Egypt's new ambassador to Iraq has arrived in Baghdad, a diplomatic source said on Saturday of Cairo's first diplomatic representative in the country ...
Egypt prevents prominent opposition leader who challenged Mubarak from traveling to US Egyptian authorities have prevented a leading political dissident from traveling to ...
Pop diva Beyonce's performance in Egypt stirs a storm among Islamic conservatives As Egypt gears for pop diva Beyonce Knowles' first performance in North Africa, Islamic conservatives are branding her show an "insolent sex party" that threatens the Muslim nation's "social peace ...
A German expert will attend talks next month to discuss Cairo's demand for the return of a 3,400-year-old statue of Queen Nefertiti, Egypt's antiquities chief said on Wednesday. The bust of the Egyptian beauty is the centrepiece of Berlin's "Neues Museum", which ...
Egypt's top political dissident, Ayman Nur, said on Wednesday he has been barred from travelling to the United States to take part in a seminar. "Egypt's prosecutor general Abdel Meguid Mahmud has turned down my request for authorisation to travel to the ...
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was meeting Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Wednesday in an attempt to salvage her Middle East tour after upsetting Arabs with praise of Israel. Clinton added Egypt to her itinerary at the last minute after sparking criticism ...
Egypt scales back ties with Israel in another obstacle to US efforts on Mideast peace A sharp deterioration in Egypt's relations with Israel is further complicating Washington's faltering efforts to move the Middle East peace process forward. The U.S. has long relied ...
CAIRO (Reuters) - Rokaya Mohamed, an elementary school teacher, would rather die than take off her face veil, or niqab, thrusting her to the forefront of a battle by government-backed clerics to limit Islamism in Egypt. Egypt's state-run religious establishment wants teachers ...
The Gulf emirate of Dubai plans to appoint female muftis by the end of next year in an unprecedented step that could trigger opposition from Muslim conservatives, The National newspaper reported on Tuesday. Six Emirati women are being selected for a training ...
China said on Monday that efforts were ongoing to rescue the 25 crew members aboard a cargo ship hijacked last month by Somali pirates, as Premier Wen Jiabao headed to Egypt for talks with African leaders. "Rest assured that the rescue work ...
CAIRO (Reuters) - Choosing a possible successor to Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak, 81, is not on the agenda for a ruling party conference this weekend, a party official said, despite silence on the issue fuelling speculation it might be. Mubarak, who has ...
Historic mosque in Islamic Cairo undergoes an elaborate renewal Developers unveiled the restoration of a 650-year-old mosque in Cairo's old city, part of an effort to revitalize the impoverished district and boost tourism to the country's treasure trove of Islamic sites. The ...
