Tag Archives: Egypt

This Week in Egypt: Week 51-2017 (Dec 18-24)

Posted on December 25, 2017 by nervana111

Top Headlines Egyptian security forces on Sunday killed nine suspected militants in a shootout in the Nile Delta province of Sharqiya IS-affiliated media outlet releases video footage of al-Arish airbase attack  Britain designates 2 militant groups in Egypt as terrorist … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 50-2017 (Dec 11-17)

Posted on December 18, 2017 by nervana111

Top Headlines Russia to resume flights to Egypt, halted after 2015 bombing Egypt raises security level around churches ahead of Christmas Egypt’s giant Zohr gas field starts production Egyptian presidential Shafiq hopeful apologizes to arrested supporters Egypt’s FP Shoukry: Sending … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 49- 2017 ( Dec 4-10)

Posted on December 10, 2017 by nervana111

Top Headlines Arab ministers meet in Egypt amid anger at the US Arab states urge U.S. to abandon Jerusalem move Egypt’s Grand Imam of Al-Azhar and Coptic Pope reject meeting with Pence over Jerusalem move Egypt’s Sisi to meet Abbas … Continue reading →

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Shadia’s Egypt and the fight to end radicalism

Posted on December 5, 2017 by nervana111

  Egyptian Diva Shadia Here is an English version of my latest article in Al-Hurra The legendary singer and actress Shadia, an Egyptian cultural icon, has passed away. Her death a week ago at the age of 86 recalls her one-time … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt – Week 48 ( Nov 27- Dec 3)

Posted on December 4, 2017 by nervana111

Top Headlines  Former Egyptian premier Shafiq says intends to run in 2018 election In an exclusive video to Al-Jazeera, Ex-Egypt PM Ahmed Shafiq says he is “blocked from leaving UAE”  Minister of Foreign Affairs for the United Arab Emirates blasts … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 47 ( Nov 20-26)

Posted on November 26, 2017 by nervana111

Top Headlines Horrific  terror attack killing hundreds of worshippers in a mosque in Egypt’s North Sinai  Death toll from attack on mosque in Egypt rises sharply to 305, including more than two-dozen children. Egypt’s air forces thwart weapons’ infiltration attempt … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 46- 2017 ( Nov13-19)

Posted on November 19, 2017 by nervana111

Top Headlines Egypt’s Sisi: No one can touch Egypt’s share of Nile waters Lebanon’s Hariri to visit on Tuesday Arab League: Iran’s regional threats have crossed all limits Egypt-Gaza border opens under PA control for first time in a decade … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 45- 2017 ( Nov 6-12)

Posted on November 13, 2017 by nervana111

Top Headlines Egypt’s President Sisi says he will not seek a third term in office Egypt’s Sisi against idea of strikes on Iran, Hezbollah, says there is enough turmoil in the Middle East Rights lawyer Khaled Ali says he will … Continue reading →

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Egypt’s Neglected Peripheries

Posted on October 30, 2017 by nervana111

Here is the English version for my Arabic piece published in Al-Hurra   A new spot was added to the Jihadi landscape in Egypt ____ Km 135. Details are still sketchy, but from what we know so far, Wahat Road, 135 km … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 43- 2017 (Oct 23-29)

Posted on October 29, 2017 by nervana111

Top headlines Egypt’s Sisi orders security reshuffle after attacks Egypt’s Sisi appoints new chief-of-staff of the Armed Forces Pentagon officials announced a $64 million contract New mobile surveillance system for Egypt’s France’s Macron stresses security, not rights, with Egyptian leader … Continue reading →

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