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Homosexuality in Egypt: Lives Ruined Between Allegations and Confessions
Graffiti near Tahrir Square in 2012 (credit unknown). In a garage behind a row of parked cars sleeps Mostafa near a pile of litter left behind by a street dog and its newborn puppies. A couple of dusty...
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New Charlie Hebdo Cartoons ‘Mock’ Death of Syrian Refugees
Infamous for its controversial and often offensive cartoons, the satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo has published two cartoons in its latest issue, allegedly mocking the death of three-year-old...
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Croissants and ISIS: Meet the Belgian National With Experience in Both
PHOTO: Pauline Delassus, ParisMatch Would you like some jihad with that? In Antwerp, Belgium, a former Islamic State militant is running a bakery shop selling bread, sandwiches, pastry and coffee. Born...
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Video of Jordanian MP Beating an Egyptian Waiter in Aqaba Stirs Outrage
A video of a Jordanian member of parliament and his three brothers beating up an Egyptian waiter has caused public outrage. The incident happened on Friday evening at a restaurant in Aqaba and was...
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Egypt Witnesses a Steep Rise in Vegetable Prices
Fruit and vegetable vendors at a city market in Cairo. Credit: Ami Vitale/ FAO Vegetables prices in Egypt have seen a steep rise over the past couple of days, Egyptian independent newspaper El Watan...
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‘Homeland is Racist’: Graffiti Artists ‘Bomb’ Award-Winning TV Show
Three street artists took a stab at the American TV-series Homeland when they were hired to paint ‘Arab graffiti’ on a film set for the show. Instead, they ‘bombed’ the show, writing slogans dissing...
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Middle East to become ‘Unlivable’ as Temperatures Soar, Warns Study
An Egyptian farmer rides his horse cart as he uses a makeshift hat with cardboard to protect his head from direct sunlight on a Cairo street in Egypt on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015. Egyptian health...
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Syrian Refugees in Egypt: Stories of Life, Death, Abuse and All That’s In...
Syria women and children wait to get a visa stamp to enter Lebanon. Credit: Jamal Saidi/ Reuters The ongoing war in Syria has caused the worst refugee crisis since World War II, and neighboring...
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Tackling Unemployment and Sexual Harassment: Uber Egypt Delivers More Than...
“Just follow all the others,” says the doorman at a large office building when asked for directions to the Uber office. A steady stream of mostly young men leads to a narrow hallway filled with more...
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Dutch Airline No Longer Lets Crew Stay in Egypt Overnight Citing Safety Concerns
Citing safety concerns, Dutch airline Transavia no longer lets its crew stay overnight in Egypt, Dutch daily newspaper Algemeen Dagblad reports. Effective immediately, Transavia flights will stop-over...
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Dutch Airline Reverses Decision Barring Crew Members From Staying Overnight...
Dutch airline Transavia has reversed its decision to stop over in Athens on flights to Egypt. Starting last week, the company suddenly started making stopovers in Athens to switch crew so the original...
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Red Carpet Experts and Social Media Outrage: Egypt President’s Convoy Drives...
The driving of a Presidential convoy on a red carpet for several kilometers ahead of the inauguration of several projects in Egypt has caused outrage among Egyptian television and radio personalities....
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GM, LG Deny Reports Their Egyptian Factories Have Halted Production
Photo: Associated Press Reports that the General Motors factory in Egypt had ceased production have been denied by GM’s managing director Tarek Atta, Mohamed El-Sewedy of the Federation of Egyptian...
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Expansion of Sharm El-Sheikh Airport Suspended as Egypt Tourism Wanes
Photo: AP Plans for the construction of a new terminal at Sharm El-Sheikh airport have been put on hold indefinitely, the Egyptian Airport Company (EAC) has announced. The reason for scrapping the USD...
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10 Must Read Books to Understand Egypt
With summer coming up, it’s high time to get your holiday reading list in order. Whether you’re interested in Egypt’s early and modern history, its foreign policies, or even about the lives of...
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‘We are so much less than we should be’: Writer Mohamed Tawfik on Egypt,...
Sometimes what lies beneath the surface can have a much greater impact than what is clearly in view. Remember the Titanic? The infamous ship almost certainly wouldn’t have sunk if the captain had seen...
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