Prospects for Egyptian-Jordanian cooperation remain hazy

Since the ouster of Mohammed Morsi, economic ties have strengthened.

Egypt

Egypt 'tourism rebound' slow to reach South Sinai

Egypt’s tourism sector has been slowly growing as people do not differentiate between South Sinai and North Sinai, where the fighting is ongoing between the Egyptian army and the Islamic State.

Egypt

Ahmed Shafiq’s return flusters Egyptian judiciary

Accusations of election fraud in 2012 leveled by the former minister of civil aviation and the last prime minister under Hosni Mubarak, Ahmed Shafiq, return to haunt Egypt’s courts as Shafiq’s possible return to politics starts to materialize.

Egypt

Egyptian lawyer interrogated for drafting anti-torture law

Negad El Borai might face jail time for drafting a law that counters police abuse and torture, which shows the restriction of freedoms in Egypt.

Egypt

Is Egypt's Brotherhood choosing escalation over peace?

The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt today seems weaker and more poised to resort to violence.

Egypt

Egypt demolishes Mubarak’s party headquarters

The Egyptian government ordered the demolition of the National Democratic Party’s headquarters in the center of Cairo, despite criticism as the building is considered part of Egypt’s architectural history.

Egypt

Egypt’s Copts dig heels in over right to remarry

Christian Copts are protesting, calling for their religious right to remarry and the necessity to expand the spectrum of the grounds for divorce that they believe the church should recognize.

Egypt

Street vendors expelled from downtown Cairo

Authorities in Egypt are clamping down on street vendors, imposing fines and expelling them to spaces outside the main commercial areas in cities.

Egypt

Former Iran ambassador: Saudis must accept Houthis

In an interview with Al-Monitor, Seyed Ali Asghar Ghoreishi, former Iranian ambassador to Yemen, discussed the nature of Iran's support for the Houthis, elements necessary to end the fighting in Yemen and the possibility of extremist groups seizing large sections of territory in Yemen.

Legacy: Gulf

Egyptian prisoner renounces his nationality to escape sentence

Prisoner Mohammed Sultan renounced his Egyptian nationality to escape a jail sentence, which stirred many questions about the law on the extradition of prisoners.

Egypt

Al-Azhar controversy leads to curriculum updates

Al-Azhar curricula is being updated following accusations of extremism, which has caused controversy among religious thinkers and authorities.

Egypt

Egypt government to require use of fuel subsidy cards

The Egyptian government, in an effort to eventually reduce fuel subsidies, plans to start requiring the use of fuel subsidy cards to keep track of the fuel consumed by each vehicle.

Egypt