CNN | Female genital mutilation: Why Egyptian girls fear the summer CNN Cairo, Egypt (CNN) Summer days: They're what childhood memories are made of, glorious afternoons of unchecked freedom to frolic with friends in the sun, unshackled from the earthly obligations of a math class that never seemed further away. |
The Guardian | Egypt's attacks on press freedom unprecedented, says watchdog The Guardian It said the threat of imprisonment in Egypt is part of a stifling atmosphere in which authorities pressure media outlets to censor critical voices and issue gag orders on sensitive topics. It said the president, Sisi, had invoked national security to ... Egypt Death Sentences Further Radicalize Muslim Brotherhood Youths Number Of Journalists Jailed in Egypt Hits All-Time High Record number of journalists jailed in Egypt |
Middle East Eye | A Timeline of Jews in Egypt New York Times Here is a timeline of the history of Jews in Egypt, based in part on information provided by Professor Joel Beinin of Stanford University, author of “The Dispersion of Egyptian Jewry.” Biblical Era: The Book of Exodus says that Moses led the Jews out ... New Israel envoy shows Egypt wants to improve relations: Analysts |
The Weekly Standard (blog) | Did US Demand Muslim Brotherhood Candidate Be Declared Winner in Egypt? The Weekly Standard (blog) Back in the heady days when the Western world was still enthralled by what was then known as the Arab Spring, the 2012 Egyptian presidential elections represented a watershed – if albeit a mixed one, given the victory of the Muslim Brotherhood ... For fear of Morsi, Egypt's secularists got something far worse |
Breitbart News | Report: Egypt Targets Books by Muslim Brotherhood and Allies Breitbart News The Muslim Brotherhood has been outlawed in Egypt, where the Ministry of Waqf (religious endowments) has begun its search of several mosque libraries that, according to security agencies, carry books “by the Brotherhood's founder, Hassan Al Banna, the ... |
The Guardian | How Egyptian media has become a mouthpiece for the military state The Guardian Today, many of Egypt's top TV presenters and journalists are remarkably candid about their willingness to act as government mouthpieces. “I would say anything the military tells me to say out of duty and respect for the institution,” says Ahmed Moussa ... |
U.S. News & World Report | AP PHOTOS: Years of revolt, turmoil haunt Egypt's children U.S. News & World Report In this picture taken on Feb. 8, 2015, 10-year-old Abanoub Samaan Nazmy reacts after losing a video game in the living room of his home in the Manshiet Nasr neighborhood of Cairo, Egypt. Abanoub, who is a Coptic Christian, lost his father to suspected ... |
Daily Mail | Hotel manager, 23 battling rare kidney infection after 'dream holiday' in Egypt Daily Mail A hotel manager was left battling for her life after contracting a rare kidney infection just hours after a 'dream holiday' at a luxury resort in Eqypt. Nicola Collings was left critically ill and in need of emergency dialysis and blood transfusions ... Five-star Egypt holiday leaves young woman with life-threatening illness 'It was absolutely terrifying' |
ABC Online | Al-Jazeera journalist accuses Germany of being manipulated by Egypt The Guardian “German government representatives allowed themselves to be instrumentalised by Cairo,” Mansour said. He added that he regretted the fact that the Egyptian government had succeeded in “using some people in the German government for its own means”. Germany frees Al Jazeera journalist Ahmed Mansour despite Egypt detention ... Germany frees Al Jazeera journalist despite Egypt's request Al Jazeera Journalist Ahmed Mansour Released In Germany Despite Egypt's ... |
Yahoo News | A Muslim-Jewish Love Story On Egyptian TV Sends Sparks Flying NPR An Egyptian TV series during Ramadan features an Egyptian Muslim army officer in love with an Egyptian Jewish woman. It's both popular and controversial. Ahmed Kardous sets up an establishing shot. He trains the camera on the actors standing on a cliff ... Soap opera shines positive light on Egypt's Jews |