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About nervana111

Doctor, blogger and Commentator on Middle East issues. The only practising doctor who write in Middle Eastern politics in UK.

This Week in Egypt: Week48-2023 ( Nov27- Dec3)

Posted on December 4, 2023 by nervana111

Top Headlines Israel tells Arab states it wants buffer zone in post-war Gaza Kamala Harris tells Egypt’s Sisi that US won’t allow forced relocations of Palestinians Egyptian aid trucks stranded as Gaza fighting resumes First U.S. humanitarian aid flight for … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 47-2023 ( Nov 20-26)

Posted on November 26, 2023 by nervana111

Top Headlines Egypt’s El-Sisi says future Palestinian state could be ‘demilitarised’ President Sisi: Deportation of Palestinians is a non-negotiable red line for Egypt President Sisi thanks Qatar emir for Gaza truce efforts Egypt says it received ‘positive signals’ over possible … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 46-2023 ( Nov 13-19)

Posted on November 19, 2023 by nervana111

Top Headlines 31 premature babies are evacuated from Gaza’s largest hospital to Egypt First fuel delivery since start of war delivered to UN in Gaza from Egypt  Israel’s natural gas flow to Egypt rise as Chevron resumes Tamar output IMF … Continue reading →

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

Posted on November 13, 2023 by nervana111

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 … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 44-2023 ( Oct 30-Nov 5)

Posted on November 6, 2023 by nervana111

Top Headlines Hundreds of foreign nationals cross Gaza-Egypt border – with Britons among them Cairo rejects proposal for future management of Gaza Egypt’s boycott campaign on pro-Israel franchises grows Hamas tried to send fighters to Egypt in ambulances for wounded … Continue reading →

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Podcast: Hamas Gaza Chief Yahya Sinwar’s close links to ISIS in Sinai

Posted on October 31, 2023 by nervana111

On March 2022, the Egyptian army shot a Palestinian ISIS member, Abu-Gamil al-Gazawy, who infiltrated into Sinai to give supplies to his ISIS colleagues hiding in North Sinai. It turned out that Abu-Gamil ( his real name is Mosaic) uncle … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 43-2023 ( Oct 23-29)

Posted on October 30, 2023 by nervana111

Top Headlines Two drones coming from south of the Red Sea crashed in Taba and Nuweiba: Egypt’s army spokesperson Egypt warns Israel: Do not carry out attacks along Gaza-Egypt border Egyptian-Qatari mediation results in release of two Israeli captives by … Continue reading →

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Thread: Mark Hurtling on Hamas and Israel

Posted on October 24, 2023 by nervana111

This thread by Mark Hertling, a former United States Army officer, who served as the Commanding General of United States Army Europe and the Seventh Army. ( March 2011 to November 2012), is very interesting and frankly scary. I definitely … Continue reading →

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Podcast: The Hamas Mindset. Lessons from the medieval battle of Yarmouk

Posted on October 23, 2023 by nervana111

Hamas military cadres did not graduate from military academies, but they are avid learners of Islamic history.

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Podcast: Is Egypt’s President Sisi in the hot seat amid the Gaza crisis?

Posted on October 22, 2023 by nervana111

I joined Thanos Davelis of the Greek Current to discuss how the war in Gaza is impacting Egypt and President Sisi, look at the upcoming summit in Cairo on the Palestinian issue, and explore how the Hamas attack has hijacked … Continue reading →

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