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Clashes during Friday protests
Security forces fired tear gas to disperse clashes between demonstrators and local residents
Military using ‘unprecedented pressure’ to maintain military trials for civilians: Rights group
No Military Trials accuses military establishment of compromising independence of Constituent Assembly
Editor’s letter: Egyptians between the two Gamals (2 of 5): The Mubarakonomics of dismantling Nasser’s state
Ousted president Hosni Mubarak had his own economic model that can be described as an incoherent blend combining the disadvantages of both capitalism and socialism in one entity. We can easily call it Mubarakonomics. A pro-rich neoliberal model in a fat nonfunctioning extremely centralised state. Under such a model, the middle and lower income groups …
Foool Tank offers a new take on fuul and ta’ameya
The new restaurant offers interesting versions of classic dishes
Bites Fil Beit: Kofta be salset tamatem – Meatloaf with tomato sauce
We love food. We love the real, down to earth, tried-and-tested, handed-down-through-the-generations, local Egyptian food. Here is your chance to learn how to make these local delicacies in your own home. And just so you know what to ask for, we have added how to say the ingredients in Arabic. No more excuses, off to the souq!
Turkish football’s financial crisis potentially sharpens political divide
By James M. Dorsey Financially stressed Turkish football clubs are becoming pawns in the political struggle between Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and militant football fans who rank prominently among his detractors as football pitches and university campuses emerge as major battlefields between the government and its detractors. Critics of Mr Erdogan charge that the …
What are the chances of mergers and alliances inside the democratic movement?
In the previous two articles, we surveyed the map of parties and groups inside the Egyptian democratic movement. There were four major directions inside the movement, three of which were already established: liberals, national Nasserites, and leftists. The fourth group is newly-established: the social democrats. Beginning with the Nasserites: the National Conciliation Party and the …
Four police officers charged with killing 37 detainees
Contradictory accounts of charges from Prosecutor’s Office and victims’ lawyers
Egypt’s UN envoy criticises increase in Israeli settlements
Khalil says that the increase in Israeli settlers destroys any chance of achieving peace in the Middle East
Hassan Mustafa’s verdict suspended
Verdict served in absentia; Mustafa to appeal it
Attacks on security personnel continue in Sinai
One soldier killed in Sinai following an attack by militants on security checkpoint
A glimmer of hope: Five things Bradley needs for a ticket to Brazil
“The beauty of football is that David always has a chance of beating Goliath.”— Former England Captain Terry Butcher
Mosaad marks Egyptian hat-trick in Macau
The competition was staged on an all-glass court at the Complex Desportivo International do Cotai in Taipa, Macau.
Money doesn’t grow on trees but gold leaf does: study
Geochemist Mel Lintern said it appeared the trees sucked up the gold particles from 30 metres (100 feet) below the ground through their roots.
French paper sticks by snooping claims, US says inaccurate
French daily Le Monde said it stood by its report that millions of phone calls in France were monitored by the NSA and published what it described as an NSA document showing a daily breakdown of the alleged snooping.
Dolphins inspire rescue radar device: Study
The device, like dolphins, sends out two pulses in quick succession to allow for a targeted search for semiconductor devices, cancelling any background “noise”, the team wrote in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical and Physical Sciences.
Al-Sisi met with General Mamish to discuss Suez Canal security
High-ranking generals meet for the second time to discuss elevation in terrorist activity among other pressing issues
Al-Ahly reaches final of African Champions League
Zamalek beats Tanta as Egyptian club activity returns after the international break
Draft Protest Law creates permanent state of emergency: NGOs
Egyptian organisations say protests need political and social solutions instead of security ones
NGOs condemn church attack and state’s “slackness in protecting Christians”
Ministry of Interior failed to secure the citizens in the street: ANHRI
Apple unveils revamped iPads to beat back rivals
Some analysts, however, were upbeat after the US tech giant unveiled upgrades to its tablet devices, notebooks and desktop computers along with free software to sweeten the deal.
Tender process for Dabaa Project to begin in ten days: Minister of Electricity
Minister of Electricity Ahmed Imam emphasised that the government would not wait for the next parliamentary elections and would begin the tender process immediately after the cabinet and High Council of the Peaceful Use of Nuclear Energy sanction the project.
Ministers conclude Nile Basin tour
Tour includes high level Egyptian delegation, with foreign affairs, agriculture, urban planning and housing ministers
State of Emergency will not be extended: Shawky
Extension would require a public referendum; end date is 14 November
Yahoo to shut down Cairo bureau by year end
Yahoo, which competes with Google and Facebook for internet users, said Cairo has been a “good home to Yahoo,” and vowed to treat Cairo employees with respect and fairness through this transition.
TransDance 2013 opens in Cairo
TransDance festival resists cancellation and opens with a programme focused on Arab artists
Egyptian Museum exhibit puts spotlight on restored artefacts
Several antiquities looted and damaged during the 2011 uprising are being exhibited after being restored to their former glory
On popularity and bubbles
Stories by foreign journalists on Egypt usually come in themes. One period it’s all about sexual harassment, the other it’s all about Egypt’s very bad liberals, and currently it’s all about the Sisi Personality cult. Articles probing all sides of the “story”, from the cult’s prevalence to what it means to the role of the …
Crosses flanked by Crescents won’t cut it
Christmas Eve. New Year’s Eve mass. A wedding. None of these should turn into a funeral – but that is exactly what has happened in Egypt. The most recent round of violence, the targeting of a Coptic wedding procession in Giza, left four people dead and around a dozen wounded. The response is likely to …
First Constituent Assembly closed session held
Assembly spokesman says new constitutional draft would deem unconstitutional several “notorious” laws