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CAIRO: A mother of three, 35-year-old Maha (not her real name) was shocked when she found out she was three months pregnant. Poor and desperate, she knew that her only way out of this crisis was an abortion. “I begged a relative of mine to help me have an abortion, she told Daily News Egypt. …
CAIRO: Minister of Justice Mamdouh Marie has finalized a new law giving the ministry the power to lift immunity from judges for investigation purposes as well as the authority to penalize them, according to Judge Hisham Al-Bastawisy, vice chairman of the Egyptian Court of Appeals. Two days ago the Center of Independent Judges and Lawyers, …
CAIRO: Mostafa Bakry, editor of Al-Osbou newspaper and independent member in the People’s Assembly, will file a request for a new law to protect the rights of Egyptian women working in foreign countries. Speaking to state television, the MP said he would present the request to Minister of Manpower Aisha Abdel Hady. His announcement comes …
CAIRO: Another lawsuit was filed against human rights activist Saad Eddin Ibrahim requesting to strip him of Egyptian citizenship, bringing the total number of lawsuits to 13, said Ibrahim’s lawyer Fatma Rabie. Rabie, who is also a member of the Ibn Khaldun Center, told Daily News Egypt that the most recent lawsuit was filed on …
CAIRO: Discussions of legalizing abortion for rape victims are underway, NDP MP Mohamed Khalil Kwaitah, told Daily News Egypt. Kwaitah filed a request to change Penal Code section 260 – which prohibits abortion under any circumstances – to legalize abortion in the case of rape victims who are no more than four months pregnant. Kwaitah …
CAIRO: Makram Mohamed Ahmed, former Press Syndicate chief from 1997-1999, and columnist with the Al-Ahram daily, won the chairman’s seat on Saturday’s election, beating his main contender Ragae El Merghani, managing editor of the official Middle East News Agency (Mena). According to Al-Ahram, Ahmed garnered 2,380 votes out of 3,582, with El Merghani snagging less …
CAIRO: The number of diabetics worldwide is expected to rise from 200 million to 380 million by next year, said Minister of Health Hatem Al-Gabaly at a press conference during the United Nations World Diabetes Day conference Nov. 14. Statistics show that 48 percent of women over 45 suffer from diabetes, which affects only 18.7 …
CAIRO: Omar Al-Deeb, deputy head of Al-Azhar, denied allegations that the institution does not revise books available in its library after reports claimed otherwise. Last June, Al-Azhar Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawy caused a stir when he reportedly told a meeting of members of the Islamic Research Center that revising books is not Al-Azhar’s responsibility. “No …
CAIRO: Voting for the new chairman and 12 board members of the Press Syndicate begins at 9 am today amid trying times for Egyptian journalists. Three veteran journalists will compete for the chairman s seat: state-backed candidate Makram Mohamed Ahmed, former syndicate chief from 1997-1999, and columnist with the Al-Ahram daily; Ragai El-Merghani, managing editor …
CAIRO: The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) selected Judge Hisham Al-Bastawisy, vice chairman of the Egyptian Court of Appeals, to become the organization’s representative in Egypt. The role of the assigned candidate chosen by OHCHR, based in Geneva, is to monitor the human rights status in his country and …
CAIRO: The family of Ahmad Al-Sabahy, head of Al-Umma Party and a former presidential candidate in 2005, nominated him for the Nobel Peace prize for his distinguished work in astrology, according to his wife. Mrs. Sabahy spoke in a phone interview to the daily talk show 90 Minutes broadcast on Al-Mehwar Egyptian satellite channel on …
CAIRO: A Sudanese mental patient spent 20 years in an Egyptian hospital because the supervising doctors diagnosed him as being infected with the HIV virus, repeatedly refusing to release him. Twenty years later, they discovered he never carried the virus. Law 141 of the year 1944 stipulates that doctors are obliged to keep mental patients …
CAIRO: After a long holiday, the Shoura Council and the People’s Assembly (PA) reconvened, and preliminary sessions set a full agenda of new laws and proposed amendments expected to keep them busy through the year. During the first of the Shoura Council’s meetings Wednesday, Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif said that while price hikes coincide with …
CAIRO: The Eastern Tobacco Company submitted a request to the Ministry of Agriculture to cultivate tobacco in Upper Egypt, according to a board member at the company. The company’s motive is not about financial gains or an increase in production as much as it is about liberating itself from depending on foreign exports, which may …
CAIRO: The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) filed a lawsuit against the Ministry of Health, denouncing its proposal of the new medical insurance law that was sent to the People’s Assembly (PA). The new medical insurance law is argued to change the governmental medical insurance entity into a holding company. EIPR claims that it …
CAIRO: “I lost my wife to breast cancer five years ago and I want to do anything for her, said songwriter Marawan Saada, who wrote the music for the anthem of the Egyptian diaspora “Helwa ya Baladi, made famous by Dalida. After suffering the tragic loss, Saada not retreat into isolation. On the contrary, the …
CAIRO: The Ministry of Health has outlawed smoking in government buildings. This follows a series of decisions taken by the ministry within its anti-smoking campaign. The campaign had started with a law prohibiting smoking inside all buildings open for the public, whether privately or government owned. And to further influence public opinion, the ministry, in …
When remembering Egypt’s former presidents, we usually think of Gamal Abdel Nasser and Anwar Sadat, but rarely do we remember the country’s first president Mohamed Naguib. That is, until the opening of a museum at the Pharaonic Village dedicated to his life and work. The museum displays rarely seen photographs of Naguib – from media …
CAIRO: Mahmoud Ahmed Abaza, president of Al-Wafd Party, Anwar Al-Hawary, chief editor of the party’s daily newspaper, and Younis Darwish, the newspaper’s reporter in Assiut, were sentenced in absentia to one month in jail by a Cairo court. According to Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour, secretary general of Al-Wafd, the sentences came after Darwish allegedly published …
CAIRO: The Democratic Front Party is down 51 members after a series of resignations that was prompted by Ali Salmy, one of four vice presidents of the party, and Mohamed Shoukry, the chairman of the party’s branch in Alexandria, according to the party’s media spokesperson Ramy Azaz. Azaz told Daily News Egypt that “the resignation …
CAIRO: While some Al-Azhar scholars have reportedly voiced their rejection of Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar Mohamed Sayed Tantawy’s decision to replace the study of the four schools of Muslim jurisprudence with the study of his own book “Al Fiqh Al Muyassar (The Simplified Islamic Jurisprudence), others refused to comment on any of Tantawy’s actions. “I …
CAIRO: As one of the active movements to eliminate smoking in Egypt, lower air pollution and enhance public health, the World Health Organization (WHO) urged the Minister of Information to run a bar at the bottom of the television series broadcast during the holy month of Ramadan indicating that smoking is a dangerous habit that …
CAIRO: The first session of Al-Dostour editor Ibrahim Eissa’s trial was held Wednesday at the New Cairo State Security Court. The prosecution presented its case during this first session, and the defense’s testimonies will be heard on Nov. 14. The hearing commenced at 11 am with the testimony of the prosecution’s witnesses Atef Aly Ibrahim, …
CAIRO: The Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) recently overturned a decision by the Judges Club prohibiting women who wear the full face veil (niqab) from entering the club, according to Hafez Abou Saeda, director of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR). Abou Saeda told Daily News Egypt that this has always been the SAC’s stance …
CAIRO: Prominent Muslim Brotherhood (MB) member Essam El-Erian denied telling the London-based Al-Hayat newspaper that the group would recognize the state of Israel and cooperate with it once the MB reaches power, raising the ire of leading members of the Islamist group. El-Erian, who belongs to the Brotherhood’s political bureau and is the group’s spokesman, …
CAIRO: Ayman Nour, prisoner and former opposition leader, retracted the four complaints he filed against Mortada Mansour, ex-president of Zamalek club, as a result of the latter’s deteriorating psychological state, according to Amir Salem, Nour’s lawyer. Salem told Daily News Egypt that Mansour went into a state of shock after his expectations of being released …
CAIRO: While civil society organizations are planning to launch a campaign against the press law which allows journalists to be sentenced to prison, Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar Mohamed Sayed Tantawy said that the severe punishment of 80 lashes is to be leveled against those who spread false information to the public. Aly Laban, a Muslim …
CAIRO: The civil rights and legislative committees of the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) have finalized the draft law regulating the building of churches and mosques, according to Hafez Abu Saeda, director of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights and member of the NCHR. The new law is meant to replace the current law …
CAIRO: The government is planning to implement new regulations to monitor the flow of information from the state to the press, according to Hafez Abu Saeda, director of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR). Abu Saeda told Daily News Egypt that the new law will regulate the type of information and documents the state …
CAIRO: Some 22 independent and opposition daily newspapers did not publish their Sunday issues in protest of the lengthy jail sentences recently handed down to several journalists. The newspapers were Al-Masry Al-Youm, Al-Badil, Al-Dostour, Al-Osbou, Al-Fajr, Al-Midan, Al-Forsan, Sout Al-Omah, Al-Ahali, Al-Mogaz, Al-Arabi Al-Nassery, Al-Gamaheer, Al-Karama, Nahdat Masr, Al-Nahar, Al-Alam Al-Youm, Al-Mawqef Al-Arabi, Al-Mal, Al-Khamis, …