Tag: Egyptian

Thousands-year-old Egyptian sarcophagus opened on live TV

A sarcophagus containing an Egyptian high priest was opened on live TV Sunday during a special two-hour broadcast by the American channel Discovery. "Expedition Unknown:...

Egyptian security forces kill five suspected militants in shootout

  CAIRO: Egyptian security forces have killed five suspected militants who were plotting to carry out unspecified "hostile operations", the interior ministry said on Monday. The...

Israeli jets destroy tunnel near Egypt-Gaza border

GAZA: The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said on Sunday it had destroyed a border-crossing Hamas attack tunnel – the third in recent months –...

Egyptian Copts to celebrate Christmas after bloody year

CAIRO: Police in Egypt are boosting security around churches as Coptic Christians prepare to celebrate Orthodox Christmas on Sunday (Jan 7) after a year...

Egyptian lawmakers push for ban on niqab

Egyptian lawmakers are pushing for a ban on the niqab, in what has become a fight over personal liberties and the government’s attempt to...

Two Egyptian policemen jailed for torturing lawyer to death

Two police officers were sentenced on Saturday to five years in jail by an Egyptian court for torturing a lawyer to death in a...

Egyptian gays living in fear under Sisi regime

Since the night police stormed into a Cairo bathhouse and dragged out a group of near-naked men, Hassan Sherif fears a widening police crackdown...

Egyptian truce plan unravels after new fighting

Hamas officials reject Egyptian plan, say they weren't consulted by Cairo More than 190 Palestinians have been killed in hundreds of Israeli air strikes since...

Egyptian farmer jailed for a year for naming donkey after Sisi

An Egyptian farmer has been jailed for a year for naming his donkey after the country's former military chief who is running for president. Omar...

Egyptian beating victim blames police

An Egyptian man who was beaten and dragged naked through the streets of Cairo by police during a violent protest has admitted security forces...

Egyptian lawyer to be jailed, lashed in Saudi Arabia

An Egyptian human rights lawyer has been sentenced to five years in jail and 300 lashes by a court in Saudi Arabia, his former...

Train crash kills 19 Egyptian soldiers

A military train carrying young recruits to an army camp derailed in a Cairo suburb on Tuesday, killing at least 19 people and injuring...

Flairs sets the ramp ablaze at feathers, forum

Flairs, an up and coming prêt fashion brand, uses themes inspired from Egyptian, Roman, Abstract and Islamic architecture to develop digitally executed intricate prints...

Egyptians hand Islamists narrow win in constitution vote

Egyptians voted in favour of a constitution shaped by Islamists but opposed by other groups who fear it will divide the Arab world’s biggest...

Egypt’s Morsi scraps controversial decree but will hold referendum

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has cancelled a decree that gave him sweeping powers and sparked violent unrest but did not delay this month’s referendum...

7 Egyptian Christians sentenced to death over anti-Islam film

A Cairo court on Wednesday sentenced to death seven Egyptian Christians tried in absentia for participating in an anti-Islam video that was released on...

Morsi ‘very optimistic’ over deal to resolve Egypt crisis

Egyptian President Muhammad Morsi on Monday began negotiations with the country’s senior judges in a bid to defuse the stand-off, publicly expressing his confidence...