Latest in Tag: Mubarak Highlight
Latest in Tag: Mubarak
The Future of Egyptian American Relations ?
Egypt still remains the cornerstone of American foreign policy in the Middle East. The relationship now seems to be going through somewhat turbulent and tense times, however the overall relations have not seriously departed from the previous norms of the Mubarak era. Though this is the case now, the future is still unclear. Currently the …
Fact finding committee orders reopening of Mubarak case
The former president and his interior minister were tried over the incidents in Tahrir Square only, not over deaths all over Egypt
Date set for Mubarak and Al-Adly’s appeal hearing
Cessation court to examine the appeal of Mubarak and Al-Adly’s life sentence
US halts aid to Egypt
A United States Republican congresswoman blocked the planned cash transfer of $450 million to the Egyptian government On Friday. Texas congresswoman Kay Granger, who heads the Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, released a statement that read, “this proposal comes to Congress at a point when the US-Egypt relationship has never been under more …
Al-Nour elections continue despite party rift
High board members denounce former Chairman Abdel Ghafour
Former Al-Shaab journalists begin hunger strike
Former employees of the old Al-Shaab newspaper are demanding the government uphold an agreement made under Mubarak’s reign
Gamal Mubarak makes special request
Son of ousted president wants his father transferred to a better equipped hospital after suffering heart problems
Over a dozen sentenced to death for deadly attack in North Sinai
Jihadists receive what is considered “harsh” sentence for attacks against security in North Sinai
Muslim Brotherhood: Victimhood in Power?
Power begets responsibility, which should beget accountability
Praying at gunpoint
By Mohammed Aly Ibrahim The fear of Friday 13th in western superstition as an unlucky day touched upon me as I was heading to perform my weekly prayer. Many Egyptians, myself included, think that the mosques of Prophet Muhammad’s ancestors here bestow endless blessings upon those who regularly visit such places of worship. The most …
Mekki asks to modify emergency law
The people refuse changes to emergency law
Public prosecutor refers Shafiq to Interpol
The former presidential candidate is accused of profiteering, forging official documents, and seizing public funds
Ex-presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq, a fugitive
Mubarak’s last prime minister charged alongside Mubarak’s two sons, Gamal and Alaa Mubarak
Case of jailed Israeli Bedouin resurfaces after rumours of a possible prisoner swap
One week before his lawyer’s visit to Egypt, Israel requests releasing Tarabin
UK slow to return Mubarak’s millions
Money could be the solution to Egypt’s financial woes
Where the shoe pinches
By Mohammed Ali Ibrahim the former editor in chief of both The Egyptian Gazette and Algoumhoria newspapers In 1928, Muslim Brotherhood founder, Hassan Al-Banna, adopted an approach to critics and skeptics which his followers and loyalists still adhere to today. His method was to shun reasonable argument or debate, opting instead for criticism and shouting …
Okasha: a mere political amusement
The news that the trial of Tawfik Okasha, the controversial media figure and owner of Al Fara’een TV station, has been adjourned to 3 October tempts one to conjecture the initial reasons behind having a satellite channel as such. Particularly flourishing after the revolution, Okasha, who no one had ever heard about before, has suddenly …
PM Qandil visits Ethiopia for Zenawi Funeral
Egyptian government offers condolences for deceased Ethiopian PM
Al-Beltagy urges in-depth investigation of Nakhnoukh’s ties to former regime
FJP leading member insists on crime boss’s association with violent incidents
Editor’s letter: The fading of moral references
While riding home in a taxi one night last week, a small truck packed with five or more young men in their early twenties was driving in front of us. The exuberant-looking group seemed to be cruising the city while enjoying dinner in the back of their truck. All of a sudden, after they had …
Shafiq placed on watch list
Following corruption charges, former presidential candidate placed on watch and travel ban lists
Mekki confronts backlash over emergency law proposal
Following his emergency law proposal, Mekki meets civil society and human rights organizations
NoMilTrials: Arresting change
Despite the worrying number of men and women still facing military trial in Egypt, one grass-roots movement has succeeded in alerting the public to the need for change. Rana Muhammad Taha speaks to No Military Trials activists Salma Abdelgelil and Mohammad Fouda about the group’s development.
Charges against Australian journalist dropped
Charges were pending for six months
Nakhnoukh “Prince of Thugs” feud with Al-Beltagy
Nakhnoukh claimes his arrest was influenced by the FJP, says his firearms and animals are legally obtained
Mubarak’s healthcare satisfactory, delegation finds
Human rights delegation visited prison after a complaint filed by Gamal Mubarak alleged poor conditions
The insiders: ministry officials who finally got the big job
The last article in the Hesham Qandil’s cabinet-examining series, by Ahmed Aboul Enein
Continuity of command
Over a quarter of Qandil’s ministers have served under his predecessor
Clinton: Since Mubarak “sectarian violence has increased”
A teacher and Shia facing blasphemy charges are among the recent examples of growing religious tensions in Egypt
Mubarak and other ‘ill and elderly’ prisoners may be released early
Media see it as a harbinger of an early release for the former president