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Egypt, Morocco, and United Arab Emirates ban “Exodus” movie - Washington Post Tue, 30 Dec 2014 14:40:47 GMT

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Egypt, Morocco, and United Arab Emirates ban “Exodus” movie Washington Post The Egypt story broke late last week, but a more detailed statement was apparently released a couple of days ago, and the UAE story is new. 1. AP reports that Egyptian censors (1) “objected to 'intentional gross historical fallacies that offend Egypt ... Egypt bans Ridley Scott's 'Exodus' movie due to 'racist' historical inaccuraciesSyracuse.com Some Countries Are Banning The Moses Movie 'Exodus' Over 'Re...Business Insider Egypt: Biblical epic 'Exodus' banned over errorsWAVY-TV Haaretz -moviepilot.com all 748 news articles »

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Sisi Is Persecuting, Prosecuting, and Publicly Shaming Egypt?s Gays - Daily Beast Tue, 30 Dec 2014 16:22:02 GMT

Daily Beast

Sisi Is Persecuting, Prosecuting, and Publicly Shaming Egypt?s Gays Daily Beast CAIRO—Mohamed was sitting in the steam room nursing his bad back when dozens of Egypt's black-clad police officers burst into the downtown Cairo bathhouse with a TV crew in tow and started to arrest everyone. A few days before, friends of the married ... and more »

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Al Jazeera surrenders to the dictates of Saudi Arabia and Egypt - Haaretz Tue, 30 Dec 2014 17:18:55 GMT

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Al Jazeera surrenders to the dictates of Saudi Arabia and Egypt Haaretz Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi finally earned the title he deserves: The Al Jazeera media network has started referring to him as “his Excellency the President,” instead of the less flattering titles it used before the recent reconciliation ... Fate Of Al-Jazeera English Journalists Jailed In Egypt Still UncertainHuffington Post Al Jazeera staff held for one year in EgyptAl Jazeera America Protests outside Egyptian embassy in London against imprisonment of journalistsThe Guardian Reuters -ABC News all 461 news articles »

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Western Muslims and Egypt - The Economist (blog) Wed, 31 Dec 2014 03:08:15 GMT

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Western Muslims and Egypt The Economist (blog) But according to one well-placed commentator on the world of Islam, developments in Egypt have created some sharp divisions within Muslim communities in the West, especially in North America; and neither side in an increasingly polarised debate has ... 25 Brotherhood members sentenced to life by Egypt courtFirstpost all 3 news articles »

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Egypt court bans Jewish festival for 'moral offences' - BBC News Mon, 29 Dec 2014 16:58:20 GMT

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Egypt court bans Jewish festival for 'moral offences' BBC News A court in Egypt has banned an annual Jewish festival held in honour of a 19th Century Moroccan rabbi. The Alexandria Administrative Court said its decision was due to "moral offences" committed in previous years. Locals had reportedly complained about ... Egypt bans festival honoring Moroccan rabbiYnetnews Egypt Court Bans Festival Honoring Revered Moroccan RabbiABC News Egypt bans festival to honour RabbiMail & Guardian Online The Times of Israel all 182 news articles »

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As Gulf aid dries up, Egypt struggles - Al-Monitor Tue, 30 Dec 2014 17:58:36 GMT

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As Gulf aid dries up, Egypt struggles Al-Monitor The regime of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is trying to unravel the economic crisis that has gripped Egypt since the overthrow of former President Mohammed Morsi in June 2013. Complicating matters, aid from the Gulf states has become less reliable ... 2014: The Sisification of EgyptDaily News Egypt Egypt's counter-revolution won out in a year of epochal changeThe Conversation UK UPDATE 1-Egypt current account hits deficit of $1.4 bln in July-Sept quarterReuters Ahram Online -Egypt SIS (press release) -Chronicle of Philanthropy (subscription) (blog) all 41 news articles »

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Qatar moves to cut ties with Hamas and repair relations with Egypt - National Post Wed, 31 Dec 2014 03:04:17 GMT

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Qatar moves to cut ties with Hamas and repair relations with Egypt National Post Any re-emergence of ties with Egypt would also mean an end to funding the Islamist Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip and forcing Hamas leader-in-exile Khaled Meshaal to leave Qatar. Hamas insisted this weekend Qatar has not cut off its funding and says ... and more »

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ISIS Is Getting More Organized—and Lethal—in Egypt - Vocativ Mon, 29 Dec 2014 16:47:05 GMT

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ISIS Is Getting More Organized—and Lethal—in Egypt Vocativ More recently, militants has been trying to expand that base by gaining a foothold in places like Gaza, Yemen and Egypt. ISIS has been operating loosely in Egypt's northern Sinai Peninsula, for the past six months, launching attacks here and there. But ... Egypt to double Gaza buffer zone width next weekPress TV Egypt to begin expanding Gaza buffer zone next weekAl-Arabiya Egypt to expand buffer zone with Gaza to 5kmMiddle East Monitor Arutz Sheva all 16 news articles »

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Foreign minister promises support for Federation of Arab Journalists - Daily News Egypt Tue, 30 Dec 2014 14:20:17 GMT

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Foreign minister promises support for Federation of Arab Journalists Daily News Egypt Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry met with the Executive Committee of the Federation of Arab Journalists, where he addressed relations between Egypt and the federation and ways to develop them, enabling the federation to support joint Arab ... and more »

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Egypt Reported to Ban Latest US 'Exodus' Film - New York Times Fri, 26 Dec 2014 23:48:32 GMT

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Egypt Reported to Ban Latest US 'Exodus' Film New York Times “Exodus: Gods and Kings,” the $140 million Hollywood film about the biblical escape of the Jews from Egypt, will not be shown there because it asserts historical falsehoods and spreads a “Zionist view,” the Egyptian culture minister was quoted as ...