Three years in prison for activists
Maher, Douma and Adel found guilty of ‘rioting, thuggery, using violence against Abdeen Courthouse security personnel, and protesting without MOI’s approval.’
Turkey sacks 25 more police chiefs after graft probe
A total of 24 people have been charged so far including the sons of Interior Minister Muammer Guler and Economy Minister Zafer Caglayan, as well as the chief executive of…
Bibliotheca Alexandrina receives EU funding
EU Ambassador tells DNE that “culture is not just for the elite, it is a vector and a dynamic for the future”
An ‘Arc of knowledge and a Hive of new work’ at the British Council
ARC.HIVE aims to promote discourse on performance from the region
Do you see what I see?
The decorations can vary from the tasteful and sparse to overly lavish and gaudy and everything in between.
The long winding road to Yemen
As the debates rage in Egypt on whether presidential elections should be held before parliamentary elections, the country seems headed to an all too familiar scenario. In February 2012, elections…
“Down with your state if our freedom is absent”
By Sara Khorshid At least for a while it will be difficult for many Egyptian youths to forget the scene of 19-year-old engineering student Mohamed Reda taking his last breath.…
Mandela’s struggles for peace and justice in Africa
By Lansana Gberie On 27 November 1995, a calm voice issued this jarring statement on the BBC: “Abacha is sitting on a volcano. And I am going to explode it…
Mansour calls on women to participate in referendum
Mansour's speech which was delivered by his advisor on women's affairs, Sakina Fouad, stressed the importance of women's role in "stopping the bloodshed".