# Cairo · 12 May 2016

> Photos and videos from Cairo on 12 May 2016.

## Facts

- **What:** Cairo · 12 May 2016 (News story)
- **Where:** [Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/location/cairo)
- **When:** 2016-05-12 – 2016-05-13
- **Media:** 34 photos, 0 videos, 0 rushes
- **Credit:** © apaimages / Amr Sayed, Egyptian President Office
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- **Canonical URL:** https://apa.atyaf.co/story/cairo-2016-05-12
- **Last updated:** 2026-10-20T21:06:21+00:00
- **Arabic version:** https://apa.atyaf.co/ar/story/cairo-2016-05-12

## Media in this story

- [Egypt's Salafi leader and former presidential candidate Hazem Salah Abu Ismail attends his trial](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-011556) — APA-PH-2016-011556 · photo · 2016-05-12 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed
  Egypt's Salafi leader and former presidential candidate Hazem Salah Abu Ismail attends his trial and 17 other defendants over charges of imposing Blockade on Nasr City Court in Cairo on May 12, 2016. Photo by Amr Sayed
- [Egypt's Salafi leader and former presidential candidate Hazem Salah Abu Ismail attends his trial](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-011557) — APA-PH-2016-011557 · photo · 2016-05-12 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed
  Egypt's Salafi leader and former presidential candidate Hazem Salah Abu Ismail attends his trial and 17 other defendants over charges of imposing Blockade on Nasr City Court in Cairo on May 12, 2016. Photo by Amr Sayed
- [Egypt's Salafi leader and former presidential candidate Hazem Salah Abu Ismail attends his trial](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-011558) — APA-PH-2016-011558 · photo · 2016-05-12 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed
  Egypt's Salafi leader and former presidential candidate Hazem Salah Abu Ismail attends his trial and 17 other defendants over charges of imposing Blockade on Nasr City Court in Cairo on May 12, 2016. Photo by Amr Sayed
- [Egypt's Salafi leader and former presidential candidate Hazem Salah Abu Ismail attends his trial](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-011559) — APA-PH-2016-011559 · photo · 2016-05-12 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed
  Egypt's Salafi leader and former presidential candidate Hazem Salah Abu Ismail attends his trial and 17 other defendants over charges of imposing Blockade on Nasr City Court in Cairo on May 12, 2016. Photo by Amr Sayed
- [Egypt's Salafi leader and former presidential candidate Hazem Salah Abu Ismail attends his trial](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-011560) — APA-PH-2016-011560 · photo · 2016-05-12 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed
  Egypt's Salafi leader and former presidential candidate Hazem Salah Abu Ismail attends his trial and 17 other defendants over charges of imposing Blockade on Nasr City Court in Cairo on May 12, 2016. Photo by Amr Sayed
- [Egypt's Salafi leader and former presidential candidate Hazem Salah Abu Ismail attends his trial](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-011561) — APA-PH-2016-011561 · photo · 2016-05-12 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed
  Egypt's Salafi leader and former presidential candidate Hazem Salah Abu Ismail attends his trial and 17 other defendants over charges of imposing Blockade on Nasr City Court in Cairo on May 12, 2016. Photo by Amr Sayed
- [Egypt's Salafi leader and former presidential candidate Hazem Salah Abu Ismail attends his trial](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-011562) — APA-PH-2016-011562 · photo · 2016-05-12 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed
  Egypt's Salafi leader and former presidential candidate Hazem Salah Abu Ismail attends his trial and 17 other defendants over charges of imposing Blockade on Nasr City Court in Cairo on May 12, 2016. Photo by Amr Sayed
- [Egypt's Salafi leader and former presidential candidate Hazem Salah Abu Ismail attends his trial](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-011563) — APA-PH-2016-011563 · photo · 2016-05-12 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed
  Egypt's Salafi leader and former presidential candidate Hazem Salah Abu Ismail attends his trial and 17 other defendants over charges of imposing Blockade on Nasr City Court in Cairo on May 12, 2016. Photo by Amr Sayed
- [Egypt's Salafi leader and former presidential candidate Hazem Salah Abu Ismail attends his trial](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-011564) — APA-PH-2016-011564 · photo · 2016-05-12 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed
  Egypt's Salafi leader and former presidential candidate Hazem Salah Abu Ismail attends his trial and 17 other defendants over charges of imposing Blockade on Nasr City Court in Cairo on May 12, 2016. Photo by Amr Sayed
- [Egypt's Salafi leader and former presidential candidate Hazem Salah Abu Ismail attends his trial](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-011565) — APA-PH-2016-011565 · photo · 2016-05-12 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed
  Egypt's Salafi leader and former presidential candidate Hazem Salah Abu Ismail attends his trial and 17 other defendants over charges of imposing Blockade on Nasr City Court in Cairo on May 12, 2016. Photo by Amr Sayed
- [Egypt's Salafi leader and former presidential candidate Hazem Salah Abu Ismail attends his trial](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-011566) — APA-PH-2016-011566 · photo · 2016-05-12 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed
  Egypt's Salafi leader and former presidential candidate Hazem Salah Abu Ismail attends his trial and 17 other defendants over charges of imposing Blockade on Nasr City Court in Cairo on May 12, 2016. Photo by Amr Sayed
- [Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends the opening of projects](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-011567) — APA-PH-2016-011567 · photo · 2016-05-12 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Egyptian President Office (Handout)
  Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends the opening of projects in Cairo, Egypt, on May 12, 2016. Photo by Egyptian President Office
- [Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends the opening of projects](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-011568) — APA-PH-2016-011568 · photo · 2016-05-12 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Egyptian President Office (Handout)
  Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends the opening of projects in Cairo, Egypt, on May 12, 2016. Photo by Egyptian President Office
- [Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends the opening of projects](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-011569) — APA-PH-2016-011569 · photo · 2016-05-12 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Egyptian President Office (Handout)
  Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends the opening of projects in Cairo, Egypt, on May 12, 2016. Photo by Egyptian President Office
- [Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends the opening of projects](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-011570) — APA-PH-2016-011570 · photo · 2016-05-12 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Egyptian President Office (Handout)
  Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends the opening of projects in Cairo, Egypt, on May 12, 2016. Photo by Egyptian President Office
- [Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends the opening of projects](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-011571) — APA-PH-2016-011571 · photo · 2016-05-12 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Egyptian President Office (Handout)
  Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends the opening of projects in Cairo, Egypt, on May 12, 2016. Photo by Egyptian President Office
- [Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends the opening of projects](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-011572) — APA-PH-2016-011572 · photo · 2016-05-12 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Egyptian President Office (Handout)
  Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends the opening of projects in Cairo, Egypt, on May 12, 2016. Photo by Egyptian President Office
- [Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends the opening of projects](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-011573) — APA-PH-2016-011573 · photo · 2016-05-12 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Egyptian President Office (Handout)
  Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends the opening of projects in Cairo, Egypt, on May 12, 2016. Photo by Egyptian President Office
- [Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends the opening of projects](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-011574) — APA-PH-2016-011574 · photo · 2016-05-12 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Egyptian President Office (Handout)
  Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends the opening of projects in Cairo, Egypt, on May 12, 2016. Photo by Egyptian President Office
- [Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends the opening of projects](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-011575) — APA-PH-2016-011575 · photo · 2016-05-12 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Egyptian President Office (Handout)
  Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends the opening of projects in Cairo, Egypt, on May 12, 2016. Photo by Egyptian President Office
- [Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends the opening of projects](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-011576) — APA-PH-2016-011576 · photo · 2016-05-12 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Egyptian President Office (Handout)
  Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends the opening of projects in Cairo, Egypt, on May 12, 2016. Photo by Egyptian President Office
- [Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends the opening of projects](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-011577) — APA-PH-2016-011577 · photo · 2016-05-12 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Egyptian President Office (Handout)
  Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends the opening of projects in Cairo, Egypt, on May 12, 2016. Photo by Egyptian President Office
- [Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends the opening of projects](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-011578) — APA-PH-2016-011578 · photo · 2016-05-12 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Egyptian President Office (Handout)
  Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends the opening of projects in Cairo, Egypt, on May 12, 2016. Photo by Egyptian President Office
- [Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends the opening of projects](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-011579) — APA-PH-2016-011579 · photo · 2016-05-12 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Egyptian President Office (Handout)
  Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends the opening of projects in Cairo, Egypt, on May 12, 2016. Photo by Egyptian President Office
- [Egyptian Journalists and activists chant slogans and hold banners during a protest in front of the Journalists' Syndicate](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-011597) — APA-PH-2016-011597 · photo · 2016-05-13 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed
  Egyptian Journalists and activists chant slogans and hold banners during a protest in front of the Journalists' Syndicate in Cairo, Egypt, on May 12, 2016. Egypt's journalists' syndicate called for the dismissal of the interior minister and an immediate sit-in at its headquarters in downtown Cairo on Monday, to protest the police detention of two journalists on its premises earlier this month. Pho...
- [Egyptian Journalists and activists chant slogans and hold banners during a protest in front of the Journalists' Syndicate](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-011602) — APA-PH-2016-011602 · photo · 2016-05-13 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed
  Egyptian Journalists and activists chant slogans and hold banners during a protest in front of the Journalists' Syndicate in Cairo, Egypt, on May 12, 2016. Egypt's journalists' syndicate called for the dismissal of the interior minister and an immediate sit-in at its headquarters in downtown Cairo on Monday, to protest the police detention of two journalists on its premises earlier this month. Pho...
- [Egyptian Journalists and activists chant slogans and hold banners during a protest in front of the Journalists' Syndicate](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-011606) — APA-PH-2016-011606 · photo · 2016-05-13 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed
  Egyptian Journalists and activists chant slogans and hold banners during a protest in front of the Journalists' Syndicate in Cairo, Egypt, on May 12, 2016. Egypt's journalists' syndicate called for the dismissal of the interior minister and an immediate sit-in at its headquarters in downtown Cairo on Monday, to protest the police detention of two journalists on its premises earlier this month. Pho...
- [Egyptian Journalists and activists chant slogans and hold banners during a protest in front of the Journalists' Syndicate](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-011607) — APA-PH-2016-011607 · photo · 2016-05-13 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed
  Egyptian Journalists and activists chant slogans and hold banners during a protest in front of the Journalists' Syndicate in Cairo, Egypt, on May 12, 2016. Egypt's journalists' syndicate called for the dismissal of the interior minister and an immediate sit-in at its headquarters in downtown Cairo on Monday, to protest the police detention of two journalists on its premises earlier this month. Pho...
- [Egyptian Journalists and activists chant slogans and hold banners during a protest in front of the Journalists' Syndicate](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-011608) — APA-PH-2016-011608 · photo · 2016-05-13 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed
  Egyptian Journalists and activists chant slogans and hold banners during a protest in front of the Journalists' Syndicate in Cairo, Egypt, on May 12, 2016. Egypt's journalists' syndicate called for the dismissal of the interior minister and an immediate sit-in at its headquarters in downtown Cairo on Monday, to protest the police detention of two journalists on its premises earlier this month. Pho...
- [Egyptian Journalists and activists chant slogans and hold banners during a protest in front of the Journalists' Syndicate](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-011609) — APA-PH-2016-011609 · photo · 2016-05-13 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed
  Egyptian Journalists and activists chant slogans and hold banners during a protest in front of the Journalists' Syndicate in Cairo, Egypt, on May 12, 2016. Egypt's journalists' syndicate called for the dismissal of the interior minister and an immediate sit-in at its headquarters in downtown Cairo on Monday, to protest the police detention of two journalists on its premises earlier this month. Pho...
- [Egyptian Journalists and activists chant slogans and hold banners during a protest in front of the Journalists' Syndicate](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-011610) — APA-PH-2016-011610 · photo · 2016-05-13 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed
  Egyptian Journalists and activists chant slogans and hold banners during a protest in front of the Journalists' Syndicate in Cairo, Egypt, on May 12, 2016. Egypt's journalists' syndicate called for the dismissal of the interior minister and an immediate sit-in at its headquarters in downtown Cairo on Monday, to protest the police detention of two journalists on its premises earlier this month. Pho...
- [Egyptian Journalists and activists chant slogans and hold banners during a protest in front of the Journalists' Syndicate](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-011611) — APA-PH-2016-011611 · photo · 2016-05-13 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed
  Egyptian Journalists and activists chant slogans and hold banners during a protest in front of the Journalists' Syndicate in Cairo, Egypt, on May 12, 2016. Egypt's journalists' syndicate called for the dismissal of the interior minister and an immediate sit-in at its headquarters in downtown Cairo on Monday, to protest the police detention of two journalists on its premises earlier this month. Pho...
- [Egyptian Journalists and activists chant slogans and hold banners during a protest in front of the Journalists' Syndicate](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-011612) — APA-PH-2016-011612 · photo · 2016-05-13 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed
  Egyptian Journalists and activists chant slogans and hold banners during a protest in front of the Journalists' Syndicate in Cairo, Egypt, on May 12, 2016. Egypt's journalists' syndicate called for the dismissal of the interior minister and an immediate sit-in at its headquarters in downtown Cairo on Monday, to protest the police detention of two journalists on its premises earlier this month. Pho...
- [Egyptian Journalists and activists chant slogans and hold banners during a protest in front of the Journalists' Syndicate](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2016-011613) — APA-PH-2016-011613 · photo · 2016-05-13 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed
  Egyptian Journalists and activists chant slogans and hold banners during a protest in front of the Journalists' Syndicate in Cairo, Egypt, on May 12, 2016. Egypt's journalists' syndicate called for the dismissal of the interior minister and an immediate sit-in at its headquarters in downtown Cairo on Monday, to protest the police detention of two journalists on its premises earlier this month. Pho...