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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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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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Egypt’s Nexus of Power

Posted on August 1, 2013 by nervana111

Egypt’s Defense Minister Abdel Fattah al Sisi is seen during a news conference in Cairo (Stringer/Courtesy Reuters). I wrote this piece as a guest post for Steven Cook, Council on Foreign Relations Who will be Egypt’s next president? Egypt has a … Continue reading →

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