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Women marching to the Shura council on the International day of women Women’s march

The proliferation of women initiatives

After the revolution, strolling around the streets of Cairo, Alexandria, Mansoura or…

Fady Salah December 8, 2012

Disability in Egypt

How a new governmental institution hopes to reduce the stigma of disability

Fady Salah November 27, 2012

Carrying their luggage people walk close to the area of the Masnaa crossing between the eastern Lebanon and neighboring Syria (File photo) AFP Photo / Stringer

Egypt least worst option for Syrian refugees

A lenient visa system and a sympathetic populist president have seen Syrian…

Fady Salah November 26, 2012

Police officers remove the carts and stalls of street vendors during an operation along the Nile cornice Mohamed Omar

Policing Egypt’s street vendors

Street vendors pose many challenges to the government, would policing them solve…

Fady Salah January 6, 2013

The pictures, videos and first-hand accounts that emerged after the clashes ended, provided damning evidence that the police force unlawfully used firearms. The police force’s use of firearms broke both Egyptian and international law, according to an Amnesty International report. The attempt to forcefully break up the peaceful protest on 19 November is in direct violation of article 21 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (which Egypt is party to) ensures the “right of peaceful assembly” with no restrictions. There has been no feasible justification for the use of force against the peaceful protesters, as they were not posing a threat to national security, public safety or public order. Hassan Ibrahim

Remembering Mohamed Mahmoud: The good, the bad, and the Brotherhood

The tale of one of the most iconic streets of the revolution

Fady Salah November 19, 2012

Bishop Tawadros confers with members of the Coptic Church at Saint Bishoy Monastery Hassan Ibrahim

Papal enthronement

Pope Tawadros II: Background and biography

Basil El-Dabh November 14, 2012

The Daily News Egypt talks journalism

The Daily News Egypt staff reflects their personal experiences in journalism

Daily News Egypt November 14, 2012

Courtesy of the Child's Dream Centre

Children with disabilities: a struggle to cope

A rural rehabilitation centre faces financial and social barriers in its struggle…

Adham Roshdy November 13, 2012

Non-Islamists are threatening to withdraw from the assembly tasked with drafting the new constitution

The nationalisation of Egypt’s civil society

The legal framework governing civil society organisations is restrictive, discussions continue to…

Sarah El Masry November 11, 2012

Sandra Tombe with Peter Robbins, former Lacrosse coach at Dunn School

Refuge for refugees

People use St. Andrews’ Refugee Services to find help for life in…

Daily News Egypt November 6, 2012