Yahoo News | Egypt Stops Attempt to Smuggle Jewish Artifacts ABC News Authorities in Egypt say they have seized a cache of Jewish religious artifacts that smugglers wanted to ship to Belgium at one of the country's main ports. Antiquities Minister Mohammed Ibrahim said in a statement Friday that officials found the ... Egypt foils attempt to smuggle Jewish antiquities |
CTV News | Baird raises jailed Canadian journalist's case in Egypt The Globe and Mail Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird says he raised the case of a Canadian journalist on trial in Egypt when he met with his counterpart in Cairo this week, noting concerns about Mohamed Fahmy's medical needs and the importance of a fair and timely trial. John Baird meets with family of detained Egyptian-Canadian journalist Canada calls for fair Egypt journo trial Fahmy: Silent feds cite privacy, expert calls 'bulls**t' |
National Geographic | Egypt's Population Boom Threatens Cultural Treasures National Geographic Frequent changes in government personnel since then—the most recent of which saw the resignation of the interim prime minister and the replacement of many top ministers in late February—have further imperiled Egypt's prize monuments by paralyzing key ... Cairo Court Rejects Lawsuit to Ban All Israeli Activities in Egypt Policeman killed in Egypt's Cairo bomb blast Cairo court rejects lawsuit trying to ban Israeli activites in Egypt |
Gospel Herald | Rate of Christian girls abducted and attacked by extremists on the rise in Egypt Fox News The girls are often assaulted, raped, kidnapped, forced to change their faith and sometimes killed, the ICC said.Making matter worse, nothing is being done by local authorities to prevent it in provinces across Egypt, according to officials from both ... Attacks, rapes and forced conversions to Islam spike for Egypt's Christian ... 'PERVASIVE' VIOLENCERate of Christian girls attacked on rise in Egypt Number of Young Christian Girls Raped, Killed in Egypt Increasing Quickly--and ... |
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: 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 ... |
Yahoo!7 News | Haifa Wehbe film withdrawn from Egypt cinemas Asharq Alawsat English London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egyptian interim Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab has ordered Haifa Wehbe's latest cinematic offering, Halaweet Rooh (Beauty of the Soul), withdrawn from cinemas, a state-owned news agency reported on Wednesday. The film had ... Egypt's government pulls film starring Arab 'sex symbol', awaits review by censors Egypt pulls Lebanese star's 'adults only' movie Egypt pulls Lebanese star's "adults only" movie |
The Daily Star | 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: Epidemic of sexual violence continues Epidemic of sexual violence in Egypt: report Egypt presidential hopeful urges political unity |
Toronto Star | Probing Egypt's most powerful agencies, corruption watchdog faces heavy ... Toronto Star CAIRO—Hesham Genena has created an uproar by trying to actually do his job. The head of one of Egypt's foremost government oversight agencies says he has uncovered billions of dollars worth of corruption, involving some of the country's most ... |
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 ... |