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President Mohamed Morsi speaks during a press conference in Cairo (File photo) AFP PHOTO
advisor

Morsy appoints Islamist-dominated presidential team

Morsy's presidential team consists of four assistants and seventeen advisers, predominantly Islamists

Ahmed Aboulenein
Ahmed Aboulenein
Egyptian Sabri Helmi, also known as Nakhnukh, is seen during a press conference following his arrest in the coastal city of Alexandria on 24 August AFP PHOTO / Stringer
Al-Beltagy

Nakhnoukh “Prince of Thugs” feud with Al-Beltagy

Nakhnoukh claimes his arrest was influenced by the FJP, says his firearms…

Basil El-Dabh
Basil El-Dabh
Under the proposed emergency laws President Morsy would assume a wide range of extraordinary powers Mohamed Omar
democracy

Dictatorship through democracy

New emergency law threatens to severely curb freedom

Ahmed Aboulenein
Ahmed Aboulenein
freedom of expression

Vice President confirms overhauling media law

Proposals to avoid journalists going to criminal courts and being subject to…

Basil El-Dabh
Basil El-Dabh
Muslim Brotherhood spokesman Mahmoud Ghozlan Archive photo
Daily News Egypt

Ghozlan decries prospects of restoring Egyptian-Iranian relations

“Syrian blood is not cheap,” says the Muslim Brotherhood spokesman

Fady Salah
Fady Salah
Egyptian Army soldiers secure the Israeli Embassy in Giza after it was stored by protesters in September 2011 Hassan Ibrahim
adjournment

Busy day for courts in Egypt

The verdict on the trial of Israeli Embassy protesters was read, the…

Hend Kortam
Hend Kortam
Palestinians wait in a hall at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip before travelling to Egypt AFP PHOTO/ SAID KHATIB
attack

Rafah crossing open, not for trade

Egypt re-opens the Rafah border, says EOHR Senior Foreign Relations Officer

Luiz Sanchez
Luiz Sanchez
Abu Hamed aims to oust Morsy (file photo) Mohamed Omar
Abu Hamed

Abu Hamed referred to prosecution

Former member of parliament Mohamed Abu Hamed referred to the Supreme State…

Rana Muhammad Taha
Rana Muhammad Taha
civilians

Firearms, explosives and lions discovered in raid

The ministry of interior arrests "the king of thugs"

Basil El-Dabh
Basil El-Dabh
Abd al-Rahman al-Shurbagi, a member of the Freedom and Justice Party’s (FJP) High Council of the North Sinai, stated that the Muslim Brotherhood’s Renaissance program is one that will serve all Egyptians, and seek to establish a constitutional democracy based on Islamic principles. (File Photo)AFP Photo AFP Photo
Al-Nour

All broken up: new coalitions form as old electoral alliances die out

The race for parliamentary seats has started early

Ahmed Aboulenein
Ahmed Aboulenein