New York Times | Gaza Welcomes Break From Strife and Reopening of Border With Egypt New York Times First, Egypt opened its border crossing, allowing thousands of Palestinians to exit Gaza after being penned in for months. Then, Egypt allowed in 8,000 tons of cement, a fraction of what the territory needs to rebuild. But the move suggested a thaw in ... Egypt closes Rafah border crossing into bloackaded Gaza Week-long opening of Egypt-Gaza border crossing comes to an end Egypt re-closes the Rafah crossing until further notice |
CNN | 8 million mummified animals, mostly dogs, in catacombs at Egypt site CNN (CNN) For centuries, dogs have been humans' loyal, domesticated companions. They've been wild animals, doing what's needed to survive. And in ancient Egypt, they served as bridges to the afterlife, with the hope that they'd intercede with the god ... |
Yahoo News | Germany detains Al-Jazeera journalist at Egypt request Yahoo News Al-Jazeera also said on its website that an Egyptian court had sentenced Mansour in absentia in 2014 to 15 years in prison, for "torturing a lawyer in 2011 on Tahrir Square" in Cairo, epicentre of an anti-regime uprising that brought down former ... Al Jazeera Journalist Detained In Germany On Egypt's Request Germany arrests senior Al Jazeera journalist at Egypt's request Al-Jazeera Journalist Detained in Berlin on Egyptian Warrant |
U.S. News & World Report | Helicopters, Scanners No Match for Egypt's Exam Cheats U.S. News & World Report CAIRO — High school exam seasons in Egypt are often accompanied by exam leaks — a phenomenon that has become a major challenge to the successive Egyptian governments, despite several attempts to confront it. The government transports exam ... |
The Guardian | The west's betrayal of Egypt will reap a bitter harvest The Guardian The brutal crackdown on the former Muslim Brotherhood officials and supporters – as well as civil society and the media – will only serve to isolate and radicalise a restless core of Egypt's voters and jettison them from the political mainstream. After ... David Cameron invites Egypt's Sisi to London after Morsi death sentence Egypt's Morsi appeals conviction Egypt's Morsi appeals protesters jail sentence: lawyer |
International Business Times | First Woman Municipality Head In Alexandria, Egypt, Appointed By Governor International Business Times For the first time, a woman will head a municipal district in Egypt's second-largest city: Soad Helmy was appointed to her new position in Alexandria's central district Saturday, effective immediately, according to Ahram Online, which is majority-owned ... Governor appoints first woman to head municipality in Egypt's Alexandria |
Al-Arabiya | Egypt celebrates first ferries to cross New Suez Canal Al-Arabiya Two ferries crossed the recently completed New Suez Canal in Egypt on Thursday, making them the first vessels to navigate from the east bank of the canal to the west, Egypt Independent news website reported. Egypt's New Suez Canal will open on Aug. 223 Mln Cubic Meters of Water-Saturated Sand Removed From New Suez Canal Suez Canal: A Disaster In The Making |
Vanity Fair | 5 Amazing Stories About Ancient Egypt That Deserve to be Movies Vanity Fair We've seen stories of ancient Egypt on-screen before—the biblical tale The Prince of Egypt, the extremely long Cleopatra, and the Mummy trilogy, as well as that one episode of Futurama on the possibility of ancient aliens. But have we mined all the ... |
Foreign Policy (blog) | Egypt's Quiet Social Revolution Foreign Policy (blog) But much more important is what's happening among Egypt's silent majority. Here, the opposite trend is becoming clear: Fewer taxi drivers are prominently displaying the Quran in their cars. Hijabs are coming off. And the young revolutionary generation ... |
NBCNews.com | Lost in the Dust: Egypt's Quarry Workers Face Daily Danger NBCNews.com A worker walks near bricks at a quarry in the desert of Minya governorate, south of Cairo, Egypt on May 28, 2015. In the limestone quarries of Minya province, laborers in sandals and makeshift masks use unsheathed rotor blades to gouge the white ... |