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    Egypt prepares for Million Person March Joseph Mayton
      1 February 2011 in Egypt, Featured     Egypt prepares for Million Person March

    Egypt is bracing itself for what could be the largest day of protests since they began on January 25. The sentiments on the streets and in Tahrir Square where protesters are camping out is one of calm excitement in preparation for the march toward the Presidential Palace scheduled to begin at around 9 am local [...]



BIKYA MASR OPINION

Egyptians doing it old school Egyptians doing it old school
Joseph Mayton
1 February 2011

Gandhi would be proud of what is going on in Egypt for the past week. He would look at the ...

MEDIA

Al Jazeera reporters arrested Al Jazeera reporters arrested
Bikya Masr Staff
  1 February 2011

Reporters Without Borders condemns the arrest by the military today of five journalists working for the English-language service ...

RELIGION

Al-Azhar sheikh says protesting forbidden in Islam Al-Azhar sheikh says protesting forbidden in Islam
Manar Ammar
  31 January 2011

A leading scholar from al-Azhar said on Friday that protesting is forbidden in Islam. Saeed Amer, head of the Fatwa ...

WOMEN

Iran holds hijab conference in Greece Iran holds hijab conference in Greece
Manar Ammar
  21 January 2011

Iran held an international workshop in Athens, Greece, aimed at reviving the hijab, or Islamic veil, and to revive morality ...

HEALTH

Egypt: Smoking in public to be banned by 2015 Egypt: Smoking in public to be banned by 2015
Bikya Masr Staff
  13 January 2011

CAIRO: Smoking will be banned in all public places in Egypt by 2015, announced Egyptian Minister of Health Hatem el-Gabali. ...

TECH

Egypt's last Internet provider shuts down Egypt’s last Internet provider shuts down
Joseph Mayton
  1 February 2011

Since Friday morning only one Egyptian Internet Service Provider (ISP) was giving service to its customers. On Monday evening Cairo ...


ECONOMY

Egypt's top businessman says didn't flee Egypt’s top businessman says didn’t flee
Manar Ammar
1 February 2011

Egyptian business tycoon Naguib Sawiris denied fleeing the country amidst daily unrest and protests calling for Egypt’s President Mubarak to ...


CULTURE

Egypt's Alexandria Library chief thanks youth for protection Egypt’s Alexandria Library chief thanks youth for protection
Bikya Masr Staff
  31 January 2011

The director of Alexandria's Bibliotheca Alexandrina Ismail Serageldin thanked Egyptian youth for helping to protect the iconic building in the ...


ENVIRONMENT

Egypt seeks tenders for wind farms Egypt seeks tenders for wind farms
Mohamed Abdel Salam
  13 January 2011

CAIRO: Egypt aims to generate 12 percent of its electricity needs by wind power, said Hassan Younis, Egyptian Minister of ...


SPORT

Former Algeria coach Rabah Saadane returns to Yemen Former Algeria coach Rabah Saadane returns to Yemen
Bikya Masr Staff
  3 January 2011

CAIRO: Rabah Saadane, the coach to took Algeria to the World Cup last summer, has returned to the sidelines after ...


TRAVEL

Foreigners flee as Egypt's protests continue Foreigners flee as Egypt’s protests continue
Bikya Masr Staff
  31 January 2011

Foreigners living in Egypt were making a mass exodus from the country on Sunday and Monday as Egyptians continue to ...


FOOD

Vegetarian for the cows Vegetarian for the cows
Joseph Mayton
  26 January 2011

Molly the cow didn’t want to be killed. She wanted to live. So, in New York, as butchers ...