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Privacy..what privacy? Egyptian TV programme takes passenger for a ride but where will they end?

It seems that the Egyptian TV programme "Taxi" on OTV has surpassed all ethics ignoring the balance between privacy and freedom of speech and the broadcasting of conversations made during

Detainees remain behind bars in appalling conditions despite release orders

State security continues in their defiance with their insistence in ignoring verdicts to release detainees belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood movement. Eight release orders issued on September 17 have been

Obama’s challenge: An Islamic renaissance

IN AUGUST, I returned to Egypt, the country of my birth, for the first time since President Obama spoke in June at the University of Cairo.

The Sorrows of Miss Laurence

Laurence is a French woman, a physiotherapist who had the chance to work in Egypt and was overjoyed because, like most French people, she loved Egyptian civilization and dreamed of

What have the Wahabis Added to Egypt?

The caliph Omar ibn al-Khattab chose Egypt to have the honour of making the kiswa or covering for the Kaaba in Mecca. and every year it was sewn out of

What will Protect the Copts?

For years I worked in the same clinic as a Coptic dentist and we quickly become friends. He was a good man, honest in his work and in his dealings

Egypt: Meeting between journalist Hala Mustapha and, Israeli ambassador Shalom Cohen stirs storm.

Israeli Ambassador to Egypt Shalom Cohen's visit this week to state-run al-Ahram's offices stirred a storm in the country, as some claimed this was part of "normalization of ties with

Egyptian police detains 16 members of the Muslim Brotherhood in Beheira, including high-ranking leaders.

State security forces raided the house of Dr. Adly Hussein in Hosh Esa and arrested 16 members of the Muslim Brotherhood who were present at the time.

Shehata: Improving the human rights situation is no longer on the government’s agenda

MP Gamal Shehata, member of the MB Parliamentary bloc, stressed that he doesn't think the government would endorse new laws to improve the human rights situation in the next parliamentary

Know Your Dictators

The United Nations General Assembly convenes this week and a high-level parade of actual and aspiring dictators arrives in New York City. This is a good time for people of