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British Foreign Secretary William Hague arrives for the ministerial meeting of the Arab League and European Union in the Arab League headquarters in Cairo. (AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI)
Dailly News Egypt

Britain snubs Brahimi’s plan at the Arab League

President of the Syrian opposition requests weapons

Joel Gulhane
Joel Gulhane
Members of the Association for the Welfare for Dwarves attend a meeting in Alexandria. (Photo courtesy of the Association for the Welfare for Dwarves)
Daily News Egypt

Arab world’s first dwarf rights NGO to be established in Alexandria

Protection of people with disabilities still severely lacking

Luiz Sanchez
Luiz Sanchez
Egyptian Prime Minister Hesham Qandil. (AFP PHOTO / GIANLUIGI GUERCIA)
25 January revolution

Qandil presents three month report

PM highlights cabinet successes and challenges

Basil El-Dabh
Basil El-Dabh
Incidents of women wearing Niqab attacking and preaching the liberties of others are increasing (file photo) (AFP FILE PHOTO / FRED DUFOUR)
Daily News Egypt

Coptic women attacked on the metro

Women wearing niqab cut the hair of two Coptic females

Fady Salah
Fady Salah

Rival worshippers clash at South African church

Police quelled the clashes and got one group to pull down its…

Daily News Egypt
Daily News Egypt
Al-Dostour Party

ElBaradei meets with Morsy

Al-Dostour chairman shares his party’s vision with the president and discusses the…

Ahmed Aboulenein
Ahmed Aboulenein

Harasser jailed, small victory for women in Egypt

Man imprisoned for assaulting woman in Maadi

Luiz Sanchez
Luiz Sanchez
A Palestinian youth shows the remains of an Israeli missile following an air strikes in the Jabalia refugee camp. (AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED ABED)
blockade

Israel ponders incursion into Gaza

Rocket attacks cannot continue, Israeli officials say

Hend Kortam
Hend Kortam
One of the constitution writing meetings in El-Shoura assembly downtown. (PHOTO BY HASSAN IBRAHIM)
Constituent Assembly

Constituent Assembly finalises 14 articles

Assembly set to complete first section of constitution

Ahmed Aboulenein
Ahmed Aboulenein
One of Al Giza-Shobra line metro station gets overcrowded. Metro, transport, crowd, subway. (PHOTO BY MOHAMED OMAR)
Cairo Metro

Workers threaten to close Cairo Metro

Protesters' demands escalate to potential strike

Basil El-Dabh
Basil El-Dabh