First Independent Mena Newspaper
The Egyptian Parliament Wednesday decided to revoke the membership of independent lawmaker Tawfiq Okasha following his meeting with Israeli envoy to Cairo late last month. 465 out of 596 [more than two-thirds of the House of Representatives] voted in favor of the motion. Parliament Speaker Ali Abdelaal commenting on the vote pointed out that the […]
Egyptian lawmakers received their colleague and television show anchor Tawfiq Okasha with shoe tossing Sunday to protest his recent meeting with Israeli envoy to Cairo Haim Koren. Controversial Tawfiq Okasha came under fire by Parliament colleagues after MP Kamal Ahmad threw him his shoe on the head as he entered the House for Sunday session. […]