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This Week in Egypt: Week 45-2023 ( Nov 6-12)

Posted on November 13, 2023 by nervana111

Top Headlines Egypt’s Rafah crossing reopens for wounded Palestinians and foreign nationals Qatar’s Emir held talks in Egypt on ending Gaza violence Egypt’s Sisi met Turkish and Iranian presidents in the joint Arab-Islamic summit in Riyadh  UK revokes Islamist Egyptian … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 36-2023 (Sept 4-10)

Posted on September 10, 2023 by nervana111

Top Headlines Egypt inflation hits record high of nearly 40% Egypt’s Sisi attended G20 summit in India, met with Turkey’s Erdogan Egyptian president calls for measures to slow birth-rate Ethiopia says it has completed filling of disputed dam project’s reservoir … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 27-2023 ( July 3-9)

Posted on July 9, 2023 by nervana111

Top Headlines Egypt to host summit of Sudan’s neighbouring states to seek conflict settlement Egypt and Turkey appoint ambassadors to upgrade diplomatic relations  Reports that Egypt’s Sisi to make first-ever visit as Egypt president to Turkey on 27 Jul 50 … Continue reading →

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Podcast: A New Start of Egypt-Turkey Relations?

Posted on December 4, 2022 by nervana111

It was a pleasure to join Thanos Davelis, the director of public affairs at the Hellenic Leader, in a new episode of the Greek Current podcast series. to to discuss the relations between Turkey and Egypt following the Turkish President … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 47-2022 ( Nov 28- Dec 4)

Posted on December 4, 2022 by nervana111

Main Headlines Turkish FM asserts that Turkey and Egypt to re-appoint ambassadors in coming months India has invited Egypt to be a guest country at the G20 meetings under its 2023 presidency BP has been awarded new exploration blocks in … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 46-2022 ( Nov 21-27)

Posted on November 27, 2022 by nervana111

Top Headlines Egypt’s Sisi and Turkey’s Erdogan agree that World Cup handshake will be start of new relations Egypt and Greece sign deals on migrant rescues and agriculture  Egypt announces freedom, mass pardon for 30 jailed activists Egypt’s population grows … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 45-2022 ( Nov 14-20 )

Posted on November 20, 2022 by nervana111

Top Headlines Alaa Abd el-Fattah has ended hunger strike COP27: A historic climate costs deal has been struck but no fossil fuel progress U.S. climate envoy Kerry tests positive for Covid Two Egyptian girls found dead at Syria camp hosting … Continue reading →

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Podcast: Political Islam lost opportunity for Turkey to coexist with West

Posted on October 13, 2021 by nervana111

In my latest podcast for Ahval’s Turkish Trends series, I spoke to Turkish political scientist Cengiz Aktar about his latest essay ” The Turkish Malaise – A Critical Essay,” in which he explains how Turkey was in a counter-process in … Continue reading →

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

Posted on July 5, 2021 by nervana111

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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Podcast: A Discussion with Max Hoffman on Turkey and NATO

Posted on June 27, 2021 by nervana111

Reposting my latest podcast for Ahval’s Turkey Trends with Max Hoffman, associate director of National Security and International Policy at the Centre for American Progress (CAP). We discussed how NATO membership is a huge source of prestige for Turkey that helps … Continue reading →

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