The Guardian | Egypt's gay community fears government crackdown The Guardian While homosexuality is technically legal in Egypt, citizens suspected of being gay have long been the target of sporadic detentions – with those arrested often convicted of debauchery or insulting public morals. But some activists claim the recent ... Egypt: Cops Crack Down on Gays, Raid Homes Egypt: Surge in anti-gay raids sparks fears of crackdown |
Forbes | An Egypt Expert Doesn't Share IMF's Hopeful View Forbes Before you think that Gen. Abdul-Fatah al-Sisi's booting of the Muslim Brotherhood from power and legitimacy in Egypt has restored a sort of Mubarak-y order, consider this week's grim report: The senior fellow for the Mideast at the Council on Foreign ... Canada calls for fair Egypt journo trial Egypt Clamps Hold Over Mosques to Control Message Egypt court convicts 119 Mursi supporters |
The Express Tribune | Egypt's Enduring Passion for Soccer New York Times CAIRO — Egyptians are attached to soccer the way the French are to wine. It's well-nigh impossible to find an Egyptian who is not a fan. When major matches are being broadcast, Cairo turns into a quasi ghost town. The only sounds are the shouts of the ... Egypt: tottering at the brink Egypt: Epidemic of sexual violence continues Egypt presidential hopeful urges political unity |
JURIST | The revolutionary dials spin in Egypt Aljazeera.com After three short but dense years of hopes created, chiselled, mislaid, abused, dismissed, shattered or else retrieved, the blogosphere is replete today with words and images of the different forms of uprisings that shook Egypt ever since those heady ... Egypt's official news agency: Bomb explosion on Cairo bridge wounds 2 ... Egypt court refuses candidacy for Muslim Brotherhood members in 2014 elections Egypt arrests alleged 'terrorist' who fought in Syria |
Yahoo!7 News | Egypt's government pulls film starring Arab 'sex symbol', awaits review by censors Ahram Online Egypt's interim Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahleb ordered on Wednesday that a recently released Egyptian film, Halawet Rooh, be withdrawn from movie theatres until it is re-evaluated by the country's censorship board, state-owned news agency MENA reported ... Haifa Wehbe film withdrawn from Egypt cinemas Egypt pulls Lebanese star's 'adults only' movie Egypt Freedom of Speech Spotlighted After Movie Ordered Pulled |
Daily Mail | Egypt's tourism revenue drop by nearly 50% as holidaymakers avoid its troubled ... Daily Mail Adela Ragab, economic adviser to Egypt's Minister of Tourism, said the country earnt £700million from tourism in the first quarter of 2014, which is significantly less compared to other years. Empty sands: There has been a 30 per cent drop in the ... Egypt's Tourism Revenue Drops by 43 Percent in First Quarter Egypt's tourism revenues drop 43 pct in first quarter 2014 YOY |
Wife of Egypt detainee pleads for Ottawa's help Toronto Star And as Foreign Minister John Baird arrived in Egypt on an official visit Thursday, Attia made a plea for him to intervene in her husband's case. “I hope he will take the correct stance for Canada, calling for the release of Khaled, (Canadian Al-Jazeera ... Canadian family urges Foreign Affairs Minister to stand up for democracy and ... |
Inquirer.net | Little known jihadist group vows new Egypt attacks Inquirer.net An image grab taken from Egypt's Nile TV shows Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi taking the oath of office during a swearing-in ceremony at the Constitutional Court in Cairo on June 30, 2012. AFP PHOTO/NILE TV. CAIRO — A little-known jihadist group, ... Ajnad Misr militant group releases its first video |
The Daily Star | Egypt blocks bombshell's film over 'criticisms' The Daily Star BEIRUT: The Egyptian government abruptly pulled from theaters a recently released movie starring Lebanese pop icon Haifa Wehbi, arguing that the movie should be reevaluated by the censorship board. Interim Prime Minister Ibrahim Halab issued a ... Egypt halts screening of controversial film |
Rate of Christian girls abducted and attacked by extremists on the rise in Egypt Fox News August 18, 2013:Christians attend Sunday service in the Basilica of our Lady of Fatima in Cairo . Egypt's Coptic Christians, who make up 10 percent of its 85 million people, have coexisted with the majority Sunni Muslims for centuries. But incidents of ... Attacks, rapes and forced conversions to Islam spike for Egypt's Christian ... |