28 January 2011: Egypt’s Bastille Day

  28 January 2011 marked a turning point in Egyptian history. On that day, anti-Mubarak demonstrations escalated their protests, engaging in violent confrontations with police forces all over the country.…

Jihad Abaza

Survey poll says 79% will vote in parliamentary elections

Report inaccurate as non-representative sample and biased questions, says expert

Amira El-Fekki

Media coverage was far from impartial: Yaser Abdel-Aziz

Western reactions on revolution anniversary receive criticism by Egyptian officials

Menan Khater

Egypt takes issue with AU inclusion of Turkey, Qatar in Libya meeting

Foreign minister stresses AU must coordinate with Egypt before including non-African countries

Daily News Egypt

Volatile Matariya braces for more protests

Main road closed, as plain-clothed police officers patrol tense streets, after interior minister tells forces to be “direct and decisive”

Emir Nader

Government should revoke citizenship of those ‘inciting violence’: Ministry

Religious endowments ministry also condemned “Western double standards of dealing with human rights”

Daily News Egypt

New Qatari-funded channel sparks media controversy

Channel founders include former Brotherhood member and former head of Al Jazeera Mubasher Misr

Nourhan Fahmy

14 governors to be replaced by month’s end

People turned down position offers and are afraid to take responsibility, says Al-Sisi

Amira El-Fekki

Egypt chides Turkey for human rights violations

“Egypt's speech a snap back to Turkey’s interference in Egyptian affairs,” says analyst

Menan Khater

Interior minister tours Matariya as volatile district braces for another night of dissent

Main road closed and reports of plain-clothed police officers patrolling streets after the interior minister visits to tell forces to be “direct and decisive”

Emir Nader