Month: September 2020

Burning of the Qur’an in Europe angers al-Azhar

Al-Azhar has denounced the tearing up and burning of the Holy Qur’an by a Norwegian, calling on Europe to respect the sacred things of Muslims and put an end to this criminal behaviour. The al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism said,…

Egyptian police seek to frame the Fairmont rape as a group sex party

Cairo24 news website, a pro-Egyptian media outlet, has published media reports saying that the initial investigations into the gang rape of a girl at the Fairmont Nile Hotel revealed that it was just a group sex party. These media reports…

$10bn for water desalination and sewage treatment in Egypt

The Egyptian Minister of Housing, Assem el-Jazzar, said in a press release on Sunday that Egypt is preparing to expand the construction of seawater desalination and wastewater plants due to the repercussions of the Renaissance Dam. The cost of constructing…

Prominent Egyptian tutor and syndicate leader dies in detention

On Monday, Egyptian human rights activists announced the death of the former head of the Teachers’ Syndicate in Amiriya, Subhi el-Sakka. They revealed that he died as a result of medical negligence, in Burj al-Arab Prison in Alexandria Governorate. The…

Social media has helped harassment and rape victims in Egypt

Social media has encouraged many victims of harassment and rape in Egypt to speak out for the first time and press to expose or prosecute the perpetrators. In recent times, many sexual harassment cases have appeared after the girls who…

Turki al-Sheikh: The Saudi money that’s destroying Egyptian football

Despite the fact that Egyptian citizens hate him, a Saudi official and investor has penetrated the cultural, artistic, sports, and even political circles in Egypt. Still, it seems that the highest Egyptian authorities support him. Turki al-Sheikh is a name…

50% decrease in Egypt’s petrol imports

The Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum confirmed, on Saturday, that the country’s petrol imports decreased by 50 per cent, announcing that Egypt used to import 3 million tonnes of gasoline before it dropped to 1.5 million. The Egyptian Minister of Petroleum…

COVID-19 infections increase again after two days of decline

The Egyptian Ministry of Health announced, on Sunday, that the daily infection rate of coronavirus in Egypt has increased again, two days after a relatively low decrease. The Ministry of Health confirmed that 230 new infections were recorded on Sunday,…

Former PM Ahmed Shafik on trial again for corruption

An Egyptian court has set a session on September 5 for the retrial of former Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Shafik and other defendants in the case known in the media as “corruption of the Ministry of Civil Aviation.” Shafik faces…

Parole: False freedom under police surveillance

“Happiness is incomplete, and a new prison for half a day is more difficult than permanent imprisonment.” With these words, many released detainees, in pending cases or who left prison after completing their sentences, described their lives under police surveillance….