Court confirms Egypt Muslim Brotherhood death sentences
Source: BBC An Egyptian court has confirmed death sentences for 183 Muslim Brotherhood supporters accused of a 2013 attack on a police station, lawyers say. A judge had recommended the […]
Mideastern stability requires a new security consensus
June 19, 2014 12:11 AM By David Ignatius The Daily Star STORY SUMMARY Let’s look at the reality on the ground in the Middle East: Iraq and Syria are effectively partitioned along sectarian lines; Lebanon and Yemen are close to fracturing; Turkey, Egypt and Saudi Arabia survive intact, but as […]
How Israel and Mubarak stole billions of gas dollars from the Egyptian people
Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Mon, 06/09/2014 – 19:00 Egypt’s Lost Power When Israel invaded and bombed Gaza without mercy for three weeks in December 2008 and January 2009, the […]
Egypt: New Leader Faces Rights Crisis
HRW: (Beirut) – President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi takes office in Egypt in the midst of a human rights crisis as dire as in any period in the country’s modern history, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today. The new president should make addressing Egypt’s dismal human rights record a […]
‘I want to thank Saudi govt for the expansion work in the holy sites’
MADINAH: YUSUF MOHAMMED Published — Monday 9 June 2014 The main concern of Egyptian pilgrim Adel Mahmoud, who came to perform Umrah recently, is the disunity of Muslims, and while […]
Egypt bans unlicensed preachers, tightens grip on mosques
CAIRO — Egypt has banned unauthorised preachers from giving sermons or teaching Islam in mosques and other public places, according to a decree on Saturday marking a further step in […]
Robert Fisk: Alaa al-Aswany, Egypt’s greatest living novelist, knows Sisi is not a true democrat – but is still hopeful that he can ‘do good’ “I think we must give the Sisi government a chance. People are terrorised”
The private Garden City Club: a broiling Cairo night, lots of dust outside, but the same scuffed old floorboards and art deco interior with photos of British oarsmen on the walls. And there at the dinner table is the giant figure of Alaa al-Aswany, the greatest living Egyptian novelist and […]
Robert Fisk: Alaa al-Aswany, Egypt’s greatest living novelist, knows Sisi is not a true democrat – but is still hopeful that he can ‘do good’ "I think we must give the Sisi government a chance. People are terrorised"
The private Garden City Club: a broiling Cairo night, lots of dust outside, but the same scuffed old floorboards and art deco interior with photos of British oarsmen on the walls. And there at the dinner table is the giant figure of Alaa al-Aswany, the greatest living Egyptian novelist and […]
Robert Fisk on Sisi poll: All hail the Egyptian Emperor – but what about that missing 7%?
NINETY-THREE PER CENT! Let me write that again: 93 per cent! Or 93.3 per cent if you want to be precise. This superb, stunning, incredible – quite literally, one might say – achievement in Egypt’s presidential election, places ex-Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on a pedestal alongside those other imperishable […]
New Egypt’s charter enshrines right of citizenship for Coptic Christians and Muslims
Epigraph: Permission to fight is given to those against whom war is made, because they have been wronged — and Allah indeed has power to help them — Those who […]
Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt closed again
Egyptian authorities on Tuesday evening closed the Rafah crossing after it was exceptionally opened for three days for pilgrims and people stranded in Egypt. The Egyptian ministry of interior said there were no set dates for the re-opening of the crossing. Some 840 Muslim pilgrims and a few others stranded […]
Why dictators hold elections: Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Bashar al-Assad and the façade of legitimacy
It is easy to be cynical about candidates winning 80 per cent of the vote but for some Middle East regimes the appearance of democracy is enough to secure the covert backing of Western powers Why do dictators love elections? It’s an old question in the Middle East, but it […]
What are you doing, judges of Egypt, by abetting repression?
May 08, 2014 12:19 AM By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star STORY SUMMARY The conduct of the courts and judges in Egypt during the past three years is a critical element to watch as the country pursues its tortuous route toward a pluralistic constitutional democracy. Most of us are […]
TOMB SEARCHERS : Basel team shed light on Egyptian burials
swissinfo.ch and agencies April 29, 2014 – 12:25 Egyptologists from the University of Basel have identified the burial site of the children and other family members of two pharaohs in […]
Sonbol’s sacred Cairo
Gamal Nkrumah was enthralled by the exhibition of internationally acclaimed photographer Sherif Sonbol’s exhibition “Cairo: The crossroads of faith” Prince Taz Palace, constructed in 1352 AD on the occasion of […]
Coptic hopes and fears
For many Copts the worst is over, but there is little guarantee that the best is yet to come, writes Dina Ezzat At a foul and taamiya restaurant at the […]
Friday sermon scripted, controlled by Egyptian Gov: The Christian Monitor
Islam, scripted: Egypt reins in Friday sermons at mosque The Friday sermon is perhaps Egypt’s most influential forum. In a bid to stifle every potential avenue of dissent, the military government is exerting control over the pulpit. By Christa Case Bryant, Staff writer / April 28, 2014 In this April […]
Egypt: Vow of Freedeom of Religion Is unkept
Sherif Gaber, detained since last fall on allegations that he started a Facebook page for atheists By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICKAPRIL 25, 2014 NYtimes 04/26/2014 Photo Student supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood blocked a road in Cairo on Wednesday. Credit Aly Hazzaa/El Shorouk Newspaper, via Associated Press CAIRO — The […]
Muslims and fashion – Hijab couture
Apr 26th 2014 | CAIRO, JEDDAH AND RIYADH FEW sartorial choices are scrutinised as closely as those of Muslim women. Their clothing is regulated both in countries where Islam is […]
529 Steps Back: Egyptian Death Sentences Reveal Deep Societal Rift
By Ralf Hoppe and Daniel Steinvorth AFP Over 500 members of the Muslim Brotherhood were sentenced to death last week in the small Egyptian city of Minya. But what really happened? A visit to the town reveals the vast divide in Egyptian society. It is 10 p.m. Both windows in lawyer […]