Monthly Archives: March 2021

Twitter Thread: Suez-Unblocked. End of Suez Crisis II

Posted on March 29, 2021 by nervana111

A brief twitter thread on an extraordinary day in Egypt. After days of despair, the Suez Crisis is over.

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This Week in Egypt: Week 12- 2021 ( March 22-28)

Posted on March 28, 2021 by nervana111

Top Headlines Egypt’s Suez Canal is blocked by one of the largest container ships in the world US Navy plans to send assessment team to Suez Canal to assist with stuck container ship, Egypt welcomes cooperation with US  Three possible ways to unblock Suez … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 11-2021 (March 15-21)

Posted on March 21, 2021 by nervana111

Top Headlines Acclaimed Egyptian feminist Nawal Saadawi dies at age 89 Turkey asks Egyptian media to limit criticism of Egypt’s Sisi  Erdoğan says Egyptian people do not conflict with Turkey Egyptian president and Greek PM discuss regional issues, bilateral relations … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 10-2021 ( Mar 8-14)

Posted on March 14, 2021 by nervana111

Top Headlines Turkey says it has restarted diplomatic contacts with Egypt Egypt says Turkey must lay ground for normalising ties with actions U.S. joins West in rare criticism of Egypt on human rights abuses Sudan’s PM Hamdok starts of 2-day … Continue reading →

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Reblog: Can Palestinians be wrong? Hussain Abdul-Hussain

Posted on March 8, 2021 by nervana111

This superb piece by Hussain Abdul-Hussain ( originally published here) highlights important flaws of Khalidi’s book, The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine, and how it suffers logical fallacies, absence of key events, and inadequate understanding of global affairs. Enjoy… I … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 9-2021 ( March 1-7)

Posted on March 7, 2021 by nervana111

Top Headlines Egypt’s president Sisi visited Sudan amid rapprochement between the two countries   Egypt, Sudan call for international mediation to reach legally binding agreement on GERD African Union holds talks with Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan on Ethiopian Dam Turkey says … Continue reading →

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