Latest in Tag: nasr city Highlight
Latest in Tag: nasr city
In Pictures: Pro-Morsi rally in Nasr City
Thousands take up MB call for âmillion man marchâ during the day
US ‘strongly condemns’ Egypt violence
Cairo and the northern city of Alexandria have since seen massive rival rallies that have often turned violent
In Pictures: Morsi loyalists barricade main roads
AFP- Supporters of deposed President Mohamed Morsi continued to erect brick barricades along Nasr City’s main street on Sunday as supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi continue to hold a sit in outside Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque demanding his reinstatement. Photos by: AFP /FAYEZ NURELDINE
In Pictures: Pro-Morsi march in Nasr City
On Friday afternoon thousands of demonstrators marched over nine kilometres from Ramses Square in downtown Cairo to Rabaa Al-Adaweya Mosque in Nasr City in support of ousted president Mohammed Morsi.
Residents of Rabaa Al-Adaweya to protest against Morsi supporters
The residents repeatedly complained about the impact the sit-in has had on their lives
The isolated tent city of Rabaa
A friend had to go to the police station by the Rabaa Al-Adaweya sit-in for some documents, and there was no escape but to go through the thousands of protesters stationed in front of the Nasr City police station. My friend said: âit is a city of a parallel worldâ; posters of ousted president Morsi …
In Pictures: Pro-Morsi protesters in Nasr City on 4 July
Pro-Morsi protesters continue their sit-in at Rabaa Al Adaweya in Nasr City while the army protects the area
Egyptian gold market paralysed
The worldwide gold market witnessed a sharp price decline since 17 June; average prices of the 24k ounce decreasing to EGP 8977.04 in 19 June.
Engineers protest against Morsi
Engineers reject the Presidentâs appearance at Egyptian Engineersâ Day celebration
Dozens call for military rule in Cairo and Alexandria
Protesters are demanding defence minister Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi assume power and oust Morsi
Protests on Friday calling for army involvement
Demonstrations in Nasr City scheduled for noon on Friday will call for Morsi to step down and the army to lead Egypt
Hundreds demonstrate in Tahrir Square
A march organised by the Al-Dostour Party demanded âbread, freedom, social justice, human dignity, and justice for the martyrsâ, 6 April called for further civil disobedience
Tahrir Doctorsâ Society paramedic released
Paramedic and activist were allegedly arrested for attempting to break into a police station
In Pictures: Leoni Wiring Systems Company on strike
Workers prevented the employees of all the free zone companies from taking their cars out of the area, allowing them to leave only on foot.
Workers hold unconventional strike
Leoni company workers prevent employees of other companies from leaving the strike area
Suspected militant dies in Egypt arrest raid, police says
The operation followed a tip-off that a militant was hiding out in the apartment, which had been converted into a gym
Bikyaâs Book Club resumes activities in Nasr city
The book club is designed to be open and to encourage dialogue and a platform through which ideas on literature can be discussed.
Ultras break up pro-Okasha protest
Okasha is known for his controversial statements and criticism of the Brotherhood.
The other Cairo sit-in
Since the results of the presidential elections, many have turned on the generals accusing them of having forfeited the best interests of the state for their own political survival.
A Tale Of Two Cairos
Recent reports have thinned the gap of votes between the two candidates to less than a million, with the Muslim Brotherhood putting their candidate in the lead and Ahmed Shafiq slinging accusations of wrongdoing against his opponent
Samira Ibrahim makes Time 100 list
By AFP NEW YORK: Egyptian activist Samira Ibrahim was among this yearâs 100 most influential people in the world, according to Time magazine. Time published its annual list Wednesday, showcasing a typically eclectic mix of personalities, ranging from the rich and powerful, like financier Warren Buffett or US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernake, to popular …
Islamists, civil groups head to Tahrir with different objectives
Political fragmentation to mark Friday protests at Tahrir.
Court adjourns hearings of 3 presidential hopefuls’ qualification
By Heba Hesham CAIRO: An Administrative Court adjourned Tuesday appeals related to the validity of three presidential nomineesâ candidacy to an exceptional session Wednesday morning to submit the required documents. Ultraconservative Islamist hopeful Hazem Salah Abu Ismail filed a lawsuit to oblige the interior ministry to provide documents proving his mother does not hold the US …
Who’s Afraid of Europe’s Human-Rights Court?
By James A. Goldston and Yonko Grozev SOFIA: At a time when the ongoing European debt crisis is fracturing public faith in the continentâs political and economic institutions, one would expect Europeâs leaders to strengthen as many unifying symbols as they can. Instead, they have allowed one of the jewels of post-World War II European integration …
El-Eleimy referred to PA ethics committee for insulting Tantawi
By Heba Hesham CAIRO: Social Democratic Party MP Ziad El-Eleimy was referred to the Peopleâs Assembly ethics committee for using offensive language outside parliament to refer to the head of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, as well as Salafi preacher Sheikh Mohamed Hassan. The PA’s bureau listened on …
Egypt presidential vote to be early June: source
CAIRO: Egypt’s first presidential election since president Hosni Mubarak was overthrown last year will be held in the first week of June, an official at the judicial committee supervising the vote said. Army leaders who took over from Mubarak in February last year have faced street protests and widespread demands that they hand power to …
Peeling, meeting, and shopping
By Esther Dyson NEW YORK: In mid-December, while trying to understand what was happening in Russia, I checked Twitter and found a tweet that somehow signified everything. It was from a young woman, and it said, in Russian: âGotta sleep! Tomorrow I go to [face] peeling, then to meeting, and then to shopping.â All three words …
Egypt’s Brotherhood toes fine line on economy
By Una Galani / Reuters Breakingviews The Muslim Brotherhoodâs economic platform isnât likely to be fully implemented, but it offers a good glimpse of the type of policies they will push for in the months to come. Few of the ideas of the movementâs Freedom and Justice Party are new or radical. Furthermore the long-repressed faction …
A Cuban African Odyssey with Egypt’s Jihan El-Tahri
By Myriam Ghattas Jihan El-Tahri is a French Egyptian national who had never screened her films in her own country, Egypt, until recently. This unfortunate oversight was thankfully corrected with her invitation to participate in the Fourth Panorama of the European Film, the lone Cairene film festival of the year that wrapped up at the end …
A world of gray
By Gareth Evans CANBERRA: VĂĄclav Havel, the Czech playwright and dissident turned president, and North Korean despot Kim Jong-il might have lived on different planets, for all their common commitment to human dignity, rights, and democracy. When they died just a day apart this month, the contrast was hard for the global commentariat to resist: Pragueâs …