The appellate body of the Cairo court of urgent matters on Thursday (July 21) handed down a ruling abolishing an earlier one to remove names and photos of former President Husnī Mubārak and his wife Suzanne off all squares, streets, schools, libraries and associations nationwide.

The stormy session saw insult trading between supporters and opponents of the deposed president.

Security forces had to step in to separate the two sides and prevent the eruption of possible clashes. Mubārak's supporters received the sentence with zaghārīd (usually Arab women's way of expressing joy by uttering tremulous sounds).

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