Egypt Watch

Trudeau raises case of Canada citizen held in Egypt

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Sunday that he raised the case of the Canadian citizen held in Egypt with the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. “We are always defending Canadians facing problems all over the world,” said Trudeau…

Students accuse college in Egypt of stealing graduation project

Ahmed el-Sayed, a fresh graduate from the Faculty of Engineering at Menoufia University, has accused the supervisor of his graduation project of stealing it. “The project is an SMT machine, which is a cartesian robot, that collects and welds components…

Egyptian Navigation Company goes into liquidation

The General Assembly of the Egyptian Navigation Company has decided to wind up the company after increasing losses. The assembly referenced the company’s financial statements which showed net losses in 2018 amounted to EGP 115.5 million, in addition to losses…

Police officer slaps antiques inspector in Aswan’s Philae Temple

An inspector of antiques in the Philae Temple, accompanied by her colleagues and the Director of the Aswan Archeology Zone, has filed a complaint against a tourism police officer after he slapped her inside the temple.The officer requested a drink…

College student tries to set teacher on fire

A third year student at the Faculty of Commerce at Alexandria University who assaulted his professor has been imprisoned. The student beat his professor around the head with a gun, poured petrol on him and then tried to set him…

Egypt teacher harassed 120 primary school students

The Supreme Administrative Court in Egypt has issued a final ruling banning a maths teacher in Alexandria from teaching after he was convicted of sexually harassing 120 female primary school children. The national newspaper Akhbar Al Youm described it as…

Egypt Aluminium Company continues at a loss

The Egypt Aluminium Company has announced that it has made a loss of EGP 596 million during the first half of the current fiscal year. In the same period of last year it made profits estimated at EGP 758 million….

Egypt Health Minister accuses medical syndicate of disturbing public security

Health Minister Hala Zayed has accused the General Syndicate of Doctors of disturbing public security, fabricating crises, and provoking doctors. The minister accused the syndicate of inflaming public opinion by inciting doctors after a number of them backed out of…

Egypt: Researcher arrested and tortured after returning from Italy

Researcher Patrick George has been detained for 15 days on charges of inciting demonstrations to overthrow the regime in Egypt and publishing false information and news. Patrick’s lawyer, Wael Ghali, said that Patrick is a researcher and a master’s student…

Youssef Boutros Ghali’s corruption trial postponed

A court in north Cairo has postponed the trial proceedings of former finance minister Youssef Boutros Ghali to March 1 in the general financial damages case, in which he was sentenced in absentia to 15 years imprisonment and ordered to…