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Egyptian riot policemen stand in front of the damaged national security building in northern Cairo’s district of Shubra Al-Kheima on August 20, 2015. (AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI)

ISIS affiliate says responsible for bombing near Cairo security building

by Mohamed Abdu Hassanein | Aug 21, 2015 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—An Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) affiliate has claimed responsibility for a car bombing near a state security building in Cairo on Thursday. At least 29 people, including 8 policemen, were injured after a car bomb went off outside the...

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File photo of Egypt’s People’s Assembly taken on Sunday, Jan. 22, (AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa)

Sisi’s call for national election coalition “impossible”: party leader

by Mohamed Abdu Hassanein | Jan 21, 2015 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—There is little chance of Egypt’s diverse political parties being able to respond to a presidential call to put aside their differences and take part in the forthcoming democratic elections as part of a unified electoral list, the head of...

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Egypt’s former interim President Adly Mansour speaks at the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, on Sunday, January 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Egyptian State Television)

Adly Mansour rules out parliamentary role: sources

by Mohamed Abdu Hassanein | Oct 10, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Former interim Egyptian president Adly Mansour has rejected a number of offers to stand in the country’s forthcoming parliamentary elections, as part of a broader plan that would see him assume the role of speaker of parliament, Egyptian...

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Members of the ‘I Saw Harassment’ NGO in Egypt gather in Cairo, Egypt during the Eid Al-Adha holiday, on October 4, 2014. (Courtesy of ‘I Saw Harassment’ Facebook page)

Egypt deploys female anti-harassment police unit

by Mohamed Abdu Hassanein | Oct 9, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Noor and Salma, two 15-year-old Egyptian girls, were flushed with happiness when a policewoman accompanied them through the crowded entrance of the Metro cinema in central Cairo on the first day of Eid Al-Adha. The female police officer is a...

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This file photo shows traders working at the Egyptian stock market in Cairo on February 2, 2014. (Reuters/ Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Files)

No plans to privatize Egypt stock market: Chairman

by Mohamed Abdu Hassanein | Sep 18, 2014 | Business

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—There are currently no plans to privatize Egypt’s stock market either in the near or distant future, according to the head of the bourse. Speaking on Wednesday on the second and final day of the 2014 Euromoney Egypt Conference in Cairo, Chairman...