‘Universities without Freedom’: Political restrictions on academics in Egypt
Association for Freedom of Thought and Experssion has documented several violations against academics and researchers in Egyptian universities. The association published on Sunday a report entitled “Universities without Freedom”, which reported on scientific theses being scrapped, graduation certificates given for…
After 3 years of forced disappearance Ahmed al-Dumliji finally appears
Detainee Ahmed Abdel-Azim Al-Dumliji appeared at Menoufia prosecution, in the Menoufia Governorate (North), after a forced disappearance for more than three years and three months. The human rights organisation We Record reported that the Egyptian authorities have denied his presence…
The Egyptian government demolishes monumental Mamluk tombs
The Egyptians woke up on Sunday, July 19, to pictures of bulldozers breaking into a number of archaeological buildings in Manshiyat Naser, where Mamluk graves (or the Mamluk cemetery) is located. The cemetery dates back five centuries and contains the…
The regime is making money from moving embassies to the New Administrative Capital
The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is seeking to move many foreign embassies in Cairo to the New Administrative Capital, by pushing them to buy land in the embassies district there. The Administrative Capital for Urban and Development company, which…
Egypt close to 100,000 coronavirus cases
Egypt is close to recording 100,000 cases of coronavirus after the Ministry of Health announced on Sunday that it had recorded 479 new infections and 48 deaths. The total number of cases of infection that have been found in the…
Bright Star military maneuvers in Egypt postponed due to coronavirus
On Friday, the US Central Command announced the postponement of the Bright Star military maneuvers, which were supposed to be hosted by the Egyptian armed forces next September, due to the coronavirus. The leadership said in a statement that the…
Gold prices in Egypt record historic high
Gold prices in Egypt have risen to a new historical level, as the gram price jumped to more than EGP 12 in one go. (One US dollar equals approximately 16 EGP). The price of a gram of 21-carat gold, the…
Rejection and popular fears are growing of the regime’s military intervention in Libya
Popular rejection and fears have escalated in Egypt of the regime’s military intervention in Libya, especially after the Egyptian parliament announced its mandate for General al-Sisi for military intervention and to confront the internationally recognised Libyan Government of National Accord…
Burkini vs bikini: A new form of discrimination against women in Egypt
In Egypt, the Islamic swimsuit, or what is known as the burkini crisis, has been renewed with the coming of the summer for the sixth year in a row. Some hotels and tourist villages have banned veiled women from going…
Exclusive: Details of 10-hour street battle in Rabaa village in Sinai
Eyewitnesses told Egypt Watch the details of a 10-hour attack on a security focal point on Rabaa village in Sinai on Tuesday, which resulted in the death of two soldiers and injury of six others, according to an official statement….
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