Egyptian security forces have arrested an Egyptian media professor, Ayman Mansour Nada, who criticised media figures close to the regime.
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Italy lawmakers probing PhD student Giulio Regeni’s Egypt killing to visit Cambridge
An investigation into the slaying of Italian doctoral student Giulio Regeni in Egypt will see Italian lawmakers visit the UK and meet with figures from the University of Cambridge.
Egypt frees prominent academic after 18 months in pretrial detention
The judicial authorities in Egypt yesterday lifted conditional release measures in place against Professor Hazem Hosny since February. The Cairo prosecutor reduced the measures imposed on the professor of political science at Cairo University in June under a conditional release order lasting four months, wherein he was basically under house …
Egypt begins trial of researcher Patrick George Zaki
The trial of Patrick George Zaki, a researcher and human rights advocate detained since early last year, has begun in Egypt.
Egypt’s top religious authority opens TikTok account
In a move that sparked controversy, Egypt’s Dar al-Ifta announced in an Aug. 17 statement its creation of a TikTok account with the aim of rolling out fatwas to a bigger audience.
Egypt bans unvaccinated from accessing educational establishments
Unvaccinated people will not be allowed entry into Egypt’s educational instructions, the country’s Minister of Health, Hala Zayed, revealed yesterday.
Q&A: The IPCC report and climate change in Egypt
The deadly heat waves, fires, hurricanes and other extreme weather events that have dominated headlines in recent years will only become more frequent in the coming decades, according to a United Nations report on climate change released last week.
1st satellite of Egyptian universities to be launched next year: official
Head of the Egyptian Space Agency (EgSA) Mohamed El Qousi said a new satellite of type Cube-Sat will be launched as part of a training program to manufacture “universities’ satellites” by EgSA in the second half of 2022 after agreement with a Japanese side.
Egypt enrolls Russian imams in ‘fatwa training program’ to combat Brotherhood
Egypt has recently stepped up its support for Russia in the fight against extremist ideologies and groups, most notably the Muslim Brotherhood. On Aug. 3, Egypt’s Dar al-Ifta (the Egyptian authority responsible for issuing religious edicts) announced the graduation of 21 imams from Russia from a training camp on the …
Egyptian universities list suspected Muslim Brotherhood affiliates
University presidents in Egypt intend to prepare lists of employees who ostensibly belong to the Muslim Brotherhood and other designated terrorist groups to be sacked from their jobs as per legislative amendments recently enacted by the Egyptian parliament allowing the dismissal of civil servants without taking disciplinary measures.