CAIRO, Egypt -Nearly two weeks ago I ran into a throng of doctors gathered outside a Cairo courthouse. Members of the non-partisan group Doctors Without Rights and the Doctors Syndicate, as well as independent medics, were protesting against the Syndicate’s general assembly’s decision to indefinitely postpone elections for membership to the Syndicate …
RAFAH, Gaza- Following Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement, which ended Israel’s “Operation Pillar of Defense” last 21st November, Gaza’s tunnels are operating again. In the meantime, according to a security source, Egyptian security services are planning to “end smuggling” under the Gaza border. The recent eight-day Israeli bombing inflicted large damage on the tunnel …
The finalising of a new constitution has become the most contentious question in Egypt, yet a much needed step for the country to move past the current transitional phase. Renewed disputes over controversial articles in the constitution have cast a shadow on the completion of Egypt’s new charter, leaving little guarantee that …