BDS calls for boycotting Israeli concerts in El-Gouna
The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS) has called for a boycott of Nacelle after it announced that it was organizing a concert in El-Gouna resort on the Red Sea, in cooperation with the Israeli company, The Gardens of Babylon,…
Israel’s top security man in Egypt to remedy strain over the Israeli policies in West Bank
On Monday, Shin Bet head Ronen Bar visited Egypt to remedy the strain in diplomatic relations between Israel and Egypt. Senior Israeli officials said Bar met Egyptian General Intelligence head Abbas Kamel, during his visit. On Thursday, Haaretz said that…
Zaki Abdeen: Chairman of NAC resigns after recurrent failures
On Monday, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the New Administrative Capital Company, Major General Ahmed Zaki Abdeen, resigned, citing “health conditions and the desire to find comfort.” However, a source said that Abdeen had to resign because…
CBE withdraws EGP 100 billion cash from banks
n Tuesday, the Central Bank of Egypt announced the issuance of one-week treasury bills at 100 billion pounds, in a renewal of a similar offering last week, at the same value. This is the highest withdrawal of cash through offerings…
Mahmoud Harbawi: Egyptian officer killed in clashes with Sinai Province
On Tuesday, an Egyptian army officer was killed in an attack by the Islamic State-affiliated Sinai Province organization in North Sinai. Military medical sources said that officer Mahmoud Ibrahim Al-Harbawi was a member of the 103rd Brigade. About ten days…
Sabri Massad: Egyptian doctor sentenced to 20 years in Saudi Arabia over political charges
A Saudi court has issued a prison sentence for an Egyptian doctor on political charges after he demanded financial rights from the Saudi government. The Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms said that the Specialized Criminal Court in Riyadh had…
Egyptian-Israeli tension due to the IDF’s failure to adhere to an agreement with Egypt
On Thursday, Haaretz said that the Egyptian role in reaching ceasefire agreements between the Israelis and the Palestinians has become commonplace in recent years but that the recent mediation did not go well between the Egyptians and the Israelis. On…
Despite the Ministry of Interior’s denial, a rights group documents the death of a prisoner inside Gamasa prison
On Sunday, the Egyptian Network for Human Rights said that a 22-year-old criminal prisoner, Mohamed Saad El-Din El-Koumi, had died in the high-security Gamasa prison. The rights group said his family was informed of his death on Saturday during a…
Alaa Abdel Fattah escalates his hunger strike
On Sunday, the family of political activist Alaa Abdel Fattah said he had escalated his hunger strike, which is approaching its sixth month. Abdel Fattah called on the government to release all National Security detainees, detainees who have passed their…
Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh: I am dying slowly in prison
On Saturday, imprisoned head of the Strong Egypt Party, Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, said during a court session that he was being subjected to a “slow death” by the prison administration because it refused to transfer him to a hospital….
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