Cairo — A decision by the government to banthe veil in some academic institutions has reignited debate about personal rights.

President Obama accepted his Nobel Peace Prize yesterday in Oslo, Norway.

As we reported earlier, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) has released a comprehensive and thorough report, called “Bastion of Impunity, Mirage of Reform,”

Former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency Mohamed ElBaradei’s comments about his candidacy in Egypt’s 2011 presidential elections caused a stirring debate in the country,

CAIRO - Possible candidate for the Egyptian presidency, the former IAEA chief Mohammed El-Baradei could well become a dangerous opponent even if his chances of winning are very slim, analysts

While Western and Egyptian media have been preoccupied in recent years with small demonstrations in downtown Cairo protesting the widely-held belief that President Hosni Mubarak is grooming his son Gamal

Khalil al-Anani’s recentish article on the young reformists of the Muslim Brotherhood, and particularly the desire, expressed in the article and elsewhere,

Construction workers have been hacking away since Monday with heavy duty compressors at the walls of the Islamic Medical Association's Central Charity Hospital, witnesses said. It was due to open

In his weekly statement to the Muslim Brotherhood movement the chairman Mr. Mohammed Mahdi Akef,

Pakistan troops killed at least 15 militants in the country's troubled north western badlands near the Afghan border, officials said on Thursday.