If you ever want to ride a microbus to Abbaseya, you wonât have to stop each passing vehicle and ask whether the driver is heading there; itâs a lot easier than that. All drivers heading to Abbaseya do the same signal: raising one arm to head level and rotating the fingers in headâs direction. We …
Although the political dispute between the State and the Islamists intensified after the ouster of former president Mohamed Morsi in July 2013, the May 2012 Abbaseya clashes count as the first main bloody confrontation between the countriesâ two political entities. In defiance of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forcesâ (SCAF) delay to hand power …
âSo when people ask me how Iâm doing⊠how am I supposed to respond? How am I supposed to feel? What exactly am I supposed to tell them about? About the death that we saw for thirteen consecutive hours? About the day that passed by as if it were a thousand years? About the man …
The minors are among 33 arrested while discussing preparations for the revolutionâs third anniversary
Pro-Morsi demonstrators continue demands for âlegitimacyâ
10 defendants released on bail before appeal session to be held on Tuesday
A couple of weeks ago I wrote an article right here on sectarianism in Egypt. The feedback I got was a wave of phone calls and emails all acknowledging the existence of sectarianism. In fact, there are some who called me and expressed their relief that finally we are talking about our sectarian problems without …
Criticism of government and police grows in the aftermath of sectarian violence in Al-Khosous and Abbaseya
Police maintain presence at the cathedral after a day and night of teargas and two deaths
Police and unidentified man face off against mourners who were attending a funeral, one confirmed death
Both parties stressed the importance of drafting a constitution protecting equality, citizenship and freedom
Cite lack of ânational consensusâ and âdiversityâ in the draft constitution
