08 October 2009, 12:12 pm
Egypt’s top Islamic cleric has barred students from wearing face veils in classrooms and dormitories of Sunni Islam’s premier institute of learning, Al-Azhar. The decision announced Thursday by Sheik of al-Azhar Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi appears to be part of a government... Read More »
08 October 2009, 4:04 am
Cairo (Arabic: اÙ�Ù�اÙ�رة al-QÄ�hira) is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab World.[1] Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has... Read More »
18 May 2012, 3:51 pm
CAIRO — Egypt’s military chiefs are expected to issue a constitutional declaration redrawing the powers of the presidency before polls open Wednesday for the country’s first presidential vote since autocratic leader Hosni Mubarak was overthrown, according to state media reports. Read full arti... Read More »
18 May 2012, 1:40 pm
By Jessica Gray WeNews correspondent Friday, May 11, 2012 Egypt?s revolution is now often described as hijacked and women?s legal rights are seen as vulnerable to an Islamic-style promotion of marriage and family. But in a show of their own force, women keep braving the deadly dangers of street prot... Read More »
18 May 2012, 7:23 am
CAIRO: Egypt's vice police have arrested the owner of a belly dancing TV station on suspicion of operating without a licence, inciting licentiousness and facilitating prostitution.... Read More »
18 May 2012, 7:01 am
Egyptians have more earthly matters to contend with: jobs and the sagging economy. Polls find the Muslim Brotherhood candidate trailing moderate rivals. CAIRO — A mechanic hammered a fender and boys wandered amid tin and rust as Adham Bishr, his opinions flaring on an agitated afternoon along the ... Read More »
18 May 2012, 4:09 am
CAIRO — As Egypt’s first free presidential race enters the final stretch, Egyptians say the top contenders have offered only meager prescriptions for the issue that concerns them the most: the economy. Residents worry that candidates are ill prepared to take-on the country’s growing economic c... Read More »
17 May 2012, 11:21 pm
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood organised a 760-km (470-mile)-long human chain of supporters across the country on Thursday to back the group's presidential candidate Mohamed Mursi in a show of strength ahead of next week's historic vote. From Cairo to Aswan, members of the ... Read More »
17 May 2012, 10:21 am
CAIRO, Egypt - Egyptian police said they arrested on Thursday the owner of a television station that broadcasts belly dancing, on suspicion of "facilitating prostitution."... Read More »