CAIRO – Egypt ... show of respect is reserved only for God. Others refused to stand up to the anthem, because, they said, the hundreds of people killed at the hands of the police. The flag ...

Islamic preacher Sheikh Ahmed Amer has launched a campaign demanding the image of the eagle in the Egyptian flag be changed to the Muslim declaration of belief, “There is no god but Allah and Muhammad ...

Egypt's interim President Adly Mansour has issued a new law that regulates all matters concerning the Egyptian flag, the national ... people should stand up in a show of respect when the anthem ...

The flag-raising provoked a public outcry and prompted the public prosecutor to order an investigation. Homosexuality is not explicitly criminalised under Egyptian ... rare public show of support ...

We’ve been living in darkness for 30 years.” The Egyptian flag has become one of the most ubiquitous symbols of this country’s recent upheavals. Red, white, and black, with a golden eagle in ...

The 18-year-old pentathlete will become the first woman from Egypt to serve as a flag bearer at an Olympic ... more money and more female athletes. "For me, that is a dream," he said of an ...