Egyptian art censors have banned the screening of the ‘The Matrix Reloaded’ due to religious and social reasons, according to press reports on Tuesday.
An appeals court reduced the sentences of four Egyptian men on Wednesday from three years to one following their conviction on charges stemming from a suspected gay sex party.
A Cairo court on Thursday sentenced 14 men to sentences ranging from one to three years in prison on charges of homosexual activities, one of their lawyers said.
Amid growing anger in the Arab world, anti-war protesters clashed with riot police in Cairo yesterday, hurling stones and metal barricades and shouting slogans against Arab leaders as well as the US.
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi said on Tuesday that he opposed recalling his country’s ambassador from Saudi Arabia, insisting he had not been consulted about the decision.
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Thirteen Egyptian men have been arrested in Cairo for homosexuality and turned over to the prosecutor, a security official said on Tuesday.
Pledged financial aid from the international community started to pour in to the Middle East this week as Arab states brace for a US-led war on Iraq.
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To enter the shrine of St George, pilgrims must remove their shoes — or ”shose” as the sign describes them. Rugs cover the stone floor. The impression is of being inside a mosque.
An Egyptian government newspaper predicts that the UN call for Israel to withdraw from reoccupied Palestinian areas will remain a dead letter.
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak returns to the Middle East’s centre stage this week when he puts forward a peace plan during summit talks in Camp David.
The former director of a central Cairo hospital and 28 doctors and nurses were sentenced on Tuesday to a year in jail for negligence after kidney dialysis patients were infected with Aids, judicial sources said.
Egypt has arrested 118 suspected Islamic militants, including four British passport holders, a Nigerian and a Palestinian, charged with trying to reactivate an underground organisation.
The family of the Egyptian gunman, who went on a shooting spree at the LA airport’s El Al ticketing counter, said Saturday they believed he was motivated by financial problems with the Israeli airline.
A US archeology team has discovered the oldest known administrative offices of the builders of the Khephren and Mykerinos pyramids.
Two accomplished but amateur Egyptologists have run into a bureaucratic brick wall in their search for what they suspect might be a hidden corridor in the Pyramid of Cheops.
The Arab satellite station al-Jazeera broadcast an audiotape on Sunday in which a male voice attributed to Osama bin Laden said the ”youths of God” are planning more attacks against the United States.
In an unusually harsh sentence in a corruption case, a state security court on Tuesday jailed the news director of Egypt’s state-owned television station to 18 years at hard labour after convicting him of bribery and the illegal possession of drugs.
An Egyptian queen fought 4 000 years ago for equal political rights with men and was granted the supreme honour of receiving a pharaonic burial.
Saddam Hussein enjoys watching videos of his foes being tortured but also has a tender side, dancing to Frank Sinatra and dyeing his hair, a woman who claims she was his mistress over three decades said in an interview.
Arab information ministers started discussing the launch of a -million media campaign against Israel which also seeks to ban Arab television stations from interviewing Israeli officials.
A toy train-sized robot shone a light on one of history’s lingering mysteries on Tuesday, but left scientists and TV viewers peering through a hidden door in Egypt’s Great Pyramid only to find what looked like another.