Latest in Tag: DNE Highlight
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Former Judge Al-Khodeiry arrested
Former MP being charged for involvement in torture of a lawyer in Tahrir Square during 25 January Revolution
Rights group decries case of alleged torture
Alleged torture case demonstrates need for radical police reform, says EIPR
MOI approves two protests under new law
Protests outside the Lawyers Syndicate and State Council approved under controversial new law
Egypt celebrates Doctor Who
Fans in Egypt celebrate the Doctor Who 50th anniversary
Robert F. Kennedy Center honours Egyptian attorney Ragia Omran with human rights award
Egyptian lawyer Ragia Omran is awarded by the RFK Center for Justice and Human Rights
November rain
Cloudy days prompted people to think of winter
Keeping Egyptians in check
A 16 year old boy, the son of an acquaintance, went to attend the Ghana-Egypt match dressed in an Al-Ahly t-shirt and holding a fireworks stick. The boy watched the match, left and was taking a cab when the police arrested him, charging him with participating in Mohamed Mahmoud clashes. Why is this alright? Because …
Thy will be done
In this column we have often discussed the past and the present, so let’s for a minute discuss the future. Make no mistake, this is not a column about hopes and aspirations and dreams of an unlikely future if we all did this or stopped doing that. This is about reality, and how despite everything …
Will women Rise Up as Egypt’s entrepreneurs?
Rise Up, Egypt’s first major entrepreneurial summit held in Cairo on November 24-25 was a resounding success. It brought together many different and important players from the entrepreneurial ecosystem: investors, accelerators, corporates, civil actors and entrepreneurs. Between the panels, talks, workshops, hackathons, makeathons, and ideathons, it was hard not to be inspired or to …
Political movements condemn Protest Law
Activists submit notice for a protest against the law; movements say the law violates basic rights
Egypt to start fuel cuts in 2014: PM
In a country with an unemployment rate of 13 percent, mostly men aged between 15 and 29 years, and where 40 percent of the population lives below the poverty line, reducing government support for basic goods could lead to further turmoil.
Fuel crisis in Damascus as fighting blocks key highway
Dozens of cars idled outside the Azbakiya petrol station in a lengthy queue that wrapped into side streets in a bid to avoid blocking traffi
Partial building collapse leaves one dead
The fatality was caused by the collapse of a ceiling in the top floor of the building
UAE Telco Etisalat fined for blocking rival Du’s promo texts
Etisalat is the bigger player in both of these segments and is seen by analysts as having more to lose from the introduction of the service.
Sabahy launches presidential race, announces candidacy ‘on one condition’
Former presidential hopeful calls for national consensus naming “candidate of the revolution”
Constitutional referendum will be in late January: El-Beblawi
Supreme Electoral Commission begins approving elections monitors
Dubai retailer Al Futtaim says Egypt Metro Supermarkets deal talk fails
A deal was seen worth between $200 million and $300 million. MAF gave no reason for the breakdown in talks.
AFTE and DNE journalists detained while covering Al-Azhar demonstrations
American journalist was released because of his nationality: Lawyer
US envoy talks Sudans in Cairo
Envoy presents US administration’s strategy to achieve a lasting peace between Sudan and South Sudan
Marsa Allam finalises EFSA procedures for raising capital to EGP 50m
The company requested raising its capital from EGP 20m to 50m with an increase of EGP 30m spread over 20 million shares through a 1.5 share for each original share, while the company’s share par value is 1 EGP.
ANHRI condemns prosecutor general’s media blackouts
Earlier this week Prosecutor General Hesham Barakat issued media blackouts on four high profile cases
National Council for Women fights violence against women
Press conference held to highlight women rights groups’ efforts to fight violence against women
No Military Trials for Civilians lists problems with draft article
The campaign calls on committee members to vote against a constitutional provision sanctioning military trials
Egypt-Saudi Arabia electricity interconnection project tendered in five international bids: Ministry of Electricity
Deadline for consultants offers’ extended to the 30 November
Trade between Egypt and India reaches $5.5bn
The ambassador noted that Indian investments in Egypt recently reached nearly $2.5bn via more than 50 companies operating in major cities, namely Alexandria, Suez, Ain El-Sokhna, 6th of October and the 10th of Ramadan.
Syria peace conference set for January 22: UN
Ban hailed efforts by the United States and Russia, and UN and Arab League mediator Lakhdar Brahimi to pave the way for the conference.
Former FJP Shura council member arrested
25 more people arrested on Sunday
Cairo Kitchen team launches Egyptian cook book
Cairo Kitchen launches their first cook book on Egyptian cuisine
Explosion near Al-Qubba Presidential Palace injures two policemen
Interior ministry spokesman says that a homemade bomb caused the explosion
Jambalaya, serving Spanish food in Zamalek
A new Spanish restaurant proves to be too homey to be authentic