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Egyptian Aak 2014 – Week 45 ( Nov 3- 9)

Posted on November 9, 2014 by nervana111

  (Leaders of Egypt, Greece, and Cyprus meet in Cairo, photo via AP) Main Headlines  Monday Egypt, Gulf Arab allies discussing anti-extremist military alliance with possible joint force Egypt’s Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis swears allegiance to Islamic State Ethiopia-Egypt trade deals … Continue reading →

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Egyptian Aak 2014 – Week 44 ( Oct 27- Nov 2)

Posted on November 2, 2014 by nervana111

(A house was blown up during a military operation to create a buffer zone in Rafah) (via AFP) Main Headlines  Monday New law refers crimes against “vital” facilities to military prosecution Alaa Abdel-Fattah, 23 others have been detained on the … Continue reading →

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Egyptian Aak 2014 – Week 43 ( Oct 20- 26)

Posted on October 26, 2014 by nervana111

(Funeral of Egyptian soldiers killed in Sinai on Friday, via Ahram online) Main Headlines  Monday El-Sisi says clemency for imprisoned journalists is not possible now No plan for Egyptian military action against Islamic State: Egypt’s PM ‪ Egypt-Israel gas deal … Continue reading →

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Egyptian Aak 2014 – Week 42 (Oct 13- 19)

Posted on October 19, 2014 by nervana111

(John Kerry with Egyptian special forces  via Egypt” Youm 7 newspaper)  Main Headlines  Monday Kerry meets Egypt’s Sisi to press for democracy‪ Egypt to receive $5B in loans from Saudi Arabia and UAE Man accused of sexually harassing journalist on EgyptAir … Continue reading →

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Egyptian Aak 2014 – Week 41 (Oct 6 – 12)

Posted on October 12, 2014 by nervana111

Egypt’s hanging church was officially inaugurated after 16 years of renovations Main Headlines  Monday ‪Egypt ‪tightens security measures for 6th of October celebration Egyptian jihadist group has released a video of beheadings Egypt busts cell recruiting fighters for ISIS in Syria … Continue reading →

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Egyptian Aak 2014 – Week 40 ( Sept 29 – Oct 5)

Posted on October 5, 2014 by nervana111

  ( Images of detained activists spread in Cairo during Eid, via twitter) Main Headlines Monday Sisi warns Egypt students against “malicious” activates Russia, Egypt to discus MiG-fighter jets deal in October Terrorist cell in touch with ISIS arrested in … Continue reading →

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The myth of Sisi’s Sinai proposal

Posted on September 18, 2014 by nervana111

  (Photo via Cairo Post) Initially published in Al-Monitor A few days ago, a claim surfaced that Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi offered to give part of the Sinai Peninsula to the Palestinians to expand the Gaza Strip and create a … Continue reading →

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Egyptian Aak 2014 – Week 37 ( Sept 8- 14)

Posted on September 14, 2014 by nervana111

  (Egyptian Journalists denouncing the Protest law, Photo via Lobna Monieb) Main Headlines  Monday Egypt’s Sisi denies offering parts of Sinai land to Palestinians Number of hunger strikers increases to 91 Central Bank of Egypt says $ 2 billion worth … Continue reading →

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Power outage in Egypt, a burning memory from the past

Posted on September 9, 2014 by nervana111

  The pain was excruciating, the darkness daunting. The combination was too much for an 11-year-old girl. I cannot remember exactly how that night started, but I will always remember how it ended. The nightmare began when I accidentally dropped … Continue reading →

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Gaza cease-fire might lead to indirect Egypt involvement

Posted on August 30, 2014 by nervana111

  ( Kids in Gaza celebrate the ceasefire agreement, via Twitter)   I wrote this piece for Al-Monitor, warning that in the future a failed Gaza can easily end its existence as an autonomous entity, and snooker Egypt into a … Continue reading →

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