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In Pictures: Explosions outside Cairo University
 Egyptians inspect the damage after twin bombs struck police posts near Cairo University in the centre of Egypt’s capital on April 2, 2014, which was followed by a third blast as police and journalists gathered at the scene. The attack was the latest by militants targeting security forces following Islamist president Mohamed Morsi’s overthrow in …
In Pictures: Cairo University protests
By AbdelHalim H. AbdAllah Clashes erupted in Cairo University on Wednesday evening when hundreds of students from the universities of Cairo and Al-Azhar participated in a rally organised by Students Against the Coup (SAC). The protest reached the Faculty of Applied Arts, which is near the Giza Security Directorate, according to SAC female coordinator at Cairo University …
In Pictures: Clashes erupt between SAC and security forces in Al-Azhar University
Clashes erupted Wednesday between students affiliated with the group Students Against the Coup and security forces during protests at a number of universities, including Al-Azhar, Alexandria, Cairo, and Beni Suef. Two students died of fatal birdshot wounds at Beni Suef University after the protesting students took the protest off campus, according to the student observatory …
Exploring Sakkara on horseback
On a stoneâs throw from Cairo, Al Sorat Farm offers tourists and residents the opportunity to see another side of Egypt
In Pictures: World marks International Women’s Day
Photos By AFP
In Pictures: Egypt policemen sentenced to 10 years for blogger death
AFP-  Two Egyptian policemen were sentenced to 10 years in jail Monday for the killing of a blogger whose death rallied protesters in the 2011 revolt that toppled Hosni Mubarak. The two were sentenced following a retrial for the manslaughter and torture of Khaled Said in June 2010, when they had unlawfully arrested him at …
In Pictures: Ultras White Knights members dispersed after interior ministry bars fans from match
Ministry of Interior barred audience from match âto ensure the safety and protection of the massesâ
Stand alone: Yarmouk Camp humanitarian disaster
It is impossible not to be touched by the apocalyptic scenes emerging from the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk in Damascus, besieged and cut off for months. The images are at once epic and personal. Row upon row of gaunt faces, serried ranks of grimy, raged figures; the delicate, hunger-ravaged features of children waiting in …
Deserted Naama Bay
A picture taken on 18 February 2014 shows the nearly deserted Naama Bay shopping district in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on 18 February 2014. The decline in tourism since the fall of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has hobbled Egyptâs economy. AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI
AFP Infographic: Top 15 military budgets in 2013
In Pictures: African asylum seekers protest in Tel Aviv
AFP – The migrants, primarily from Eritrea and Sudan, are protesting to call for help in the face of Israel’s refusal to grant them refugee status. Last month, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) warned that Israel could be in breach of international law with new legislation that allows for the potentially indefinite detention of asylum-seekers. …
In Pictures: Journalists protest Egypt jailing of Jazeera colleagues
AFP- Scores of supporters of Al-Jazeera journalists jailed in Egypt demonstrated on Tuesday in Kenya, the base of one of the detained reporters. “Being a journalist is not a crime,” the crowd of around a 100 shouted outside the Egyptian embassy in Nairobi, in a peaceful protest watched over by armed police. The detained journalists, …
Lâokacha
Amro Okacha â aka Lâokachaâ was born and raised in Cairo. He was raised in the realm of Nubian morals and traditions. He discovered drawing at 17. He is a graduate of the Higher Institute of Cinema, animation department. He worked in an animation studio for a short while. Currently, his focus is on illustration. …
In Pictures: Egypt braces for presidential elections with posters and renovations
Photos by AFP
In Pictures: Murder trial of Morsi resumes
AFP- The murder trial of deposed Egyptian leader Mohamed Morsi is due to resume in Cairo Saturday, after he insisted at a separate hearing that he was still the legitimate president. His trial is seen as a test for Egypt’s military-installed authorities, who have come under fire for a heavy-handed crackdown on his supporters after he was forced …
In Pictures: Zeinhom morgue post 25 January anniversary
Families of the victims of violence that took place on the anniversary of the revolution waited at the morgue on Sunday for the autopsy report before burying them. All the reports viewed by Daily News Egypt ascribed the cause of death to gunshots from the clashes in Alf Maskan, Mattariya and Downtown. 6 April members …
Lâokacha
Amro Okacha â aka Lâokachaâ was born and raised in Cairo. He was raised in the realm of Nubian morals and traditions. He discovered drawing at 17. He is a graduate of the Higher Institute of Cinema, animation department. He worked in an animation studio for a short while. Currently, his focus is on illustration. …
In Pictures: Islamic Art museum damaged by blast
The bombing that took place early morning on 24 January has affected the neighbouring Islamic Art Museum and the Egyptian National Library and Archives. A group of archaeologists and art restorers volunteered to form a taskforce, which visited yesterday the site of the museum to survey the damage. Photos By AFP
In Pictures: Protesters and police clash in Downtown Cairo
Downtown Cairo witnessed clashes between police forces and protesters on the third anniversary of the 25 January Revolution after police forces dispersed a protest organised by the Revolutionary Front outside the Press Syndicate. The Front announced that two protesters were killed during the violence which took place in Abdul Khaliq Tharwat Street in downtown. Photos …
In Pictures: Blast in Ain Shams
A bomb went off next to a police institute in the Ain Shams district in Cairo at 7am Saturday, damaging the institute’s walls but left no injuries. The blast came the morning after a series of bombings targeted police across Cairo on Friday 24 January, leaving six dead. Photos by Ahmed AlMalky
In Pictures: Friday’s fourth bombing in Giza
An improvised explosive device (IED) exploded in front of Radobis cinema in Haram Street, Giza, at 5.15pm, reported state TV. The explosion killed one and injured seven at time of writing. AFP Photos
In Pictures: Muslim Brotherhood protest in Cairo
Supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood took to the streets Friday. They chanted slogans and raised four fingers, the symbol known as “Rabaa”, Â remembering those killed in the crackdown on the Rabaa Al-Adaweya protest camp in Cairo last year, during a demonstration in Cairo on 24 January 2014. Protesters carried placards that read “Void, Execute …
In Pictures: Al-Talbiya Explosion
A homemade improvised explosive device (IED) exploded inside a billboard along Al-Ahram Street, eastern Giza on Friday morning. The explosion left no casualties, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Interior. The explosion took place in the Al-Talbiya district at around 10am. Photos by Ahmed Al-Mlaky
In Pictures: Cairo Security Directorate explosion II
Photos by Mohamed Omar
In Pictures: Explosion targets Cairo Security Directorate
AFP- Â A car bomb struck Cairo police headquarters on Friday, killing at least four people in an early morning blast heard across theEgyptian capital, police and health ministry officials said. The explosion sent a large plume of smoke billowing above the city and left a deep crater in the street, an AFP correspondent reported. …
In Pictures: Clashes in Alexandria
AFP – Egyptian protesters and supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood scatter as a tear gas canister explodes next to them during clashes withEgyptian police in the northern port city of Alexandria on 23 January 2014. Clashes between rival Egyptian students at a university in Alexandria killed at least one student, a supporter of ousted Islamist president …
In Pictures: Protests in downtown Cairo
Photos by Mohamed Omar/DNE
Eastern Orthodox Christians celebrate Epiphany
The holiday marks the end of Christmas in Eastern tradition
Flea market comes to Zamalek
The flea market featured many exciting booths and activities
Pure beauty awaits in Egypt
Now is the perfect opportunity to explore many Egyptian wonders in a serene atmosphere