Three years have passed since President Sadat was assassinated, and President Mubarak has run through half his presidential term. Yet his Egypt still lacks a distinctive shape and people are wondering if there is […]
An Egyptian criminal court has postponed the trial of former President Mohamed Morsi and a number of other defendants in a court case in which they are accused of spying for Hamas; it is […]
Egyptian militant group Hasm claimed responsibility on Sunday for a small explosion at Myanmar’s embassy in Cairo, saying it was in retaliation for the country’s military crackdown on Rohingya Muslims. Egypt’s interior ministry has […]
Russian deputy prime minister, Arkady Dvorkovic, stated on Sunday, that his country is waiting to hear from Egypt in regards to airport security protocol and the resumption of flights between the two countries. It is necessary […]
Ismail Haniyeh, head of the Hamas Political Bureau, and a delegation of senior officials from the Gaza Strip recently went to Cairo for talks about reconciliation with Fatah and the possibility of forming a […]
Why is it that the current British government finds it so difficult to maintain a constructive relationship with Egypt? The question seems particularly pertinent in the week that Egyptian president Abdel Fattah El Sisi, during […]
I watched President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s address at the United Nations last week from the DMC TV studios in Cairo. Along with Dalia Youssef, a member of the Egyptian parliament; Mamhoud al-Said, former ambassador […]
An Egyptian court has sentenced seven people to death over links to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group in Libya. Saturday’s ruling refers the case to […]
The Islamic State has claimed an attack on a police convoy which killed at least 18 soldiers on Monday. Medical and security sources say, the attackers managed to destroy three armoured vehicles and a […]
For generations, Mohammed Ahmed’s family made a living offering tourists visiting the Egyptian pyramids in Giza a ride on their gaily decorated horses. But in the years since the Arab Spring uprising in 2011, […]
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