This Week in Egypt: Week 45-2023 ( Nov 6-12)


Top Headlines

  • Egypt’s Rafah crossing reopens for wounded Palestinians and foreign nationals
  • Qatar’s Emir held talks in Egypt on ending Gaza violence
  • Egypt’s Sisi met Turkish and Iranian presidents in the joint Arab-Islamic summit in Riyadh 
  • UK revokes Islamist Egyptian TV host’s visa for ‘backing Hamas’ at rally
  • Egypt’s stumbling economy faces new pressures from Gaza crisis
  • Coca-Cola out, Egyptian soda in as anti-Western boycott sweeps Middle East
  • British couple died from carbon monoxide poisoning after Egyptian hotel sprayed for bedbugs
  • Four candidates are announced for Egypt’s presidential race

Main headlines

Monday

Tuesday

  •  Canada says total of 59 people evacuated from Gaza on Tuesday

Wednesday

  • Senior US diplomats head to Egypt to discuss humanitarian aid for Gaza

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Reports

  • Egypt’s stumbling economy faces new pressures from Gaza crisis. Reuters
  • Aid is getting into Gaza via the Israel-Egypt border – but it’s stop-start, laborious and not enough.  Mark Stone
  • How the Hamas-Israel conflict is ruining tourism in Egypt. Simon Calder

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