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Egypt's new breed of hijab-clad superheroine - BBC News Sun, 08 Dec 2013 02:59:09 GMT

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Egypt's new breed of hijab-clad superheroine
BBC News
She's got comic strip superpowers, fights for justice and gives bad guys a hard time. If this makes you think of Catwoman, then think again - for this is a new kind of superheroine with a visible difference. Meet Qahera - the hijab-wearing Egyptian ...


Egypt Court Cuts Sentences on Islamist Women - TIME Sat, 07 Dec 2013 22:23:53 GMT

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Egypt Court Cuts Sentences on Islamist Women
TIME
(CAIRO) — Egyptian authorities released Saturday two dozen Islamist women and girls convicted for staging a street protest after an appeals court reduced their harsh penalties, including prison terms of 11 years, to suspended sentences. The initial ...
Egypt Releases 21 Female ProtestersNew York Times
Egyptian court overturns sentences of 14 women jailed for pro-Morsy protestCNN International
Women pro-Morsi protesters freed in EgyptBBC News
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Egypt's Sinai: Trafficking, torture and fear - Aljazeera.com Sat, 07 Dec 2013 14:57:55 GMT

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Egypt's Sinai: Trafficking, torture and fear
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North Sinai, Egypt - Puckered flesh has knitted across Idriss' shoulder, masking the deep gash below. Four months earlier, his captors had scooped the skin out with a blade. The back of his Eritrean companion, Birikti, is seared with scars. The men had ...

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Pro-Morsi protest women freed after Egypt court ruling - BBC News Sat, 07 Dec 2013 19:38:59 GMT

Pro-Morsi protest women freed after Egypt court ruling
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Fourteen women jailed in Egypt over a protest in support of ousted President Mohammed Morsi have been freed after an appeal court ruling. Seven juveniles jailed over the protest last month in Alexandria have also been released, on three months' probation.


Egypt court reduces controversial sentences against female protesters - Al Jazeera America Sat, 07 Dec 2013 18:16:39 GMT

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Egypt court reduces controversial sentences against female protesters
Al Jazeera America
Saad said the lawyers will still appeal the decision before Egypt's highest appeals court, the court of Cassation, asking that the convictions be overturned completely. The women and girls, who belonged to a newly established group called the "7 am ...


Egypt stops Morsi prison visits over 'incitement' messages - BBC News Sat, 07 Dec 2013 09:45:04 GMT

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Egypt stops Morsi prison visits over 'incitement' messages
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Egypt's interior ministry says it will no longer allow visits to Mohammed Morsi, who has been detained since being deposed as president in July. Ministry spokesman Col Gamal Mokhtar said Mr Morsi had delivered messages "inciting violence" to a team of ...


Egypt's politics - The Economist Sat, 07 Dec 2013 10:38:55 GMT

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Egypt's politics
The Economist
NO WONDER the traffic in Egypt is permanently clogged. In the three years since a revolution ended the 30-year rule of Hosni Mubarak, the country's prisons have been bustling way-stations. Restless politics keeps incarcerating new batches of ...
Egypt may need Islamist support for new way forwardUSA TODAY
Icons of Egypt's 2011 Revolution Sent to TrialABC News
Egypt police brutality 'unchecked'BBC News
Jerusalem Post -The Guardian -Fox News
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How Egypt's Gen. al-Sisi Won TIME's Person of the Year Poll - TIME Sat, 07 Dec 2013 10:15:58 GMT

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How Egypt's Gen. al-Sisi Won TIME's Person of the Year Poll
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When TIME announced on Thursday that Egypt's Defense Minister, Gen. Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, had topped TIME's 2013 Person of the Year poll with more than 440,000 votes his supporters were triumphant. Ahmed Abu Hashima, an Egyptian steel magnate and ...
Move over Miley Cyrus || Egypt's el-Sissi wins TIME Person of the Year reader ...Haaretz
Twerk this! Egypt's Sisi tops Miley in Time readers' pollHLNtv.com
Egypt's General El-Sisi voted Person of the Year by 'Time' readersAhram Online
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Egypt: sentences overturned for 21 women accused of sabotage - euronews Sat, 07 Dec 2013 17:15:29 GMT

Egypt: sentences overturned for 21 women accused of sabotage
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An appeals court in Egypt has overturned sentences given to 21 women, accused of taking part in a protest in support of deposed President Mohamed Mursi in November. The group, which includes seven minors, appeared in court inside a cage, some ...
Egypt: Sentence of "7 Am" Girls Reduced to One-Year - State TVAllAfrica.com

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Egypt appeals court releases 21 pro-Morsi female protesters - ABC Online Sat, 07 Dec 2013 20:21:58 GMT

Egypt appeals court releases 21 pro-Morsi female protesters
ABC Online
An appeals court in Egypt has ordered the release of 14 women and seven girls who were jailed over a protest in support of ousted president Mohammed Morsi. The women had initially been sentenced to 11 years' imprisonment for taking part in the ...