Saudi Arabia to build Red Sea bridge to Egypt
The bridge, which will be named after King Salman, aims to boost trade between the two countries A route of the proposed King Salman Bridge linking Saudi Arabia and Egypt, […]
Widening reach of blasphemy law, Egypt targets poet for Facebook post on sheep
Source: The Washington Post By Sudarsan Raghavan CAIRO — At a literary gathering in Cairo, the poem Fatma Naoot chose to read could not have been more relevant. It was […]
EgyptAir hijacking suspect Seif Eldin Mustafa flashes ‘v’ signs as he appears in Cyprus court
In a statement to police, Mustafa says: ‘When someone hasn’t seen his family for 24 years and wants to see his wife and children, and the Egyptian government doesn’t allow it, what should one do?’ Adam Withnall @adamwithnall 6 comments Seif Eldin Mustafa flashes the “V” for victory sign as […]
Al-Azhar University
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia “Al-Azhar” redirects here. For other uses, see Al-Azhar (disambiguation). Al-Azhar University جامعة الأزهر (الشريف) Jāmiʻat al-Azhar (al-Sharīf) Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo Egypt Type Public […]
Almost 7 years after Cairo speech
ABDULRAHMAN AL-RASHED Published — Saturday 19 March 2016 I wish US President Barack Obama’s stormy interview with Jeffrey Goldberg for The Atlantic magazine took place five years ago. Perhaps back then its implications would have been different. This time his frankness has angered his friends and very little can be […]
Egypt’s justice minister sacked after comments criticised as blasphemous
Source: Reuters CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s prime minister sacked Justice Minister Ahmed al-Zend on Sunday after he was criticised for saying he would jail Islam’s Prophet Mohammad himself if he broke the law. Zend’s comments came in a televised interview on Friday. He immediately said “God forgive me”, and […]
Egyptian Lawmakers Want to Ban Muslim Women from Covering Their Faces
Egyptian Lawmakers Want to Ban Muslim Women from Covering Their Faces BY Lily Kuo: 08 March 2016 Egyptian lawmakers are pushing for a ban on the Niqab, a veil worn by women that covers most of one’s face, in what has become a fight over personal liberties and the government’s […]
The Sentencing of a Toddler Shows How Out of Control Egypt’s Security State Has Become
Source: Time The three-year-old boy erroneously sentenced to jail is only the worst in a series of atrocities by Egypt’s security officials A military court mistakenly sentences a toddler to […]
Egypt sentences 4 Coptic teenagers for contempt of Islam
Source: Associated Press By Maggie Michael CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court convicted four Coptic Christian teenagers for contempt of Islam on Thursday, after they appeared in a video mocking […]
Italy blasted over CIA abduction of Imam
In this April 11, 2007 file photo, Egyptian cleric Osama Hassan Mustafa Nasr, also known as Abu Omar, who was allegedly kidnapped by CIA agents off the streets of an Italiancity and taken to Egypt where he said he was tortured, talks on his mobile phone as he walks in […]
The unsexy truth as to why the Arab Spring failed
Catastrophic failure of institutions the real culprit, not individual heroes or villains Amanda Taub By the time it became clear to the world that Egypt’s Arab Spring had gone […]
Al-Azhar University
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia “Al-Azhar” redirects here. For other uses, see Al-Azhar (disambiguation). Al-Azhar University جامعة الأزهر (الشريف) Jāmiʻat al-Azhar (al-Sharīf) Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo Egypt Type Public Established 970~972 – madrasa 1961 – university status Religious affiliation Sunni Islam President Usama al-Abd Location Cairo, Egypt 30°02′45″N31°15′45″ECoordinates: 30°02′45″N 31°15′45″E […]
Egyptian writer Fatima Naoot jailed for insulting Islam
Source: Indian Express In October, Naoot described in a post on her Facebook account Eid Al-Adha’s tradition of slaughtering sheep as the “greatest massacre committed by human beings”. An Egyptian […]
Egyptian writer Fatima Naoot jailed for insulting Islam
Source: The Indian Express An Egyptian court has sentenced secular writer Fatima Naoot to three years in prison and a fine of $2,550 after being found guilty of insulting Islam, […]
Egypt’s President Turns to Religion to Bolster His Authority
Source: The New York Times CAIRO — When President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi opened a much-heralded extension to the Suez Canal in August, the official Friday Prayer sermon that week hailed […]
Birmingham’s ancient Koran history revealed
By Sean CoughlanEducation correspondent Out of media player. Press enter to return or tab to continue. Media captionThe ancient Koran in Birmingham is giving up some its secrets Knowledge economy Vocational education’s global gap US universities gripped by identity crisis UK student numbers surge in Netherlands Online schools ‘worse than […]
Siege on Gaza is cruel and a political failure
Dec 08,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMZI BAROUD When Egypt decided to open the Rafah border crossing that separates it from Gaza for two days, December 3 and 4, a sense of guarded relief was felt in the impoverished strip. True, 48 hours were hardly enough for the tens of thousands of […]
Cairo restaurant firebomb attack kills 16
Source: BBC Sixteen people have been killed in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, after firebombs were thrown into a restaurant, officials say. The attack took place at the El Sayad restaurant, […]
Outlook gloomy as tourists leave Egypt
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (R) shakes hand with tourists and Egyptians after he arrived the airport of the Red Sea resort of Sharm al-Sheikh city in Sinai on Wednesday. (REUTERS/Handout photo) ASSOCIATED PRESS Published — Thursday 12 November 2015 SHARM EL-SHEIKH: Tourism bookings in Egypt’s main Red Sea resort […]
Cairo University bans teachers from wearing niqab
Source: CTV The recent decision to ban all female staff from wearing the full face veil aims to put an end to student complaints of “poor communication” in class, the […]