Latest in Tag: 30 june Highlight
Latest in Tag: 30 june
We are all Shaimaa Al-Sabbagh
Martyr Shaimaa Al-Sabbagh was not, of course, the first victim after 30 June. We do not know exactly how many innocent Egyptians have been killed since 30 June. By that, we mean unarmed and peaceful citizens killed, without any use of direct violence in clashing with the authorities, which would, only in this case, result …
Parliament caught in political ambiguity: will the president respect legislative independence?
Experts warn of unfair representation, state control and failing publicâs expectations
Religious institutions: a pillar of Egypt’s new security state?
What are top religious institutions doing to support Al-Sisi and his government?
âWe are perfectly equipped for waging warâ: Ajnad Misr video
Militant leader says â30 June helped us convince people that the only way out is through Jihadâ
Is Tamarod still relevant?
The groupâs request to establish a political party was rejected by Supreme Electoral Commission on 3 December
Egyptian media not independent, lack professionalism: AFTE
Nothing wrong with media supporting the government, says professor
607 protesters died in Rabaa Al-Adaweya sit-in: Committee report
Committee holds government accountable for the number of casualties, issues recommendations
Court adjourns presidential palace verdict to 16 October
Defendants accused of violating the Protest Law and using violence
Mubarak awaits court ruling, due on 27 September
Mubarakâs interior minister Al-Adly described 25 January as a conspiracy and 30 June, a revolution
Hunger-striking detainee suffers pulmonary embolism: Forensic report
Mohamed Soltan, on hunger strike for over 160 days, to receive medical care under prosecutionâs supervision
Amnesty International denies reports they were invited to work with Fact-Finding Committee
No offer of cooperation made, said international human rights watchdog
Egypt arrests 4 over Alexandria bombing
Suspects are members of terrorist group trained to attack police facilities, says interior ministry
No difference between current economic policies and Mubarakâs: Al -Tayar Al -Shaâaby
Coalition warns against âgrave consequencesâ over subsidies cut
Economic success can be achieved in 2 years, with âsacrificeâ by Egyptian people: Al-Sisi
On the first anniversary of the 30 June uprising, the newly appointed president discusses state of economy, pledges to âcorrect religious discourseâ
Pro-Morsi campaign calls for 3 July âuprisingâ
Group supporting ousted president say Egypt has become âthe laughing stock of the worldâ
A not so good omen
Music is a powerful means to stimulate the memory. Certain songs take me back to specific moments in my childhood, university years, and adulthood. The song Bushrat Kheir (âGood Omenâ), recently released by Emirati singer Hussain Al-Jasmi for Egyptians in celebration of these presidential elections, will always remind me of Monday and Tuesday of this …
AFTE demands transparency in fact-finding committees
Rights group to sue presidency for violating constitution
No clear answers from fact-finding committee for post-30 June violence: NGOs
Presidential decree mandates that the committee cannot publish its findings to the public
In Pictures: Egypt braces for presidential elections with posters and renovations
Photos by AFP
Egypt top brass weighs Sisi presidential bid
Egypt’s military rarely promotes senior officers to the rank of field marshal.
Egyptians turn out to vote on draft constitution
Apparent high turnout, minimal violence at polls, with a majority expressing support for constitution
The turning point
Deep inside, one must feel it even if one hesitates to admit it: the whole 25 January hoopla is long gone. The only thing left of 25 January is its largely undisputed international allure, which is ironically the only legitimising factor that both former President Morsi and the now ruling military paid lip service to. …
Secretary general of the National Salvation Front resigns
The front will have a meeting after the referendum to determine its future: Free Egyptians Party spokesman
The Weak State
As the months have trudged by since 30 June, there has been a myriad of talk in the media regarding the creation of the new Egyptian state. The 3 July press conference, showing Al-Sisi with ElBaradei (representing the NSF), Sheikh Al-Azhar, Pope Tawadros, and the Head of Al-Nour Salafi Party, showed the outline of what …
The long winding road to Yemen
As the debates rage in Egypt on whether presidential elections should be held before parliamentary elections, the country seems headed to an all too familiar scenario. In February 2012, elections were held in Yemen with acting president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Al-Hadi as the only candidate on the ballot. While many Egyptian activists ridiculed this move, …
“Down with your state if our freedom is absent”
By Sara Khorshid At least for a while it will be difficult for many Egyptian youths to forget the scene of 19-year-old engineering student Mohamed Reda taking his last breath. Reda was killed inside Cairo University’s campus as he got hit in the neck by birdshot while the police was dispersing a protest by students. …
Who is beating up âam Helmy with a shoe?
In the Middle East and Egypt, people have gotten used to utilising the words âshoeâ and âslipperâ in verbal insults. Of course, the physical usage of the items exists, as demonstrated by the Iraqi journalist with the former President George Bush junior. We have also witnessed women living in low-class neighbourhoods use slippers to beat …
How many times does Egypt have to do this to get it right?
Three years is not a particularly long time. In fact, in the history of nations, itâs not more than a blip on the timeline. Yet, in three years, Egyptians have seen events repeat themselves again, and again. Theyâre about to see it happen again with this forthcoming constitutional referendum â a recurrence of a bad …
Letâs kill them all
This time last year, Egyptians were a week away from the disastrous extra-judicial decree of then president, Mohamed Morsi. Everyone knew, however, even without that decree, that the Muslim Brotherhood-led government had not the faintest idea (or perhaps intention) on how to govern inclusively. In a country that desperately needed consensus in order to simply …
Morsi facing criminal charges, not political: Foreign Ministry
âIndependent âinvestigative judgeââ appointed with sole task of investigating charges against the former president