In 1976, Stephen Hawking, a pioneering physicist and research director at the Center for Theoretical Cosmology at Cambridge University, proved that black holes release radiation due to quantum effects. This…
The flicker of hope for the student movement that was kindled at the start of 2013 was quickly overshadowed by deadly violence, leaving in its wake a trail of blood…
With the country at a political impasse in the aftermath of the ouster of former President Mohamed Morsi last month, a standoff also looms over Egypt’s university campuses as student…
Students across Egypt are outraged after the High Council of Universities (HCU) canceled this year’s student union elections for “legal reasons.” The…
Egypt’s general prosecutor Hesham Barakat ordered the release of 130 university students and minors on Sunday. They were jailed pending investigations into…
The Middle East Studies Association (MESA) has expressed its “very grave concern about the worsening climate for free speech and peaceable assembly on university…
«Egyptian universities are being subjected to a carefully designed de-democratization process. By de-democratization, I mean transforming universities from hubs helping to create out of students agents…»
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