Fathya el-Dakhakhni
US attorney general meets with Egypt officials
Egypt
July 28, 2010
US attorney general meets with Egypt officials
At a press conference held at the US embassy in Cairo on Wednesday, US Attorney-General Eric Holder said he had…
Minister announces new antiquities guidelines
Egypt
July 5, 2010
Minister announces new antiquities guidelines
Culture Minister Farouk Hosni on Sunday issued a list of new regulations to be adopted by his ministry in line…
Clinton blasts Egypt for pressuring civil society
Egypt
July 4, 2010
Clinton blasts Egypt for pressuring civil society
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed concern about the state of democracy and human rights in Egypt while speaking…
Scobey: US backs human rights, democracy in Egypt
Egypt
July 1, 2010
Scobey: US backs human rights, democracy in Egypt
At a US embassy celebration marking US Independence Day on Wednesday, US Ambassador to Egypt Margaret Scobey pointed out that…
Egypt worst Arab state on rule-of-law index
Egypt
June 28, 2010
Egypt worst Arab state on rule-of-law index
Egypt has ranked last of all the Arab states on the International Justice Project (IJP)'s latest rule-of-law index. Qatar ranked…
Q&A: NASA chief says space agency ‘at crossroads’
Egypt
June 24, 2010
Q&A: NASA chief says space agency ‘at crossroads’
Former astronaut Charles F. Bolden is the first African-American to be appointed director of the National Aeronautics and Space Association…
Grand Sheikh meets US Muslim communities’ representative
Egypt
June 17, 2010
Grand Sheikh meets US Muslim communities’ representative
Ahmed el-Tayyeb, the grand sheikh of Al-Azhar, met yesterday with Farah Pandith, special representative to Muslim Communities for the US…
Official: NASA to carry out projects in Egypt
Egypt
June 16, 2010
Official: NASA to carry out projects in Egypt
US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Director Charles Bolden said that the space agency had plans to carry out…
Amnesty calls Emergency Law ‘political tool’
Egypt
May 27, 2010
Amnesty calls Emergency Law ‘political tool’
A new report issued by rights watchdog Amnesty International has charged that the Egyptian government continues to use the powers…
Rights groups call on Egypt to lift union rules, raise wages
Egypt
May 2, 2010
Rights groups call on Egypt to lift union rules, raise wages
The international human rights watchdog group Amnesty International has urged Egypt to lift restrictions on establishing independent labor unions and…