Latest in Tag: Morsi Highlight
Latest in Tag: Morsi
ECESR sues prosecutor general and cassation court chief justice
The Egyptian Centre for Economic and Social Rights is requesting the lifting of judicial immunity for officials who failed to release pardoned detainees
Presidency âsurprisedâ by allegations of withholding information
Morsiâs office denies withholding information and asserts media transparency
Labour strikes and protests double under Morsi
Egyptian Centre for Economic and Social Rights reports increasing trend of strikes and protests since President Mohamed Morsi came to power
The minister of âsexual harassmentâ
The Egyptian Minister of Information has done it yet again. In a press conference last Thursday, Salah Metwally Abdel Maqsoud repeated the innuendo that got him in trouble only a week before. Â Receiving questions on the journalistic content of state TV from a female journalist, who accused him of offering the same content as the …
El-Haddad and Tahtawi travel to Iran
No reason has been given for the presidential teamâs visit
Morsi to visit Brazil in May
Final trip in series of BRICS member states visits
Freedom House concerned NGO law âwould decimate civil societyâ
International organisation calls on Egyptian presidency to wait for a fully elected parliament to discuss the law
Kamel Amr addresses UN General Assembly
Foreign minister calls for increased African representation in UN Security Council
Hagel presses Islamist-led Egypt on reforms
Hagel met with his Egyptian counterpart, General Abdul Fattah Al Sissi, and President Mohammad Morsi
Lawsuit against Al-Zind for involving the US in Egyptian affairs
Building and Development Party condemns Al-Zindâs statements addressing Obama
In other words: Who is the alternative to the Muslim Brotherhood?
Before answering this question, ask yourself: Has the Muslim Brotherhood succeeded in running the country? I ask this as someone who considers himself relatively involved in the countryâs political circuit, who does not seek to judge the Muslim Brotherhood based on his own political convictions; however at the same time I do not pretend to …
Professional syndicates call for protests in solidarity with judiciary
Syndicates announce full solidarity with Egyptâs judges and call for protests
Cabinet reshuffle: Bad News
It was quite surprising to sense optimism in some people’s voices when they received news on the cabinet reshuffle, disrespectfully announced in a tweet by Morsi. All the signs indicate an even worse government taking over. First of all the prime minister remains, which means that inadequacy will continue to be the main characteristic of the new cabinet. For …
Short takes
1 Egyptian revolutionaries suffer from the silly habit of always getting sucked into fighting in side-battles, and the latest batch of laws coming out of the Shura Council are a prime example. Whether the new NGO law, the new protest law, or the new judiciary law, the different groups are each fighting to apply …
Students clash at Sabahyâs seminar
Sabahy: âIf any of you have evidence that Iâm lying please come forwardâ
Presidency says Qandil remains in position, denies Russian loan request
Minister of Industry denies that Egypt requested a $2bn loan from Russia
Seif pharmacies, racism and bringing down the Ikhwan
On Wednesday, Egyptian activists were in a frenzy. One of the most well-known pharmaceutical chains in Egypt, Seif Pharmacies, was in deep water after one of their appointed pharmacists refused to take money from a Nubian Egyptian for “being black”. Unfortunately for him, it was outspoken Nubian film director, Nada Zatouna. She went online and …
Fact-finding watchdog publish report
Warakom Bel Taqrir release report on fact-finding committee and present âfour bullet initiativeâ
Morsi announces sudden cabinet reshuffle
Says responsibility will go to those âmost efficientâ
Taxi drivers to protest on Monday
Taxi drivers demand refunds for faulty vehicles and discounts on spare parts
Comatose protesterâs family calls for assistance
Moâawad Adelâs mother sends a legal notice demanding funds for her son to be treated abroad
The responsibility of opposition
For months, from these pages and elsewhere, I have written a rather large number of articles criticising the conduct and performance of Egyptâs post-uprising political forces. The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), which resumed power after Hosni Mubarak, gave a good deal of material for me to work with. I knew at the …
Review: Columnists analyse Mubarakâs smile behind the bars
In the occasion of ousted President Mubarakâs retrial, op-ed pages dissect how he appeared waving to the people in the courthouse as if no revolution has occurred. How will the country be administrated in the coming six months? Hassan Nafaa Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper After President Mohamed Morsiâs statements about the probability of holding parliamentary elections …
Breaking up
By: Philip Whitfield Cut and run, or duke it out â Morsiâs dilemma during the interregnum. Feuding inside the Muslim Brotherhood rages. Khairat El-Shater berates Morsi for pussyfooting around the Brothersâ project to control every facet of Egyptian life. El-Shater reportedly craves the top job, goading Morsi to call a snap election. According to Mark …
Raising tyrants in the name of Islam
“In China, they have blocked YouTube, Facebook and Twitter and no one is upset; life is good and everyone is happy. And they say we do not have freedom of speech in Egypt.” These were the enlightened words of Saad Al-Shater on his Facebook page, the son of Khairat El-Shater, vice of Muslim Brotherhood’s Supreme …
Sectarianism: Egyptâs uncomfortable question
For the past 10 years, Egypt has been reminded at least annually of its sectarian time bomb. If your only source of information were Egyptian media, sectarianism would be the work of a radical few, but never a serious problem inherent within Egyptian Society. But if you take a closer look at the lives of …
Egyptâs banning of soccer fans from matches likely to boomerang
By James M. Dorsey Egyptian authorities have expanded the ban on fans attending matches to include international as well as domestic matches in a bid to prevent violence that is likely to backfire and spark renewed incidents in a country reeling from economic decline, widespread discontent and lack of confidence in the government and law …
Students march against government
Students march towards ministry of higher education, raising various demands
Does Qandil have the right to amend the constitution?
Constitutional expert: Constitutionally, Qandil doesnât have the right to call for amending the constitution unless he is advised to do so by the president
âPlease be nice!â
You canât push a person to be peaceful and love others, but you can enforce the law