Latest in Tag: Azhar University Highlight
Latest in Tag: Azhar University

MoU signed between MSMEDA, Azhar University to encourage entrepreneurship
We choose university students, grads with innovative feasible ideas: Gamea

Five Azhar university professors sentenced to life in terrorism related charges
In same case a student was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment

University president injured, targeted in shooting
Incident comes amid “tensions” between Egypt’s universities and students

Photojournalist Ziada walks free after last week’s acquittal
Friends and family celebrate, after release procedures took several days

Verdict in photojournalist Ahmed Ziada’s case to be issued 29 April
Court heard last defence arguments in Al-Azhar University protests case

More students sentenced to 3-5 years in prison by military court
10 Ain Shams University students sentenced in absentia to life
Detained photojournalist exposes Abou Zaabal prison’s alleged torture practices
Gamal Ziada writes from jail: “I saw death. I blame human rights groups’ silence”

Photojournalist Gamal Ziada starts hunger strike in prison
Previous strike lasted for 98 days, says brother

‘I have been under torture for 3 days’: Photojournalist Gamal Ziada
Defence lawyer optimistic about progress in court case

Photojournalist Gamal Ziada writes from inside prison
“The three encounters with the police officer who ruined my life forever,” letter reads

Photojournalist Gamal Ziada, Al-Azhar students on trial for protesting
Authorities would not differentiate reporter from students despite proof, says lawyer

Photojournalist facing trial on terrorism charges
Ahmed Gamal Ziada to stand before court’s branch in charge of terrorism affairs
Military court to issue a verdict on 9 defendants in March
The prosecution added anonymous names to the case, defendants’ lawyer says

Students begin semester with protests
Falcon private security firm maintains strict security measures at university gates
NGO to submit 200 names for presidential pardon request in protest cases
Students most likely to be pardoned and released, say experts

Cairo University allows 38 suspended students to return
Students re-admitted on condition of “parents’ guarantees of not protesting”
Police forces disperse Azhar University protests
Police security forces broke into the Al-Azhar University girls department to disperse a protest organised by Students against the Coup (SAC) on Monday. Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE) reported the police forces hit one of the students who was trying to film the dispersal. The police also fired tear gas on the …
In Pictures: Riot police surround universities as students clash with private security company
Students in university campuses across Egypt held protests Sunday condemning the arrest of fellow students, clashing with members of private security company Falcon. The company’s personnel retreated from their positions as they were chased by students. In Cairo University, security forces intervened, blocking the roads leading to campus and troops from the Central Security …
Egypt mourns emblematic figure of interfaith dialogue: A tribute to Dr Mahmoud Azab
By Didier Leroy Dr Mahmoud Azab, interfaith dialogue counsellor for the Great Imam of Al-Azhar University (often considered the highest authority in Sunni Islam), passed away on 29 June in Cairo. The day before, Didier Leroy, researcher at the Royal Military Academy of Belgium (RMA) and teaching assistant at the Free University of Brussels (ULB), …

Clashes erupt between protesting students and security forces
Eight rioters at Zagazig University arrested, according to Ministry of Interior
Students Against the Coup to protest mass death sentences Wednesday, anticipates clashes
Engineering student union warns students to steer clear of Cairo University during protests
In Pictures: Brotherhood student supporters continue protesting
On Sunday several hundred student protesters gathered in front of the Faculty of Science building on the Al-Azhar University campus to mark the 100 days since supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi were dispersed from mass sit-ins during a violent government crackdown. Students carried flags and hand signs representing the sit-in at Rabaa Al-Adaweya mosque …
In Pictures: Aftermath of clashes in Azhar University
Photos by Aaron T. Rose and Mohamed Omar

Rage at Al-Azhar University over food poisoning
University students block roads after students poisoned by dorm meal
In Pictures: Rage at Al-Azhar University over food poisoning
University students block roads after students poisoned by dorm meal

Some improvement in Azhar University dorms
Students say there are improvements after student protests against poor conditions

Abdallah Badr calls for mass protest
Salafi TV anchor calls for mass protest in front of actors’ union