حريق مروع يلتهم مبني مجلس الشوري
الرئيس مبارك يتابع الحادث لحظة بلحظة
ويجري ثلاثة إتصالات هاتفية مع الشريف
تدمير المبني الداخلي للشوري واحتراق مقار 5 لجان للشعب
وإصابة11 شخصا. وجهود هائلة لمحاصرة ألسنة اللهب
اندلع حريق هائل عصر أمس في مبني مجلس
الشوري في وسط القاهرة والتهمت النيران الطابقين الثاني الثالث,
وامتدت إلي الأول مما أدي إلي احراق جميع مقار اللجان
البرلمانية الخاصة بمجلسي الشعب والشوري, وأمكن محاصرة النيران,
لمنع امتدادها إلي قاعات مجلس الشعب, خاصة القاعة الرئيسية منه,
وظلت النيران مشتعلة في مبني مجلس الشوري, أكثر من6 ساعات,
كما حدثت انهيارات في الحوائط الخارجية لمبني الجمعية الجغرافية
المواجه لمجلس الشعب,
كما إمتدت إلي سطح مبني الضرائب العقارية والتهمت
المخلفات قبل السيطرة علي الحريق, وشاركت الطائرات التابعة للقوات المسلحة,
وأكثر من60 سيارة إطفاء في عمليات مكافحة الحريق,
ジョージ・W・ブッシュ（ George W. Bush）米大統領は、任期が切れる来年1月までの和平合意を目標にしてきたが、当面大きな進展が見込めないことは全ての当事者が認めている。イスラエルのツィピ・リブニ（Tzipi Livni）外相は「イスラエルの国益に反する、あるいは実効的な内容が十分でない合意には署名しない。そこまでは到達しておらず、時間がかかる」と強調した。
エジプトでは19日の事故直後、インターネット接続のほか、他の通信網も軒並み不通または接続困難の状況に陥り、同国政府は緊急復旧チームを設置し、回復措置に当たってきた。切断の原因は、事故のあった「Sea Me We4」「Sea Me We3」「FLAG」という3本のケーブルとも不明であるとされている。地中海ルートが絶たれたため、スエズ運河経由で東南アジアルートでの接続および衛星回線で同国内のインターネット接続を確保しているという。
CAIRO (AFP) – Egyptian police said on Monday they have arrested three suspects over a bomb attack at a famed Cairo bazaar that killed a French teenager and wounded 25 people, most of them tourists.
Sunday's attack was the first deadly violence since 2006 against Westerners in Egypt, where the tourism industry is a vital foreign currency earner.
The bomb blast ripped through a square lined with cafes and restaurants in Khan al-Khalili, a market dating from the 14th century that is one of the Egyptian capital's main tourist attractions.
"Three people there were arrested on the scene as suspects after the attack," a police official said. "Around 15 others are being questioned as witnesses."
There has been no claim of responsibility but analysts said the attack could have been the work of an isolated Islamist cell.
"This act highlights social and political unease but appears to be the work of an individual or a group acting in isolation," said Amr Shubaki, a researcher at the Al-Ahram centre of strategic studies.
However, General Fuad Allam, former head of the state security service, warned the attack could herald "a new wave of terrorism in Egypt," spurred by the global financial crisis and the region's problems.
The dead 17-year-old French girl was part of a tour group of 54 teenagers from the Paris region who were on a trip to buy souvenirs in the market before heading home on Monday.
Most have been flown home but three remain in hospital, officials said.
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said he hopes the three can return to France on a hospital aircraft on Tuesday.
"There was a very powerful explosion. Then screams and blood. We all started running," said Romy Janiw, 28, one of the adults accompanying the teenagers.
It was the first deadly attack on tourists in Cairo since a bombing in the same neighbourhood killed two tourists and wounded 18 in 2005.
A series of bombings from 2004 to 2006 killed a total of 130 people in Red Sea resorts on the Sinai peninsula that were blamed on militants loyal to Al-Qaeda.
Sunday's attack took place outside a hotel across the square from the Hussein mosque, one of Egypt's oldest places of worship, and witnesses said the force of the blast shook the surrounding buildings.
It wounded 17 French tourists, one of them seriously, as well as a 37-year-old German, three Saudis and four Egyptians, officials said.
There were conflicting accounts about how the attack was carried out.
Witnesses and a police official told AFP two rudimentary bombs were thrown from a rooftop overlooking the street. The second device failed to detonate and was blown up in a controlled explosion, a police source said.
Kouchner, speaking on on the sidelines of a meeting in Brussels, said: "It is very disturbing to think that some people on the rooftops threw very deadly bombs at random into the crowd."
However, the prosecutor's office said a homemade bomb went off under a concrete bench, creating a 30 cm (one foot) crater and shattering the bench.
The attack drew condemnation from Muslim leaders and Middle East governments including regional heavyweight Saudi Arabia, whose nationals were among the wounded. Its rival Iran said the attack served only the interests of archfoe Israel.
The United States strongly condemned the attack. "We will continue to work closely with the government of Egypt to do what we can to support them in their efforts to fight terrorism," said State Department spokesman Robert Wood.
Sheikh Mohammed Sayyed al-Tantawi, head of Cairo's Al-Azhar University -- Sunni Islam's highest religious authority -- branded those who carried out the bombing as "traitors to their own religion and their nation."
Last year, 13 million tourists visited Egypt, earning 11 billion dollars in revenue. The industry also employs 12.6 percent of the workforce.
Egypt has been afflicted by violence throughout its modern history. President Anwar Sadat was assassinated by an Islamist group in 1981 and his successor Hosni Mubarak has been the target of a dozen attacks in 28 years in power.
The country lives under a state of emergency, allowing arbitrary detention, which has been repeatedly renewed pending finalisation of an anti-terror law.
CAIRO, April 29 (Reuters) - Egypt has ordered the culling of all pigs in the Arab country as a precaution against swine flu, the country's health minister said on Wednesday.
"It is decided to slaughter all swine herds present in Egypt, starting from today," Health Minister Hatem el-Gabali said in a statement published by state news agency MENA. (Writing by Cynthia Johnston)
しかし、農業相は化学薬品でブタを殺処理した点は否定している。また感染症対策担当局の責任者サベル・アブデル・アジズ・ガラル（Saber Abdel Aziz Galal）氏は｢かけたのは消毒のための殺菌剤だ。埋める前にブタののどをかき切った｣とAFPに反論した。AFPが独自に入手した写真では、ブタは開腹されていたがのどは切られていなかった。
カイロ・アズハル大学（Al-Azhar University）のイスラム教のファトワ（宗教令）委員会を率いるサリム・モハメド・サリム（Salim Mohammed Salim）師はAFPに、こうした方法で動物を殺害することは｢イスラム教では厳しく禁じられている。その動物がブタであっても、なにであっても｣と語った。(c)AFP/Alain Navarro
【6月3日 AFP】（一部更新）カタールの衛星放送アルジャジーラ（Al-Jazeera）は3日、バラク・オバマ（Barack Obama）米大統領を、ジョージ・W・ブッシュ（George W. Bush）前米大統領の「イスラム世界への敵対政策」を継承したとして批判する、国際テロ組織アルカイダ（Al-Qaeda）の指導者ウサマ・ビンラディン（Osama bin Laden）容疑者の新たな音声声明を放送した。
Tue Jun 9, 7:35 am ET
CAIRO – Five more students at the American University in Cairo have contracted swine flu, said Egypt's health minister, bringing the total number of infected students at the school to seven.
The five cases were discovered when tests were carried out at a dormitory after two students from the U.S. were diagnosed with swine flu, Hatem el-Gabali told reporters Tuesday. He did not disclose the nationalities of the five new cases.
The dorm, which the ministry said houses 234 people including 110 students from 10 different countries, is under quarantine for seven days. AUC officials said Tuesday they were waiting for confirmation of the test results.
Every year hundreds of foreign students take classes at AUC, which has a 5,500 person student body, 81 percent of whom are Egyptian.
The dormitory is located in Zamalek, an upper class neighborhood of Cairo, home to many foreigners and embassies. The university itself recently relocated to the desert outskirts of the capital.
The two swine flu cases were discovered Sunday night after the students exhibited flu-like symptoms and tested positive for the virus. El-Gabali said Monday that they were recovering and would be released from the hospital in 48 hours.
The 23-year-old students who contracted the flu, a male from New Jersey and a female from Florida, arrived from the U.S. on May 28 for a summer program at the university, but didn't exhibit symptoms until Friday.
Travelers arriving in Egypt are photographed, their body temperature scanned and addresses taken down in case follow up is necessary.
Egypt's government has come under criticism from international animal rights groups for its decision to slaughter the nation's 300,000 pigs in response to the swine flu problem.
「オバマ」に対抗する人気ナツメヤシは、アスワンハイダム（Aswan High Dam）にちなんだ「ハイ・ダム」で、価格は2番目に高価な18エジプト・ポンド（約310円）。「ハイ・ダム」は、地元サッカーチーム「アルアハリ（Al-Ahly）」の人気ストライカー、モハメド・アブトレイカ（Mohammed Abutrika）選手にちなんだナツメヤシと同品種のものだ。こうした事実からも、エジプト人の生活から、政治とサッカーは切っても切り離せないものであることがうかがえる。
AFP/File – Egyptian high school students girls wear protective masks as they leave school in Cairo in June 2009. …
Wed Sep 16, 12:53 pm ET
CAIRO (AFP) – Egypt has ordered foreign schools and universities to close until October 3 over worries about swine flu, with local schools having already been told to delay opening until then, a health ministry official said on Wednesday.
Egyptian universities and schools had been set to begin their academic year the last week of September, but foreign ones started earlier this month. The government decided to delay the school year last week, the official said.
American University of Cairo vice president Brian MacDougall said the university was asked on Tuesday to delay classes, which the university began on September 6.
An official at the French embassy confirmed that it has been told all French schools in the country must close until next month.
A Western diplomatic official said the decision affected US, British, French and Italian schools, as well as others.
A spokesman for the state-funded University of Cairo said classes in the university had been scheduled to start on September 26.
He said that that the school week will be extended to six days after the courses start because the university will reduce class sizes as part of measures to protect against the spread of the disease.
A medical team will be present in every department, he said.
Two people have died of the disease in Egypt so far and 886 have been infected.
Egypt, the most populous Arab country with a population of 88 million, has taken several measures to curb swine flu, including killing the country's estimated 200,000 pigs after the disease surfaced in other countries.
It has also restricted visas for pilgrims going to Islamic holy sites to those between the ages of 25 and 65.
The World Health Organisation said last week that school closures appear to be the most effective way of preventing the spread of the swine flu virus when implemented early in the outbreak.
While the UN health agency would not issue a definitive guidance on whether or not school closures should be implemented, it said the measure could cut health care demand by up to 50 percent at the peak of the pandemic.
More than 3,000 have died from the A(H1N1) virus since it first appeared in April and rapidly spread around the world.
【1月17日 AFP】（写真追加、記事更新）サッカーアフリカ・ネイションズカップ（アフリカ選手権、African Nations Cup 2010）は16日、グループリーグCの2試合が行われ、ナイジェリアが1-0でベナンに勝利し、モザンビークを2-0で下したエジプトは2連勝で準々決勝進出を決めた。
後半開始直後にモザンビークのダリオ・カーン（Dario Khan）のオウンゴールで先制したエジプトは、同36分にモハメド・ナギ・ゲド（Mohamed Nagy 'Gedo'）が追加点を挙げて勝利を収め、コートジボワールに続いてベスト8入りを果たすと同時に、ネイションズカップでの連続試合無敗記録を14試合に伸ばした。
11月の2010年サッカーW杯南アフリカ大会（2010 World Cup）アフリカ予選プレーオフでアルジェリアに敗れ本大会出場を逃したエジプトは、ホスニ・アブド・ラブー（Hosni Abd Rabou）のペナルティーキック（PK）、モハメド・ジダン（Mohamed Zidan）、途中出場のモハメド・アブデル・シャフィ（Mohamed Abdel-Shafy）とモハメド・ナギ・ゲド（Mohamed Nagy 'Gedo'）が得点を記録し、退場者を3人出したアルジェリアを一蹴してリベンジを果たした。
BREAKING NEWS: SMALL FIRE NEAR DOWNTOWN CAIRO SYNAGOGUE CAUSED BY ‘PRIMITIVE EXPLOSIVE DEVICE’, SAYS INTERIOR MINISTRY
By Sarah Carr and Ian Lee / Daily News Egypt
First Published: February 21, 2010
Photo by Ian Lee
Forensic officers examine the remains of a ‘primitive explosive device’ set on fire near the Adly Street Synagogue, Feb. 21, 2010.
Photo by Ian Lee
Policemen moving a window bearing white marks taken from the Panorama Hotel across the street from the Adly Street Synagogue, Feb. 21, 2010.
Photo by Ian Lee
The three-star Panorama Hotel on the fourth floor is where an “unknown person” threw a bag containing sulfuric acid bottles near Adly Street Synagogue, Feb. 21, 2010, according to Ministry of Interior statement.
CAIRO: There was a heavy security presence outside the Adly Street Synagogue in Downtown Cairo this morning following reports of a possible attack on it.
When Daily News Egypt arrived at the scene at around 9 am, forensics units were examining what looked like charred materials on the pavement opposite the temple.
The materials appeared to be clothes next to which there were two or three dark green bottles. There were broken glass shards along the length of the street opposite the temple, and a smell of sulfur was detectable.
One tourist present at the scene told Daily News Egypt that early this morning he saw a fire opposite the temple.
“But it was just a small fire. I don’t understand what all the fuss is about?”
Another eyewitness described what he said was a “bag on fire” on the pavement.
A member of the Jewish community, who spoke to Daily News Egypt on condition of anonymity, said that an official from State Security said that there had been an attempt to break into the synagogue.
Daily News Egypt was unable to confirm the allegation.
The Panorama Hotel, housed on the fourth floor of a building opposite the temple was filled with police officers and forensic experts.
A plain-clothed policeman told Daily News Egypt that a bag had been thrown from the window of the hotel. This was subsequently confirmed by another police officer.
Police officers were overheard describing “a man running down the stairs” fleeing the hotel.
Police were also seen removing a window frame bearing white marks, from the hotel.
According to a statement by the interior ministry published by the Middle East News Agency (MENA) and sent to this newspaper by the Foreign Press Center via email at around 1:15 pm, "an unknown person" had entered the Panorama Hotel opposite the synagogue at around 6:15 am.
The man was carrying a medium-sized bag as he requested a room in the three-star hotel. According to the statement, as his request was being processed, the man rushed to the window and threw a "primitive explosive device" before fleeing. He escaped through a small alleyway next to the hotel building.
The statement described the "explosive device" as being composed of four gasoline canisters containing one-liter bottles of sulfuric acid, a piece of cotton and a box of matches. The bottles allegedly broke on impact, leading to the other contents catching fire.
VIDEO from the aftermath of synagogue 'bomb attack' in Cairo http://bit.ly/9W7pcy
【4月12日 MODE PRESS】仏ラグジュアリー・グループ「LVMH」は、新たにホテルマネージメント事業を展開すると発表した。オラスコム・ディベロップメント・ホールディングス（Orascom Development Holdings）と提携し、オマーンとエジプトに高級リゾートホテルを建設することが明らかになった。開業は2012年と予想されている。
A man smokes traditional water pipe, shisha, at a coffee shop in cairo, Thursday, July 1. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
By Sarah Raslan /AP July 1, 2010, 4:55 pm
CAIRO: Egyptian smokers saw prices surge Thursday by as much as 100 percent as the government slapped new taxes on tobacco products in a bid to curb smoking and raise money for public health programs in the Arab world's most populous nation.
As part of a new law passed in May but only being implemented now, the taxes raise the price of cigarettes by as much as 40 percent, while the tobacco used in Egypt's ubiquitous water pipes, known locally as shisha, now costs twice as much.
The law is part of government efforts to curb smoking, which many Egyptians maintain is one of the few remaining affordable pleasures in a country where rising prices have sparked protests over the past few months.
Government officials say that the move is needed to help convince Egypt's millions of smokers to kick their habit. World Health Organization figures show the number of smokers in the country has grown over twice as fast as the population over the past 30 years.
WHO figures show that around 40 percent of men in Egypt over the age of 15 use some form of tobacco, while 82 percent of daily cigarette smokers consume between 16 and 20 cigarettes per day.
"Some people will be angry for some time, but I think it will decrease the consumption of tobacco," said Sahar Labib, the director of the Ministry of Health's tobacco department, adding that the increase in cigarette taxes was likely to elicit a stronger reaction because the tobacco used in the water pipes is still quite cheap.
At one of Cairo's many corner shops selling cigarettes, owner Hani Ishaq said on just the first day the tax had already had an effect.
"I've noticed a drop in people buying cigarettes today," he said. "I smoke, and with this 40 percent increase, I would probably buy half the cigarettes I would normally."
"I hope this does not affect the shop too much," he added.
Premium cigarettes such as Malboro Lights climbed to $2 per pack, up from $1.65, while Cleopatra brand, the iconic Egyptian classic where wood chips were once as prevalent as tobacco, now cost $0.80 per pack, up from $0.54.
Labib said the new taxes are expected to generate about $345 million in additional revenue for the government, and will be used to help improve Egypt's public health system. The money is also aimed at partially offsetting the planned reduction in subsidies that consume about 25 percent of total government spending.
Critics say Egypt's health care system is severely underfunded. WHO figures showed that the country's per capita spending on health in 2007 was roughly $106, compared to per capita spending of $7,439 in the US.
The new tax is the latest measure by the government to help Egyptians kick the habit. The coastal city of Alexandria ― Egypt's second largest city ― recently announced it would finally enforce a long standing ban on smoking in public places.
The ban, which is slated to be enforced on Sept. 11, will spread to the rest of the country over the next five years.
"International experience has proven that when you increase (cigarette prices) by about 10 percent, it may help decrease the number of smokers by 7 percent," said Mohamed Ghamrawy, the World Lung Foundation regional spokesman in Cairo. "We hope that it will help a lot of smokers start to quit."
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One dead, tens injured in clashes with security over church construction in Giza
Egyptian police throw back stones at Christian demonstrators during deadly clashes over the refusal of permission for a new Coptic church, in Cairo on Nov. 24, 2010. (AFP Photo/Khaled Desouki)
By Essam Fadl /Special to Daily News Egypt November 24, 2010, 3:49 pm
CAIRO: A Coptic citizen died on Wednesday and tens were wounded in clashes with security forces after Al-Omraneya's district office halted the construction of a church annex.
Clashes erupted early Wednesday between security and Copts protesting in front of the Mar Girguis Church after Al-Omraneya's district administration’s decision not to allow the Copts to turn a community center being built next to the Virgin Mary and Archangel Michael church into a chapel.
The authorities said the Copts had violated their building license.
“They had previously been ordered to cease construction due to violations of building safety code standards, and because they were attempting to illegally transform the building into a church for the conduct of religious services,” the Ministry of Information’s press center said in a statement.
The situation has been escalating for three days, the statement said.
Witnesses said police arrested construction workers.
Several hundred people clashed sporadically with police Wednesday morning in separate locations in the Talebiya district of Cairo's Giza governorate, with demonstrators throwing stones and Molotov cocktails.
Quota system will change perception of women in society, say female candidates
A man passes by an electoral poster of parliament's National Party candidate Madiha Khattab in Cairo, Wednesday, Nov. 24. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
By Heba Afify /Daily News Egypt November 26, 2010, 8:56 pm
CAIRO: In spite of a new system allocating 64 seats in the People’s Assembly to women, the candidates are still battling stereotypes in the male-dominated political scene. But they are planning to change that once elected MPs by bringing a more compassionate view to laws and proving themselves.
Madiha Khattab, a National Democratic Party (NDP) candidate for the Cairo governorate and a member of the National Council of Women, stated that women have a deeper compassion for the problems that citizens face.
This compassion, according to Khattab, will enhance the supervisory function of the parliament and, as an added bonus, the calmer nature of women will likely decrease the intensity of the arguments that commonly take place among male MPs during parliamentary sessions.
Khattab added that the presence of women in parliament will be especially important because laws that will significantly affect women and families ― such as the social health insurance law and the personal affairs law ― will soon be discussed.
Abir Suleiman, independent candidate for the constituency of Daher and Azbakeya, said that a woman’s role in the parliament is equal to ― if not more important than ― a man’s.
“[A] woman is more able to channel the pulse of the streets to the parliament,” Suleiman said. “She is the one [who] raises the children and she is the one [who] plans the affairs of her household, which makes her capable of planning the affairs of her district.”
The women’s quota system was used in Egypt for the first time in 1979, but it was ruled unconstitutional and cancelled in 1986.
With the help of the National Council of Women, changes were made to the 2007 Constitutional Amendments in order to make the quota system constitutional, which was followed by a law passed by the parliament last February that officially reinstated the women’s quota system, awarding women 64 seats through 32 constituencies.
Mahmoud Sherif, chairman of the political participation committee in the NCW which hosted a press conference for female candidates, said that the quota system is necessary to change society’s views regarding the participation of women in politics, in addition to encouraging women to even run for the election in the first place.
Sherif stated that women’s participation was minimal in the 2005 elections because “parties wanted to win so they were nominating their most powerful men.” As a result, only four women were elected and five others were appointed.
This year, 1,009 women applied to be parliamentary candidates and 397 made the final list ― 320 of these candidates are running for seats reserved under the women’s quota, and 77 are running for regular seats.
This significant difference in the number of women participating in this year’s election, when compared to the election prior, reflects a real change in society and an increase in the awareness and capacities of women, Sherif said.
He added that the quota system will significantly increase the percentage of women in the parliament, from 1.8 percent in 2005 to at least 13 percent in 2010.
Several female candidates stated that prior to the quota system it was very difficult for women to get into the parliament due to financial and cultural reasons.
Zeinab Radwan, the deputy of the People’s Assembly and an NDP candidate in the northeastern region of Cairo, said that women refrained from running in the parliamentary elections prior to the quota system because they didn’t have the financial capabilities to compete with men.
“I would have never thought about running for the parliament if it wasn’t for the quota system,” said Mariam Mikhail, who is currently running for one of the seats reserved for women. “The men in my district are spending millions of pounds in their electoral campaigns and I can’t compete [against] that.”
Many of the female candidates placed blame on the domestic role expected of women in Egyptian society, which has added to many women’s inability to compete for regular parliamentary seats.
Manal Al Attar, Al-Wafd women’s quota candidate in Helwan, said that men who don’t understand that she isn’t competing against male candidates always ask her, “Why would we leave the men and vote for you?”
Even with the women’s quota system in place, female candidates have stated that society’s perception of women still presents various obstacles.
Kariman El-Attar, an independent women’s quota candidate running in the Sixth of October governorate, had to fight tradition just to be able to run.
“I am from the Arabs of Omraneya, so our traditions dictate that the women belong in the house,” El-Attar said. “But I broke the rules and ran for parliament.”
El-Attar said that she also defied tradition by meeting with male community leaders, which women are usually not allowed to do there.
Mona Makram Ebeid, former MP and Al-Wafd quota candidate for Qalioubia, said that the traditional absence of women during her meetings with voters has shown her that society’s perception of politics as a realm exclusive to men has yet to be changed.
Samiha Abou Steit, advisor to the secretary general of the NCW, said that the women’s quota law will be in effect for only two election cycles in order to change the social view of women in politics. After the two cycles have passed and the perceptions have changed, women will be more capable of competing with men for regular parliamentary seats, according to Abou Steit.
“This is a necessary step to show the community that women can be very effective, and that their participation in the political life is vital,” Abou Steit said.
“When the women enter the parliament, prove themselves and earn the trust of the citizens, people will give them their votes in the [following] elections,” said Radwan.
“We need to repair this crisis of trust by performing satisfactorily in the parliament,” said Suleiman. “We want to prove that the period of male domination in the parliament is over.”
Ikbal El Samalouty, a quota NDP candidate in Giza and the dean of the High Institute for Social Services, stated that the meetings of female candidates with voters are effective in demonstrating women’s political abilities to society.
“Studies have shown that changing culture doesn’t come from lectures, but from practice and direct dialogue,” El-Samalouty said.
El-Samalouty added that the increased presence of female candidates will encourage female voters to participate in the elections because “they feel like one of them is running.”
Even though the female candidates believe in the benefits of the quota system, many have complained of the size of their constituencies. Many are running for seats on the level of an entire governorate or half of a governorate, whereas their counterparts who are running for regular parliamentary seats will ultimately be responsible for much smaller communities if they are elected.
The main concern these female candidates have over their large constituencies is that their considerably large size makes it difficult for the candidates to connect with the entire constituency and to meet with all of their constituency’s voters.
The female candidates all shared the belief that they shoulder a large personal responsibility to prove that the women’s quota system is beneficial through what they accomplish in the new parliament.
“The experience is not easy, and it will take more the 10 years to bear all its fruit,” Khattab stated. “It will take a generation to change [society’s] perception … of women’s political participation.”
“We have to offer something different than the males,” Hamdy said. “If women don’t succeed [in achieving] something this [election] cycle, there will be little hope for the [elections that follow].”
Egyptian demonstrators protest in Tahrir Square on Tuesday evening to demand the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak and calling for reforms. (AFP Photo/Mohammed Abedi)
By Tamim Elyan /Daily News Egypt January 26, 2011, 12:01 am
CAIRO: Thousands took to the streets on Tuesday in Cairo and other cities throughout Egypt in Tunisia-inspired protests against worsening economic conditions and police brutality and to call for political reform.
Security didn’t engage with protestors early in the day, but used teargas, force and water cannons to disperse them after 3 pm when demonstrations reached the Parliament building in downtown Cairo.
A security official told AFP there were 15,000 protestors on Cairo’s streets on Tuesday.
By 4 pm, thousands of protestors were reportedly seen on the streets in the Delta city of Mahalla, with police unable to cordon them off, according to blogger and activist Mohamed Maree.
Supporters of former MP Hamadeen Sabahi of Al-Karama Party said that about 15,000 people joined protests in Kafr El-Sheikh.
About 70 were arrested in Cairo. Thirty-two protestors were arrested in Qasr El-Eini Street, eight in El-Tera’a El-Boulaqia, Shubra, seven in Port Said, nine in Mansoura and five in Tahrir Square, Cairo, according to the Hisham Mubarak Law Center.
One protestor, Abdel-Halim Khamis, sustained an eye injury while in Qasr El-Eini Street. Injuries were also reported among protestors cordoned by police in Mansoura. But those injured were not allowed to get out, according to the Hisham Mubarak Law Center.
The April 6 Youth Movement and the popular “We are All Khaled Saeid” page on Facebook had called on all opposition groups to participate in a "Day of Anger" through demonstrations around the country on Police Day on Jan. 25, a national holiday that marks the 1952 struggle by the Ismailia police force against the British Occupation.
Tens of protestors that gathered at different meeting points around Cairo midday grew in numbers to reach thousands, with different demonstrations joining forces.
Sinai got an early start with locals blocking Al-Goura airport road in Rafah and Bedouins blocked Al-Mahdiya road with cars and burnt tires.
In Cairo, hundreds of protestors broke security cordons and marched from Ramses Street towards Tahrir Square through Galaa Street and were joined by passersby ― including families with their children ― as security forces failed to control the crowds.
The crowd went through different routes that took them to Qasr El-Nil Bridge, the state TV building on the Corniche and Attaba to finally end up at the central Tahrir Square.
Hundreds of protestors marched from Nahia and Boulaq towards Gamet El-Dowal Street to join thousands of others gathering in front of Mustafa Mahmoud Mosque chanting "Leave, leave."
The protest then marched through Al-Batal Ahmed Abdel-Aziz Street in Mohandiseen and through Tahrir Street in Dokki to join thousands that ended up in the heart of Egypt’s capital.
In Alexandria, hundreds marched through Al Maa'had Al Diny Street in Asafra without police intervention, according to activists in the protest.
Earlier, security forces stopped a protest from taking place at Moharam Bek district.
In Gharbeya activists said that a young woman called Sara Abdel Qodous was arrested in Tanta and security closed Mahalla's and Baltim's entrances and exists with central security forces trucks and armored vehicles.
In Assiut sources reported heavy security presence and activists being chased in side streets.
In Cairo separate ad hoc protests attracted hundreds before people voluntarily dispersed.
Five hundred, mostly academics and professionals, gathered in front of the Doctors’ Syndicate and were surrounded by security forces while a dozens lawyers protested in front of Lawyers’ Syndicate.
Women activists Karima Al-Hefnawy and Shahenda Mekled were briefly held in Heliopolis while heading Downtown, Al-Hefnawy told Daily News Egypt.
Spontaneous protests took place in Dar El-Salam, Boulaq, Maadi, Ard El-Lewa and Imbaba.
Less than 300 protestors gathered at Dawaran Shubra in Shubra Street before being split into two groups as a number of protestors headed toward El-Tera’a El-Boulaqia Street. Minor clashes with the police were witnessed by Daily News Egypt's reporter at the scene.
Some reports claimed that 15 Muslim Brotherhood members were arrested earlier in the day in a café in Mohandiseen district. Mohamed Morsy, spokesperson of the group, told Daily News Egypt that he could not confirm this information.
The Ministry of Interior said that reports of arrests of female participants in Tuesday’s demonstrations were incorrect.
By 4:30 pm users reported that access to the micro-blogging website Twitter was blocked. Protestors and journalists using their telephones to tweet the events they witnessed in Tahrir Square, were also unable to do so.
Organizers of the protest said that their demands include raising the minimum wage, ending emergency law, the impeachment of the minister of interior and limiting presidential terms to two. – Additional reporting by Abdel-Rahman Hussein, Ian Lee, Heba Fahmy and Mohamed Effat.
Tear gas smoke fired by police is seen as demonstrators gather in central Cairo. (AFP Photo/Mohammed Abedi)
Clashes between protestors and security in Galaa Street
Plain cloth policemen arrest Mohamed Abdel Qoddous outside the Journalists' Syndicate in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Jan. 26. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
By Heba Fahmy and Marwa Al-A'sar /Daily News Egypt January 27, 2011, 12:56 am
CAIRO: Clashes broke out between hundreds of protestors and security forces in Galaa Street on Wednesday evening resulting in numerous injuries on both sides.
Hundreds from Boulaq joined protestors in Galaa, burning tires and trash in the street and throwing rocks at security forces that responded with teargas.
Protestors said it was a response to police violence as they tried to disperse a demonstration of thousands in Tahrir Square the day before.
The Wednesday demonstration was dispersed by plain-cloth thugs before protestors reached Tahrir Square.
Security forces had earlier on Wednesday surrounded protestors in front of the Lawyers’ and Journalists’ Syndicate and randomly arrested passersby and protestors carrying them in microbuses to unknown destinations.
More than 100 gathered in front of the Journalists' Syndicate and were surrounded by several hundreds central security forces. Protestors who wanted to join were prevented by police. Around 14 were arrested.
Protestors chanted anti-regime slogans and attempted to break security cordons to march down the street. They were beaten with wooden batons.
Mohamed Abdel Qoddous, board member of the Journalists’ Syndicate, was arrested.
The protestors, many of whom were part of Tuesday’s demonstrations, said that this is the beginning of the "revolution" and that they are determined to achieve change.
According to activists in the protest, a Reuters reporter, Samuel Asha'y, was arrested by security forces.
Dozens of lawyers protesting in front of the Lawyers’ Syndicate were surrounded by hundreds of security forces.
Activists called for a second day of street action on Wednesday as authorities vowed to prevent further protests.
The pro-democracy April 6 Youth Movement, the driving force behind Tuesday's protests, urged people to head back to Cairo's main square Wednesday.
"Everyone needs to head down to Tahrir Square to take over the square once again," the group said on its Facebook page ― which along with Twitter had helped to organize Tuesday's protests.
In a separate statement, it urged Egyptians to carry on protesting.
"To continue what we started on Jan. 25, we will take to the streets to demand the right to life, liberty, dignity and we call on everyone to take to the streets … and to keep going until the demands of the Egyptian people are met," the group said.
But the interior ministry said further demonstrations were banned and anyone taking part would be prosecuted.
"No provocative moves, or protest gatherings, or marches or demonstrations will be allowed," the ministry said in a statement. "Legal measures will be taken against violators and they will be transferred to the prosecution," the statement continued.
Members of April 6 Movement said they would take to the streets regardless.
"We've started and we won't stop," one member told AFP on Wednesday. – Additional reporting by Ian Lee for Daily News Egypt and AFP.
Demonstrators clash with riot police during a protest in Cairo on Wednesday. (AFP Photo/Mohammed Abed)
【2月10日 AFP】エジプトのアハメド・アリ・アブルゲイト（Ahmed Ali Abul Gheit）外相は9日、衛星テレビ局アルアラビア（Al-Arabiya）のインタビューで、ホスニ・ムバラク（Hosni Mubarak）大統領の退陣を求めるデモが拡大すれば、軍の介入もあり得ると語った。半国営の中東通信（MENA）が10日報じた。
ある男性は、デモ隊に医薬品を運んでいたときにエジプト考古学博物館（Museum of Egyptian Antiquities）で身柄を拘束され、部屋に押し込まれて複数の兵士に蹴られた上、「おまえは死ぬかもしれないし、誰にも知られずに刑務所に入れられて行方不明になるかもしれない」と言われたと語った。(c)AFP/Sara Hussein
