Category Archives: Egypt

This Week in Egypt: Week 36 -2018 ( Sept 3-9)

Posted on September 9, 2018 by nervana111

Top Headlines Egypt sentences hundreds over 2013 pro-Morsi protests, including 75 to death An Egyptian Man was arrested after backpack ignites near U.S. embassy in Cairo Egypt’s foreign debt rises to $92.64 bln at end-June Egyptian church suspends one monk … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 35 (Aug 27-Sept 2)

Posted on September 2, 2018 by nervana111

Top Headlines Ethiopian PM and Egyptian President Hold Talks In Beijing Egypt’s Sisi appoints Major General Sherif Seif El-Din Hussein as new head of the country’s anti-corruption authority Egypt‘s Sisi ratifies law to clamp down on social media Manal Mikhail … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 34 ( August 20-26)

Posted on August 26, 2018 by nervana111

Top Headlines  4 police officers and 4 militants were killed in an attack in North Sinai’s Al-Arish ISIS claims responsibility for Sinai’s Al-Arish attack Egypt’s FM and intelligence chief head to Ethiopia to discuss Renaissance Dam Holidaymakers to be evacuated … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 33 ( August 13-19)

Posted on August 20, 2018 by nervana111

Top Headlines Egypt’s Sisi ratifies law tightening control over websites Egypt prosecution refers killers of Bishop Epiphanius to criminal court Egyptian president Sisi meets Saudi King Salman in Neom City Egypt’s central bank keeps interest rates unchanged Israeli official confirms head … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 32 ( August 6-12)

Posted on August 12, 2018 by nervana111

Top Headlines Egypt’s security forces thwarted a suicide bomb attack on a church outside Cairo Egypt’s Sisi receives Abu_Dhabi Crown Prince in Cairo Egypt rated ‘B’ by global credit agency, with ‘positive outlook’ Egypt’s annual core inflation down to 8.5% Egypt’s Suez … Continue reading →

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Twitter Thread: The Crisis within Egypt’s Coptic Church

Posted on August 5, 2018 by nervana111

In the light of last week’s sad murder of Coptic Bishop Epiphanius, here is a fascinating collection of tweets discussing the delicate crisis within Egypt’s Coptic Church, mainly by Samual Taros, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institute, with contribution from … Continue reading →

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Twitter Thread: The Farcical Al-Jazeera Report on Egypt’s Counter-terrorism Operation in Sinai

Posted on August 5, 2018 by nervana111

This is an excellent thread on Al-Jazeera Arabic TV’s  farcical report  on Egypt’s ’s anti-terrorism operation in #Sinai. Thread. Everything wrong with the first episode of Aljazeera's new programme on #Sinai. #سيناء_حروب_التيهhttps://t.co/1QFJNoYVdM — Egypt Defence Review (@EgyptDefReview) July 30, 2018 First … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 31 (July 30- Aug 5)

Posted on August 5, 2018 by nervana111

Top Headlines  Sudan frees 5 Egyptian troops captured by Libyans 52 alleged militants killed in past month in extensive operation “Sinai 2018” Egypt’s FM Shoukry heads to Washingtonto meet with Pompeo, Bolton Egypt to conclude economic reform program by 2019: … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 29-2018 ( July 16-23)

Posted on July 22, 2018 by nervana111

Top Headlines  Islamic State announces death of one of its Egypt branch leaders Egypt’s Sisi says false rumours  are the main threat to Arab countries Egypt parliament passes a bill giving immunity to security commanders during 30 June revolution Egypt increases … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 28-2018 ( July 9-15)

Posted on July 16, 2018 by nervana111

Top Headlines  Egypt denounces reports that 2016 Paris-Cairo Egypt Air crash was due to cockpit fire Hamas said it had reached a ceasefire with Israel brokered by Egypt Italian company Eni reveals second oil discovery in Egypt’s Western desert Egyptian … Continue reading →

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