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Category Archives: Egypt
This Week in Egypt: Week 13-2021 ( March 29- April 4)
Top Headlines Egypt holds spectacular grand parade to transfer antiquities to new museum Traffic in Suez Canal resumes after stranded ship re-floated Egypt may seek $1 billion in damages over lost revenue due to Suez crisis Egypt’s Sisi warns Ethiopia … Continue reading
Posted in Diary of Aak, Egypt
Tagged Egypt, Ethiopia, Ever-Given, GERD, Golden Parade, Pharaohs Golden Parade, Sisi, Sudan, Suez Canal
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Twitter Thread: Suez-Unblocked. End of Suez Crisis II
A brief twitter thread on an extraordinary day in Egypt. After days of despair, the Suez Crisis is over.
This Week in Egypt: Week 12- 2021 ( March 22-28)
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
Posted in Diary of Aak, Egypt
Tagged Egypt, Ever Given, GERD, Suez Blockade, Suez Canal, Train collision
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This Week in Egypt: Week 11-2021 (March 15-21)
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
Posted in Diary of Aak, Egypt, Middle East, Turkey, women rights
Tagged Egypt, Ethiopia, GERD, Muslim Brotherhood, Nawal al-Saadawi, Turkey
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This Week in Egypt: Week 10-2021 ( Mar 8-14)
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
This Week in Egypt: Week 9-2021 ( March 1-7)
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
Posted in Diary of Aak, Egypt
Tagged coronavirus vaccine, Egypt, Ethiopia, GERD, Greece, Sisi, Sudan, Turkey
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This Week in Egypt: Week 8-2021 ( Feb 22-28)
Top Headlines Biden administration says human rights will be ‘central’ to ties with Egypt New draft personal status law sparks outrage in Egypt Political parties reject amendments to Egypt’s real estate registration law Egypt, Qatar hold first meeting since ending … Continue reading
This Week in Egypt: Week 7-2021 ( Feb 15-21)
Top Headlines US stops Trump’s aid freeze to Ethiopia over dam dispute US approves sale of new military equipment to Egypt Egypt’s el-Sisi offers support to Libya’s new prime minister Israel to link Leviathan gas field to Egyptian LNG plants Egypt … Continue reading
Posted in Diary of Aak, Egypt
Tagged covidvaccine, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gas, Israel, Libya
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This Week in Egypt: Week 6-2021 ( Feb 8-14)
Top Headlines Egypt opens Rafah crossing with Gaza until further notice Cairo hosts intra-Palestinian reconciliation dialogue Philia Forum of European, Arab FMs to Be Held in Athens Egypt’s FM says ties with US ‘close, strategic’ over 4 decades World’s ‘oldest … Continue reading
Posted in Diary of Aak, Egypt
Tagged Egypt, Libya, Mayar Sherif, Oldest Brewery, Palestinian reconcliation, Philia Forum, Rafah border
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This Week in Egypt: Week 5-2021 ( Feb 1-7 )
Top Headlines Egypt’s president says he supports interim Libya government Egypt has freed Al-Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein COVID-19: Egypt targets 35 million people in 1st vaccine roll-out Egypt targets 35 million people in 1st Covid -19 vaccine rollout Ancient mummies … Continue reading
