Category Archives: Egypt

Egyptian Aak 2014 – Week 33 ( August 11-17) Rabaa Anniversary

Posted on August 17, 2014 by nervana111

( Photo of Cairo clashes in the anniversary of Rabaa via AP) Main Headlines  Monday HRW to release report on Rabaa, despite denial of staff’s entry into Egypt  – Egypt, Saudi Arabia seek united front against Islamist militancy across the Middle … Continue reading →

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Sisi, Islamic Jihad, and Gaza

Posted on August 10, 2014 by nervana111

(Islamic Jihad and Hamas delegation in Cairo, via Twitter) The war in Gaza has highlighted the tense relationship between Egypt and the Palestinian factions, mainly Hamas, in Gaza. However, it seems Cairo does not view all factions with one lens, … Continue reading →

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Egyptian Aak 2014- Week 31( July 28- Aug 3)

Posted on August 3, 2014 by nervana111

  ( Eid prayer in Egypt, via Aswat Masryia) Main Headlines  Monday Egypt celebrates Eid amid security fears, and rising costs ‘Dangerous’ Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis member were killed during arrest operation Egypt condemns attacks on civilians in the Gaza strip … Continue reading →

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Egyptian Aak 2014 – Week 30 ( July 21-27)

Posted on July 27, 2014 by nervana111

  (Photo via Reuters) Main Headlines  Monday N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrives in Cairo for Gaza talks with Sisi Egypt FM: No change to Egyptian ceasefire proposal Assistant US defense secretary arrives in Cairo Morsi supporters jailed for 25 years … Continue reading →

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Egyptian Aak 2014- Week 29 ( July 14 – 20)

Posted on July 20, 2014 by nervana111

  ( President Sisi attends the funerals of Egyptians soldiers killed yesterday near Libya. Via Shorouk) Main Headlines  Monday 8 killed in mortar attacks in North Sinai Kerry to visit Egypt on Tuesday to discuss Gaza Egypt proposes Tuesday ceasefire … Continue reading →

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Gaza, the Gordian knot

Posted on July 14, 2014 by nervana111

  (Photo via AFP) Published in Daily News Egypt Gaza___ the formula of a quick fix and hope for the best has failed. The simple fact that the recent war in the Gaza strip is the third in six years is … Continue reading →

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Egyptian Aak 2014 – Week 28 ( July 7- 13)

Posted on July 13, 2014 by nervana111

(Photo of Palestinians stranded at the Rafah Border. Via Twitter) Main Headlines  Monday Sisi defends fuel subsidy cuts in Ramadan speech to mark October 6 Egypt’s Sisi: Extremists are destroying the region El-Sisi gives LE500,000 to “Long Live Egypt” fund … Continue reading →

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Egyptian Aak 2014- Week 27 ( June 30 – July6)

Posted on July 6, 2014 by nervana111

An Egyptian worker at a gas station fuels up in Cairo on Saturday. (Khaled Elfiqi/ EPA) Main Headlines Monday Most 30 June leaders are not celebrating the first anniversary In speech marking June 30 protests, Sisi vows to press forward … Continue reading →

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Egyptian Aak 2014 – Week 26 ( June 23- 29)

Posted on June 29, 2014 by nervana111

Cartoon via The Economist Main Headlines  Monday Al-Jazeera journalists were sentence between 7 to 10 years in jail PM Tony Abbott tells Egypt that jailed Australian journalist is innocent US urges Egypt to pardon jailed Al-Jazeera journalists UN human rights … Continue reading →

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Al-Jazeera Trial and Sisi’s Era

Posted on June 24, 2014 by nervana111

Published in the Daily News Egypt “Shocking, appalling, preposterously unjust.” These are excerpts of angry global reactions to the harsh prison sentences ofthree journalistsfor Al-Jazeera English by an Egyptian court. Canadian Mohamed Fahmy and Australian Peter Greste were sentenced to seven … Continue reading →

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