New at the movies
If you are staying in town for the long weekend, take advantage of the city being quiet and go and see one of the new releases at the cinema.
Abdallah Badr arrested
Controversial TV anchor given one-year prison sentence for defaming actress Elham Shahin
El-Haddad: Ministerial meeting on Syria ‘soon’
Meeting to revive Morsi’s quartet initiative involving Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Iran
Rights groups condemn crackdown on university professor
EIPR and AFTE say universities must do more to ensure faculty are safe to express thoughts and opinions
Turkish police, protesters clash during May 1 demo
Protesters threw stones at the police who tried to prevent the protest in the Besiktas neighborhood of Istanbul
Palm Sunday started Christian Holy Week
Palm Sunday marks the start of Holy Week for Coptic Orthodox Egyptians, which leads up to Easter on May 5
Czech film ‘Empties’ screened in Cairo
A new student activity brings Czech culture to Egyptian society.
What tactics are set to be employed by Egypt’s various political movements?
It should be clear, as pointed out in several of my previous articles, that Egypt’s political circuit consists of three primary forces. The first of these is the country’s Islamist…
Op-eds on women and Hesham Qandil
One columnist assesses what it means to be a woman in Egypt today, while another discusses Prime Minister Hesham Qandil and his cabinet. The Difficulty of Being a Woman Gamal…
