Tag Archives: Mubarak

This Week In Egypt – Week 9-2020 ( Feb 24-Mar1)

Posted on March 1, 2020 by nervana111

Top Headlines Hosni Mubarak: Former Egyptian President dies aged 91  Egypt holds military funeral for former president Mubarak Ethiopia skips latest US talks with Egypt over dam dispute and says it will fill GERD despite US warning  Egypt accuses Ethiopia … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 4-2019 (Jan 20-26)

Posted on January 28, 2020 by nervana111

Top Headlines Egypt’s FM Shoukry heads to Washington in final round to secure agreement over the Ethiopian Dam US dollar is weakening in Egypt as economy improves Egypt’s Foreign Minister visits Algeria for meeting of Libya’s neighboring countries Egypt starts … Continue reading →

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Do Egyptians Regret Hosni Mubarak Today?

Posted on April 2, 2018 by nervana111

  It was great pleasure to join a group of Egypt’s expert  and provide an answer to the above question as posed by Diwan blog, the Middle East insight from Carnegie. To read all replies, please click here Up until 2013, this question … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt – Week 36-2017 ( Sept 4-10)

Posted on September 10, 2017 by nervana111

Top Headlines ‘Bright Star’ military drills kick off between Egypt and US HRW condemns Egypt ‘assembly line of torture’, government denies allegations Egypt blocks HRW site after torture report is released Egypt announces the discovery of a 3,500-year old pharaonic … Continue reading →

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Egyptian Aak 2017- Week 12 ( March 20-26)

Posted on March 26, 2017 by nervana111

Top Headlines Hosni Mubarak: Egypt’s toppled dictator freed after six years in custody Three army officers, seven soldiers killed in militant hideout raid in Central Sinai Four Egyptian soldiers killed by an explosion in Al-Arish A man was killed and … Continue reading →

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Egyptian Aak 2017 – Week 9 (Feb 27-March 5)

Posted on March 6, 2017 by nervana111

Top Headlines In a final ruling, Egyptian court acquits Mubarak over killing of protesters Egypt’s parliament has expelled an MP who was an outspoken critic of the government’s human rights record Egypt’s general intelligence has hired a Washington lobbyist Chancellor … Continue reading →

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Sinai’s Violence: A Timeline ( 2004 – 2015)

Posted on July 4, 2015 by nervana111

Following the recent terror attacks in Sinai, some tried to portray the violence as an armed insurgency in response to July 3 coup against Morsi. Sinai militancy, however, has been ongoing before Morsi, continued during his tenure, and after his … Continue reading →

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Egyptian Aak 2015 – Week 23 ( June1-7)

Posted on June 7, 2015 by nervana111

Top Headlines  Egypt court postpones Morsi death sentence ruling (Tuesday) Senior Muslim Brotherhood members were arrested by security forces (Tuesday) Egypt’s former president to be retried over killing of protesters (Thursday) Egyptian court annuls previous court decision deeming Hamas a … Continue reading →

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Egypt and the Jewish Rabbi Abu-Hasira

Posted on January 5, 2015 by nervana111

Yacoub or Jacob Abu Hasira. (photo:Wikimedia Commons) Egypt – A court in Alexandria has canceled an annual Jewish festival commemorating the birthday of Abu-Hasira, a leading 19th-century Moroccan Rabbi (1805-1880). The festival was due to take place on January 9 … Continue reading →

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Egyptian Aak 2014 – Week 49 ( Dec 1-7)

Posted on December 7, 2014 by nervana111

Main Headlines  Monday Prosecutor-general will issue a decision on Mubarak’s release within 48 hours Rival groups ‪to protest Mubarak’s verdict this week Egypt’s Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis claims killing of US citizen in Western Desert Egyptian fighting for Islamic State dies … Continue reading →

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