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ElBaradei to head national assembly for change in Egypt

ElBaradei said that Egypt is “experiencing critical parliamentary elections this year and presidential elections the following year, and there is an urgency for change,” pointing out that the meeting with the national opposition leaders agreed to move in a peaceful manner in order to bring about the desired change...

Azhar: Saudi fatwa a bit 'extreme'

CAIRO: A Saudi Arabian scholar has sparked new controversy and ire among Egypt’s al-Azhar scholars after issuing a fatwa that authorizes the killing of any individual that allows for the the interaction of men and women and called for the end of their co-existence in the workforce and education...

Egyptian human rights leaders meet Obama

American President Barack Obama last Thursday met with a delegation of Egyptian participants at the “Summit on Human Rights” in the White House...

Egypt fights underage marriage and school dropouts

Khattab explained that the most important reasons for customary marriage is to avoid the conditions of the legal age for marriages, which in Egypt is 18-years-old, and the financial status of the families of these girls...

Egyptian man killed in a fight with Peruvian immigrants in Milan

An Egyptian man was killed in Milan, Italy, on Sunday after he was stabbed with a knife by immigrants from South America. The violence has angered scores of migrants from Egypt and North African countries and led to a riot, which broke out in the city as Egyptians began protesting the murder of the Egyptian citizen...

Egypt: Efforts to combat sexual harassment look promising

Egyptian member of Parliament Georgette Kellini of the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP), submitted a proposal of a draft law to address sexual harassment through the amendment of the Penal Code to the Egyptian Parliament last week...

UN: Egyptians sell organs to pay off debts

The United Nation’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported that hundreds and possibly thousands of poor Egyptians are selling their organs, mainly kidneys and liver, each year to pay off their debts and buy food, making Egypt the center for the illicit organ trade, confirming what was said by the World Health Organization (WHO) in this regard...

US expert: Cairo-Washington economic relations suffer due to politics, human rights

An American expert in economics warned that American and Egyptian economic relations pay a hefty price because of the tensions that mar the relationship between Cairo and Washington...

US: Sectarianism not only cause for Christian problems in Egypt, Iraq

ABC news quoted Professor Hilal Kashan, a professor of political science at the American University in Beirut (AUB), as saying that the tension has not risen between Muslims and Christians in the region, “contrary to rumors in the Western media, particularly in Egypt and Iraq...

Egypt Christians barred from Jerusalem

CAIRO: In a new step that could raise the ire of Coptic activists and human rights organizations in Egypt,..

In Egypt, female taxi drivers for women only

The Committee of Fatwas of al-Azhar, which is responsible for issuing Islamic fatwas, or decisions, said it would allow women to work as taxi drivers in the country, but only if those taxis are specializing in transporting women only...

Egyptian government, NGOs duke it out in Geneva over women’s rights

CAIRO: The Egyptian Government, represented by the National Council for Women, in Geneva last Friday,..

American poll finds Arabs believe economy deteriorating

CAIRO: Only one-quarter of Egyptians said that the economic situation in the country is heading for the better,..

Egypt rights groups call on government to address current problems.

CAIRO: The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies called on the government to address Egypts current problems. A follow up plan is imperative for Egypt to sustain some sort of stability...

Former US Sergeant: Major countries help Israel, Egypt in Gaza blockade

CAIRO: An American peace activist and former U.S. Army Sergeant, said that Israel and Egypt have tightened the siege on the Gaza Strip largely with the assistance of the United States,..

Police Day: Egypt family tortured, beaten: blogger

*Commemorating Egypt’s Police Day, Bikya Masr is republishing a series of articles that highlight police abuse in the country. This article was originally published December 13, 2009...

Egypt denies US aid in steel wall construction

The spokesman for the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, Hossam Zaki, denied any American role in funding the construction of the steel wall that Egypt plans to build along its border with the Gaza Strip. He stressed that the United States has “nothing to do with the construction of this wall,” indicating that the wall is being built by the funds of the Egyptian government..

Egypt: 2009 inflation rate dropped

Egypt’s rate of inflation in 2009 declined to 11.8 percent compared to 19.2 percent in 2008, a recent report from the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics Authority (CAPMAS) said..

Court Confirms Ban on “Fully Veiled” Students

The Administrative Judiciary Court on Sunday issued a decision that confirms universities will ban female students, “who wear the full veil that covers the face,”..

New Pharaonic Tombs Discovered at Saqqara

The Egyptian Supreme Council for Antiquities said on Monday that a mission of the council has discovered two Pharaonic tombs that date back to the 26th Pharaonic Dynasty (500 BC) in the Saqarra area..