vacuum
By Amira Ahmed, Safaa Abdoun and Tamim Elyan CAIRO: Unspecified numbers of escaped prison inmates have reportedly reached towns and villages on the sixth day of protests against the regime…