New amendments to the prison law introduced by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi may further extend the powers of prison administrators to use force against prisoners, rights lawyers claim. Published…
State Security prosecution referred former Agriculture Minister Salah Helal, along with other ministry officials and businessmen, to criminal court on corruption charges,…
“God willing, the Nour Party from the first round!” the Salafi party’s supporters chanted during their parliamentary elections campaign. But their hopes were crushed when the results of this week’s…
Low voter turnout wasn’t the only notable feature of the first stage of parliamentary elections this week. Several leading candidates may also represent a shift in power in the new legislative body. High Elections…
Several thousand workers at the Misr Spinning and Weaving Company in Mahalla al-Kubra commenced a partial strike on Wednesday over unpaid bonuses…
About his imprisonment in Egypt, he said, “If you enter prison half jihadi, you leave 1000 percent jihadi. If you enter 100 percent jihadi, you leave a martyr seeker”
“The priority goes to Egypt,” said Abdel Tawab Braik, a farmer in the Fayoum village of Tunis, when asked how he would select his parliamentary representative. Braik cast his ballot…
Advertising companies have brought a case against the minister of defense in what appears to be the first clear confrontation between Egypt’s business sector and the military’s economic projects. Brewing…
Throughout the day, Mada Masr reporters and local correspondents will be providing updates on the first stage of Egypt's parliamentary elections. See below for a running timeline on day two of…
Salafi Dawah deputy head Yasser Borhamy cast his ballot in Alexandria’s Montaza district on Sunday, the first time Egypt has held parliamentary elections since the Muslim Brotherhood was ousted from…
The parliamentary elections are fast approaching after a whirlwind summer of candidates switching sides, parties jumping coalitions and political infighting. But how do the elections actually work? What is an electoral…
Some historical trivia seems to be common knowledge among the inhabitants of Ballana, a small village in New Nubia — a desert reserve 40 km away from Aswan City, where Nubians…
A group of young activists is calling on Egyptians to boycott the parliamentary elections in honor of the martyrs of the revolution and imprisoned political dissidents. But given the boycott's…
SAADA - Under the sound of warplanes and anti-aircraft guns returning fire, thousands hold their breath, put their hands over their ears, shut their eyes tight and freeze. Then the…
The new Egyptian parliament will have a set number of seats allocated for Egyptian expatriates for the first time since its establishment in 1866. The parliamentary law allocates eight seats…
Assiut — Arriving at the train station in the Upper Egyptian city, the first scene you encounter is a long queue of cars waiting at a gas station. Dozens of…
The Salafi Nour Party believes its campaign efforts were instrumental to President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s victory at the polls last year, and the sweeping success of the 2014 Constitution in…
A military court convicted 26 military officers with conspiring to overthrow the current regime in collaboration with two prominent Muslim Brotherhood leaders in August, according to a copy of the…
The first stage of Egypt's parliamentary elections are scheduled to take place on October 18 and 19. This will be the eigth time Egyptians will take to the polls in four years.…
In this conversation, veteran human rights defender Aida Seif al-Dawla speaks about locating the human rights movement in the wider political struggle. Traveling between the political movements and human rights…
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