Duweiqa
Human rights are key to the MDGs
Opinion
September 22, 2010
Human rights are key to the MDGs
Sha’ban Riyad Abdel Latif, a 45-year-old father of four, was made homeless after being forcibly evicted from his room on…
Court acquits deputy governor in Duweiqa case
Egypt
September 21, 2010
Court acquits deputy governor in Duweiqa case
The Manshiyet Nasser Misdemeanor Court today acquitted the deputy governor of Cairo, Mahmoud Yassin al-Sayyed, on charges of negligent homicide…
Courts to rule Tuesday on Egypt’s most talked-about cases
Egypt
September 13, 2010
Courts to rule Tuesday on Egypt’s most talked-about cases
Egyptian courts will have a busy day Tuesday, with verdicts being handed down in four legal cases that have been…
Top Cairo official gets 5 years in Duweiqa case
Egypt
May 26, 2010
Top Cairo official gets 5 years in Duweiqa case
A Manshiyet Nasser misdemeanor court has handed down sentences to a number of top Cairo officials for the September 2008…
Today’s papers: Quiet in Jerusalem, demolitions in Duweiqa
Egypt
March 1, 2010
Today’s papers: Quiet in Jerusalem, demolitions in Duweiqa
Al-Ahram leads with the headline “Peace returns to Jerusalem following Egyptian intervention.” In the corresponding story, the paper credits Egyptian…
Evicted Duweiqa residents protest at governorate headquarters
Egypt
February 9, 2010
Evicted Duweiqa residents protest at governorate headquarters
Around 26 families displaced by demolition orders in Duweiqa spent Monday night on the sidewalk outside the headquarters of Cairo…
Cairo officials on trial for Duweiqa rockfall
Egypt
January 27, 2010
Cairo officials on trial for Duweiqa rockfall
The Misdemeanors Court in Gammaliya today starts the trial of the deputy governor of western Cairo, Major General Mahmoud Yassin…
Wazir: 13 areas prone to rock-slides
Egypt
January 17, 2010
Wazir: 13 areas prone to rock-slides
In a television interview Saturday, Cairo Governor Abdel Azim Wazir said he had formed a committee of geologists to inspect…
Today’s papers: Netanyahu in Cairo, Duweiqa, swine flu
Egypt
December 30, 2009
Today’s papers: Netanyahu in Cairo, Duweiqa, swine flu
President Mubarak’s meeting yesterday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was the lead story in Al-Ahram and Al-Akhbar, the two…