April 29, 2005

Egyptian Professors Stage Rare Protests

By KATHERINE ZOEPF

Faculty members at two Egyptian universities staged silent demonstrations this month, publicly joining an anti-government protest movement that has been gaining momentum across the country.

At Cairo University, the nation's largest, more than 100 faculty members gathered silently in front of the main administrative building, some carrying signs with pro-democracy slogans. They called for an end to interference by Egypt's state-security services in many aspects of academic life,