Carmen Weinstein, who died on 13 April at the age of 82, was the leader of Egypt's dwindling and aging Jewish community, known for her tireless work preserving synagogues and a once-sprawling Jewish cemetery. She is due to be buried in the Bassatine cemetery she had worked to save since 1978. It is the only Jewish cemetery left in Cairo and is the largest in Egypt.
Friday 06 January 2012
Prosecution demands death penalty as trial of Egypt's toppled president approaches its end
Friday 30 December 2011
The year's most unforgettable photographs
Wednesday 28 December 2011
Egypt's military rulers were ordered yesterday to stop the use of "virginity tests" on female detainees after one of the women subjected to the test took them to court.
Monday 26 December 2011
The Year of Revolution: In the first of a series of articles on the Middle East's tempestuous year, Donald Macintyre explains how decades of diplomatic strategy was undone by the popular risings
Monday 26 December 2011
A prominent Egyptian blogger and democracy activist was released from military detention yesterday, nearly two months after his arrest on suspicion of inciting violence sparked outcry at home and abroad.
Monday 26 December 2011
Unseasonably mild weather dashed hopes of a White Christmas yesterday.
Friday 23 December 2011
Several thousand Egyptians rallied in Cairo's central Tahrir Square today to denounce violence against protesters.
Monday 28 November 2011
Voters across Egypt were due to go to the polls today for the first democratic elections in more than half a century, despite a political stand-off which could yet derail the country's emergence from decades of dictatorship.
Monday 28 November 2011
Voters across Egypt were due to go to the polls today for the first democratic elections in over half a century, despite a political stand-off which could yet derail the country's emergence from decades of dictatorship.
Tuesday 22 November 2011
The Egyptian cabinet offered its resignation last night as deadly riots, which once again have turned parts of central Cairo into a battlefield, continued into the evening, threatening the viability of next week's landmark elections and leaving at least 33 people dead.
Monday 21 November 2011
Egypt's army is 'at war with the people' as riots flare again in Cairo
Monday 21 November 2011
Violence which has rocked Egypt ahead of next week's elections was spiralling out of control last night as troops attacked thousands of protesters camped in Cairo's Tahrir Square. At least 11 were reported killed.
Monday 21 November 2011
Violent clashes in Egypt that killed at least 13 protesters over the weekend should not dampen optimism about the so-called "Arab Spring", Foreign Secretary William Hague said today.
Sunday 20 November 2011
One person was killed and 676 injured yesterday when police clashed with thousands of protesters for control of Cairo's Tahrir Square.
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