Egyptian Prime Minister Hazem al-Beblawy said on Wednesday that the state of emergency that was imposed after President Mohamed Mursi’s ouster has been lifted since Tuesday. Read More
Deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi said on Wednesday he was kidnapped by the Republican Guard and then held at a naval base the day before the military formally ousted him in July. Read More
Aswat Masriya interviews the Thomson Reuters Foundation CEO about a poll made by the foundation that rated Egypt "the worst country in the Arab world to be a woman." Read More
Deposed Islamist Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi said on Wednesday he was kidnapped and held by the Republican Guard and then at a naval base a day before he was formally ousted by the military. Read More
The Egyptian authorities arrested 11 "terrorists" on Wednesday during a security campaign in Northern Sinai, an army spokesman said. Read More
Egyptian activists expressed dismay at a recent expert survey that ranked Egypt as the worst Arab country to be a woman, describing the label as "misrepresentative" and "inaccurate." Read More
An Egyptian court ruled a three-month state of emergency be lifted on Tuesday, a step that may help the army-backed government restore a semblance of normality after the military ousted President Mohamed Mursi. Read More
“People are now used to seeing violence and blood,” Dalia Abdel Hameed said in a recent interview. “When a society is plagued by violence, it is usually directed towards the more disadvantaged groups.” Read More
Egypt is the worst country for women in the Arab world, closely followed by Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Yemen, according to gender experts surveyed in a Thomson Reuters Foundation poll released on Tuesday. Read More
Women are the main breadwinners in as many as 30 percent of Egyptian households, a role frowned on by conservative Egyptian society but increasingly important in a country plunged into dire economic straits by the turbulent politics of the post-Mubarak era. Read More
Sexual harassment, high rates of female genital cutting and a surge in violence and Islamist feeling after the Arab Spring uprisings have made Egypt the worst country in the Arab world to be a woman, a poll of gender experts showed on Tuesday. Read More
Moderate has become a dirty word in Egypt. Since the army ousted Islamist president Mohamed Mursi, anyone who refuses to support either side uncritically has become a traitor to both. Read More
When Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Mursi broke out of an Egyptian jail during Hosni Mubarak's final days in office in 2011, he never imagined he would end up behind bars again. Read More
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