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This Week in Egypt: Week 8-2019 ( Feb 18-24)

Posted on February 24, 2019 by nervana111

Top Headlines Egypt executes nine over 2015 killing of public prosecutor Suicide bombing kills 3 policemen near Cairo’s famed bazaar Egypt hosts milestone summit for Arab-European ties Egypt turns Back veteran New York Times reporter David Kirkpatrick Saudi King arrives … Continue reading →

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Re-Blog: All what you want to know about the Egyptian new counter-terrorism unit

Posted on February 3, 2019 by nervana111

This blog is crucial to understand Egypt’s new counter-terrorism unit. Enjoy!

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This Week in Egypt: Week 2-2019 (7-13)

Posted on January 14, 2019 by nervana111

Top Headlines  US Pompeo visits Egypt, give a speech in American University, and visit newly-opened Cathedral and Mosque Egypt deports German of Egyptian origin for attempting to join Daesh terrorist elements in Sinai Egyptian activist Ahmed Douma sentenced to 15 years … Continue reading →

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Twitter Thread: On Egypt and the Copts

Posted on January 7, 2019 by nervana111

As Egyptian Copts celebrate Orthodox Christmas, I herewith compile a thread on my personal experience regarding  how the treatment of Copts  has changed in Egypt.    I grew up in Heliopolis, #Cairo. A suburb that has church for every Christian … Continue reading →

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Social Islamism In Egypt

Posted on December 1, 2018 by nervana111

Originally posted on Nervana:
An English version of my original Arabic piece in Al-Hurra Amr Salama’s Movie’s Sheikh Jackson In recent days, in Egypt, an Oscar-nominated film was referred to Al-Azhar, a crowd of Muslim worshippers attacked a church, and an…

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The Khashoggi affair: The art of the leak

Posted on October 24, 2018 by nervana111

Originally posted on Seth J. Frantzman – author – analyst:
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Nick Paton Walsh articulated it well: “The role [Turkey has] taken is not that of the virtuous prosecutor, but of the exploitative politician,” he wrote on…

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Reblog: Yazidi girl Nadia Murad visits Egypt

Posted on October 5, 2018 by nervana111

Originally posted on Nervana:
Nadia Murad Basee Taha, the 21-year old Yazidi woman brutally tortured and raped by ISIS fighters in Iraq, has embarked on a very tricky mission: to confront the Muslim world with the crimes of ISIS. She…

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This Week in Egyp: Week 37 ( Sept-10-16)

Posted on September 16, 2018 by nervana111

Top Headlines Egypt arrests ex-President Mubarak’s sons for embezzlement Germany’s DW: Sex allegations against ex-staffer is credible Egypt’s prosecutor-general: Death of two British tourists in Hurghada caused by E. coli Bacteria France presses close ally Egypt to suspend mass death … 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 n Egypt: Week 30 ( July 23 -29)

Posted on July 30, 2018 by nervana111

Top Headlines US releases $195M in military aid to Egypt that was previously withheld Tweets scorn Egypt’s Sisi in renewed online criticism Egypt seeks 75 death sentences over 2013 sit-in U.N. award-winning photographer awaits verdict in Egypt terrorism trial Egypt’s … Continue reading →

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