As Egyptians celebrate spring with Sham el-Nessim, the holiday’s central meal of aged fish brings pride to some and a case of olfactory overload to others.    

Egyptians commemorate the arrival of spring with the holiday Sham el-Nessim, meaning “smell the breeze,” and its signature dish, a smelly fish called feseekh.    

A man fired birdshot pellets at a motorcade escorting Prime Minister Hisham Qandi, and officials called it as an accidental episode of road rage.    

Bowing to pressure from armed Islamists and other militiamen, the congress passed a law to exclude former officials of the Qaddafi era from public office.