Monthly Archives: January 2019

This Week in Egypt: Week 4 ( Jan 21-27)

Posted on January 28, 2019 by nervana111

Top Headlines IMF clears way for $2 billion loan payment to Egypt France’s Macron visits Egypt amid defense and rights concerns Sudan’s Bashir lands in Cairo for talks with Egypt’s Sisi Islamic State says it attacked soldiers, captured Christian in … Continue reading →

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Twitter Thread: Iraqi Kurdistan and Turkey

Posted on January 26, 2019 by nervana111

In a rare event, angry crowd stormed a Turkish military camp in Iraq’s Kurdish region near the city of Dohuk. I herewith include few tweets that explain the background of this incident .  Hundreds of people in the Kurdistan Region’s #Shiladze region … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 3-2019 (Jan 14-20)

Posted on January 20, 2019 by nervana111

Top Headlines Cairo declaration establishes Eastern Mediterranean Gas Forum with seven countries AChristian man who has been kidnapped by suspected Islamist militants in the Sinai Peninsula is a police forensic expert Egypt’s budget deficit in the first half of the … Continue reading →

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Twitter Thread: Egypt’s Sisi interview with CBS’s 60 Minutes

Posted on January 14, 2019 by nervana111

  In my last week Egypt’s update,  I included few tweets and comments on the controversial CBS’s interview with Egypt’s President Sisi.  This week, however, there are more interesting and critical comments that I thought to post them separately here.    The … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 2-2019 (7-13)

Posted on January 14, 2019 by nervana111

Top Headlines  US Pompeo visits Egypt, give a speech in American University, and visit newly-opened Cathedral and Mosque Egypt deports German of Egyptian origin for attempting to join Daesh terrorist elements in Sinai Egyptian activist Ahmed Douma sentenced to 15 years … Continue reading →

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Syria and the Arab Return

Posted on January 7, 2019 by nervana111

  By the end of 2018, the Syrian–Arab relations witnessed a new beginning. The UAE announced the re-opening of its embassy in Damascus, while Bahrain said its diplomatic mission in Syria had been operating “without interruption.” Other sources also expect … Continue reading →

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Twitter Thread: On Egypt and the Copts

Posted on January 7, 2019 by nervana111

As Egyptian Copts celebrate Orthodox Christmas, I herewith compile a thread on my personal experience regarding  how the treatment of Copts  has changed in Egypt.    I grew up in Heliopolis, #Cairo. A suburb that has church for every Christian … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 1-2019 ( Dec 31-Jan 6)

Posted on January 7, 2019 by nervana111

Top Headlines Egyptian explosives expert killed while trying to defuse bomb near a church in Cairo Palestinian Authority pulls employees from Egypt-Gaza crossing Sisi says Egypt and Israel cooperate against ISIS in Sinai Egypt’s Court of Cassation upholds acquittal of … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 52-2018 ( Dec 24-31)

Posted on January 1, 2019 by nervana111

Top Headlines Three Vietnamese tourists and a local tour guide have been killed after a roadside bombhit a bus near the Giza pyramids in Egypt Egypt’s Mubarak testifies in the trial of his ousted successor Cairo military court confirms journalist … Continue reading →

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