Month: January 2020

Foreigners in Egypt are the regime’s hostages

Recently, Russia declared its failure to resolve the crisis of five Russian citizens arrested and detained in Egypt for over a year. They have been subjected to a secret trial on suspicion of joining ISIS. Sergey Lavrov, the Russian foreign…

Detention renewed for 6 youths in "media hub" case

The Egyptian Supreme State Security Prosecution has renewed the detention of six young detainees for a period of 15 days in the 2018 case known to the media as the “media hub.” The list of the detained includes Yasser Hassan,…

Egypt court prevents extradition of former Gaddafi officials

The Supreme Administrative Court has upheld a ruling to cancel the Egyptian government’s decision to extradite six former Libyan officials from the regime of former Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi in a final ruling. In the controversial ruling the court considered…

Egypt’s National Council for Women demands banning controversial song "Salmonella"

The National Council for Women filed a complaint to Google to stop broadcasting the song currently circulating on social media sites entitled “Salmonella” by singer Tameem Youness. The council pointed out that it carries a message that insults women and…

Crisis hit the sugar industry in Egypt

With the sugar cane harvest approaching, the annual crisis between farmers and the Egyptian government to determine the price of the crop has been renewed. Officials set a price for the supply of the crop that is not commensurate with…

The church and Turkey: Al-Sisi's Christmas messages

As he has for the past several years, General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi appeared at the Christmas Mass for Orthodox Christians in Egypt and used this occasion to deliver a speech through which he sent a number of messages. Among those…

Is Turkey seeking war with Egypt?

Amidst the media build up and the escalation in official statements, observers say the truth is contrary to what is being promoted by the media, and a war will not take place between Turkey and Egypt in Libya. Journalists loyal…

Al-Sisi uses Libya to escape from internal crises

The Egyptian regime has launched a major media campaign to reject Turkish interference in Libya and to mobilise actors, journalists, electronic committees and various media outlets, in support of an expected decision in favour of Egyptian military intervention in Libya….

Qassem Soleimani`s death shakes Egypt tourism again

Although the American air strike at Baghdad airport is thousands of kilometres from Cairo, its echoes seem to have shaken the hopes that Egyptian tourism will recover from its long setback. After the killing of Qasem Soleimani, the Middle East…

Al-Sisi assigns Osama Heikal to reshape the regime`s media policies

Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met on Sunday with Minister of State for Information Osama Heikal in the presence of Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly for the first time since Heikal’s appointment on December 22 as the first state minister for information affairs…