Monthly Archives: December 2018

This Week in Egypt: Week 51-2018 ( Dec 17-23)

Top Headlines Egyptian court acquits 43 NGO workers over 2013 illegal foreign funding’ case Egypt appoints new military intelligence chief Cairo court starts hearings in a case to prolong Sisi’s terms in office Libyan authorities hands over 12 Egyptian children … Continue reading

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This Week in Egypt: Week 50-2018 ( Dec 10-16)

Top Headlines Archaeologists in Egypt have made an exciting ‘one of a kind’ discovery -untouched for 4,400 years Egypt releases prominent activist blogger Wael Abbas Egypt’sannual urban consumer price inflation falls to 15.7 percent in November Egypt’s president decries migrants … Continue reading

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This Week in Egypt: Week 49 ( Dec 3-9)

Top Headlines Egypt says police kill two gunmen behind November attack on Coptic Christians Italy names Egyptian police in murder student case Giulio Regeni Egypt’s Sisi inaugurates Egypt’s first arms exhibition in Cairo Egyptian court orders release of prominent Wael … Continue reading

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This Week in Egypt: Week 48-2018 ( Nov 26-Dec 2 )

Top Headlines  Egypt’s Sisi receives Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Giulio Regeni: Italy names Egyptian agents as murder suspects Italian foreign minister summons Egyptian ambassador over Regeni murder Internal ISIS documents sheds light on aid Hamas gave to … Continue reading

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Social Islamism In Egypt

Originally posted on Nervana:
An English version of my original Arabic piece in Al-Hurra Amr Salama’s Movie’s Sheikh Jackson In recent days, in Egypt, an Oscar-nominated film was referred to Al-Azhar, a crowd of Muslim worshippers attacked a church, and an…

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