The attack on Minister Osama Heikal: A scandalous clash between Egypt’s sovereign bodies
In what came as a big surprise, Egyptian state television broadcast on one of its programmes leaked audio recordings of a systematic attack on Egyptian Minister of State for Media Affairs Osama Heikal, launched against him by Egyptian newspapers and…
Chaos dominates government’s management of new school year
With the start of the new school year in Egyptian schools, many problems and complaints have surfaced, which are actually repeated every year, but have increased due to the spread of coronavirus. Pictures and video clips circulating showed chaos and…
Al-Sisi appoints a new vice-sheikh of al-Azhar who previously worked in Dubai
Egyptian General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has issued a presidential decree appointing a new vice-sheikh of al-Azhar. The decision stated that Muhammad Abd al-Rahman Muhammad al-Dhawini was appointed as a vice-sheikh of al-Azhar al-Sharif, with the minister’s rank, based on the…
Egypt stops renewing citizens’ passports in Kuwait
The Egyptian Consul General to Kuwait Hesham Asran has said that Cairo has issued instructions to stop renewing its citizens’ passports in the Gulf country. Asran explained that the law prohibits renewing passports except for travel to Egypt, and that…
Egypt’s army closes 800 marble quarries and raises licensing fee by 400%
The Egyptian authorities have closed 800 granite and marble quarries, as of October 1, according to a decision by the Egyptian Company for Mining, Management, and Exploitation of Quarries and Salt Mines, owned by the National Service Projects Agency of…
Scientific research in Egypt: Small budget, zero freedom
If the culture of instilling fear in the people’s souls and the climate of suppressing freedoms since the military coup has led to arrests, the nationalisation of the media and blatant aggression on human rights, then scientific research in Egypt…
New law threatens civil work in Egypt
A year and two months after Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ratified the Law on the Practice of Private Work, the Council of Ministers agreed, in principle, to issue the executive regulations of the law, without announcing its provisions. It is decided…
Could the battle of the empty stomachs succeed in securing the detainees’ rights?
From time to time, news leaks out about detainees in various Egyptian prisons starting open hunger strikes to obtain their rights and to protest their poor conditions and degrading treatment. Among prisons that witnessed hunger strikes is the highly-guarded and…
Will there be a rapprochement between Turkey and Egypt?
The level of Turkish flirtation with Egypt has escalated in the past few days, amid news of the success of the meetings that took place between two intelligence delegations from the two countries in reaching a “media truce,” which may…
Refugees are the most prominent victims of organ trafficking in Egypt
News continues in Egypt about gangs specialising in the organ trade, and warnings spread about the increase in the number of children and women being kidnapped to steal their organs, especially among refugees. According to the United Nations, the human…
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