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This Week in Egypt: Week 41- 2023 ( Oct 9-15)

Top Headlines Egypt’s Sisi says Israel’s Gaza campaign has gone ‘beyond right to self-defense’ Egypt’s Sisi met with Sec. Blinken, criticises Israel’s Gaza operation Rafah crossing still closed for Americans fleeing Gaza, despite US-Egypt deal. May open tomorrow Egypt’s media … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 49-2022 (Dec 12-18)

Top headlines IMF executive board approves $3 billion Egypt extended arrangement Egypt’s Sisi visits Washington to participate in the US-Africa summit  Egypt’s Sisi met with US President  Biden and US Secretary of State Blinken  Egypt’s Sisi met with US defense chief … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 44 – 2022 ( Nov 7-13)

Top headlines The United Nations Climate Change Conference COP27 has started in Egypt’s Sharm El-Sheikh  Plight of Egyptian dissident overshadows climate conference COP27 in Egypt Family of jailed activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah asks for presidential pardon Egypt’s Sisi met US President Biden … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 39-2022 ( Oct 3-9)

Top Headlines Joe Biden and Liz Truss will attend the UN’s climate change summit COP 27 in Egypt Egypt freezes Russian MIR payments to avoid US sanctions  Greek FM in Egypt for talks after Turkey’s deals with Libya Egypt persuades … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 37-2021 ( Sept 13-19)

Top Headlines U.N. council urges Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan to restart dam talks President Biden to withhold, restrict some military aid to Egypt Egyptian president and Israeli prime minister have talks in first formal meeting between two countries in over a … Continue reading →

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Thread: Refuting President Biden’s speech and his comments on Afghan army

President Joe Biden blamed the Taliban’s takeover in Afghanistan on Afghan political leaders who fled the country and the unwillingness of the unwillingness of the U.S, trained Afghan army to fight the militant group. Former CIA analyst Matt Zeller debunked the American president’s … Continue reading →

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Turkey and Nato are no longer aligned, even if they won’t admit it.

Last month, I wrote this opinion piece for The National on Turkey and NATO, and I would like to repost here for my blog followers. Enjoy … Following the accession of Turkey to Nato in 1952, the newly elected Turkish … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 20-2021 ( May 17-23)

Top Headlines Israel and Hamas agree Gaza truce after Egyptian mediation Egypt’s Sisi thanks Biden for role in making ceasefire in Gaza succeed US Secretary of State to visit Egypt as part of Middle East tour following Cairo-brokered ceasefire in Gaza … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Khamenei: Biden’s Preferred Dictator?

Within less than a month of his inauguration, the new American president Joe Biden has taken several actions with one theme in common____ they all, directly or indirectly, serve the interests of the Iranian regime.  First, it was the appointment of Robert … Continue reading →

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