Tag Archives: Macron

This Week in Egypt: Week 29- 2022 ( July 18-24)

Posted on July 24, 2022 by nervana111

Top Headlines Egypt’s Sisi visited Germany, Serbia, and France Macron hosts Egypt’s al-Sisi in Paris for talks on security and defence Russian FM visits Egypt, part of Africa trip amid Ukraine war US special envoy begins tour of Egypt, UAE, … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 6-2022 ( Feb 7-13)

Posted on February 13, 2022 by nervana111

Top headlines CENTCOM commander Frank McKenzie has visited Egypt for talks after U.S. cuts military aid  Egypt’s Sisi appoints first-ever Christian Supreme Constitutional Court’s president Sisi, Macron discuss issues of joint concern during meeting in France German foreign minister pays … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 50-2020 ( Dec 7-13)

Posted on December 13, 2020 by nervana111

Top Headlines Egypt’s Sisi concluded a visit to France  Italy charges Egyptian security agency officials over murder of Giulio Regeni Egypt values important step toward normalizing ties between Morocco and Israel Egypt wants a clear agreement for reconciliation with Qatar: Egyptian FM … Continue reading →

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Macron, Sisi, and Human Rights in Egypt

Posted on December 8, 2020 by nervana111

“Macron says French arms sales to Egypt will not be conditional on human rights.” This top headline dominated Western media coverage of the Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s visit to France. Regional observers took that headline as a proof of the complicity of … Continue reading →

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This Week In Egypt: Week 43-2020 (Oct 19-25)

Posted on October 25, 2020 by nervana111

Top Headlines Egypt begins voting to elect new parliament  Ethiopia summons U.S. ambassador after Trump suggests Egypt may blow-up Ethiopian Dam U.S., Sudan press for amicable solution over Ethiopia dam dispute France urges Middle Eastern countries to stop boycott of … Continue reading →

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Oruc Reis Between Turkey and Greece

Posted on September 10, 2020 by nervana111

Oruç Reis, a Turkish research vessel, which is carrying out drilling surveys in the East Mediterranean sea, is getting close to the Greek island of Kastellorizo, raising the tension in the region to an alarming level.  It is no coincidence that Erdogan’s … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 5-2019 ( Jan 28-Feb 3)

Posted on February 3, 2019 by nervana111

Top Headlines  France’s Macron: Egypt’s rights record seen as worse than under Mubarak A group of Egyptian lawmakers seek to extend El-Sisi term to at least 2024 Egypt’s military kills 8 ‘extremely dangerous’ terroristsin the Western desert British woman jailed … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 4 ( Jan 21-27)

Posted on January 28, 2019 by nervana111

Top Headlines IMF clears way for $2 billion loan payment to Egypt France’s Macron visits Egypt amid defense and rights concerns Sudan’s Bashir lands in Cairo for talks with Egypt’s Sisi Islamic State says it attacked soldiers, captured Christian in … Continue reading →

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Iran Deal and the Empowerment of Islamism

Posted on May 16, 2018 by nervana111

Here is an English version of my latest piece in Al-Hurra on Iran nuclear deal, which I have rejected since 2015. You can read the Arabic version here   “The Iran Deal was one of the worst and most one-sided transactions … 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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