by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Aug 10, 2014 | Middle East
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egyptian universities are moving to prevent students with ties to the now-outlawed Muslim Brotherhood from taking up residence in their dormitories, a ministry source has told Asharq Al-Awsat. An official within Egypt’s Ministry of Higher...
by Abdul Sattar Hatita | Jul 17, 2014 | Middle East
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egypt’s Al-Azhar University, one of the world’s foremost Sunni Islamic academic institutions, has granted the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz, an honorary doctorate in appreciation of his support for...
by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Mar 31, 2014 | Middle East
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—A former aide of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi leaked classified intelligence and security documents to a foreign country and to Al Jazeera, Egypt’s Interior Minister Ibrahim Mohamed said on Sunday. Speaking at a news conference,...
by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Mar 17, 2014 | Middle East
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Eyewitnesses at Al-Azhar University said students affiliated to the Muslim Brotherhood raised the Al-Qaeda flag inside one of the university’s campuses during protests on Saturday. As the first day of the second semester of the academic year...
by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Dec 31, 2013 | Middle East
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—As violent pro-Muslim Brotherhood protests continued for the third day at Al-Azhar Cairo campus, university president Dr. Osama Al-Abd exclusively told Asharq Al-Awsat that “exams will not be postponed under any circumstances.” This follows a...
