Dozens of Cairo University students, faculty members and medical staff protested on Sunday against a ban on wearing niqab, both on campus and at university-affiliated medical centers. Although the demonstration…
Egypt’s academic community has been fighting intervention by security bodies into academic life since former President Hosni Mubarak. Many scholars have voiced major concerns over the state’s tight grip on…
In the campus battles between students and security forces that are emblematic of the current political scene in Egypt, academics are taking divergent stances. These positions are arguably affecting the…
Cairo University has reversed its earlier decision to cancel faculty of arts Assistant Professor Kholoud Saber’s sabbatical, Saber reported on her Facebook…
Cairo University President Gaber Nassar has prohibited female professors from wearing niqab, due to complaints that women wearing a full face veil couldn’t…
A recent decision to exempt children of judges and police officers from the geographic distribution rule when applying to universities has continued…
Students suspended from government universities will not be permitted to enroll in private universities, Cairo University President Gaber Nassar told the privately…
As the new academic year approaches, Cairo University plans to ban any politically affiliated student activities, university president Gaber Nassar told the…
Local and international authorities were swift to condemn the bombings that took place outside Cairo University on Wednesday, which resulted in the…
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