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Egypt jails female dancer for debauchery - Al-Arabiya Sun, 28 Jun 2015 16:31:34 GMT

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Egypt jails female dancer for debauchery
Al-Arabiya
A Cairo court Sunday sentenced to one year in jail an Egyptian female dancer who featured in a controversial music video, accusing her of inciting debauchery, a judicial official said. Reda El-Fouly was arrested in May after she appeared singing and ...
Egypt Sentences 3 To Year In Prison Over Music VideoHuffington Post

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John Kerry needs a lesson on anti-Christian persecution in Egypt - Crux: Covering all things Catholic Sun, 28 Jun 2015 03:53:40 GMT

Crux: Covering all things Catholic
John Kerry needs a lesson on anti-Christian persecution in Egypt
Crux: Covering all things Catholic
Nabil Soliman, 54, far left with his family, is basically a modern-day Job in terms of the misfortune he's endured as a Coptic Christian in Egypt. The omission of his story and others like it from the State Department's latest human rights report is ...

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Egypt sees sandstorm and earthquake on the same day - USA TODAY Sat, 27 Jun 2015 18:44:28 GMT

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Egypt sees sandstorm and earthquake on the same day
USA TODAY
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt faced treacherous weather conditions Saturday as a sandstorm blanketed the north of the country and a magnitude-5.2 earthquake centered in the Sinai peninsula shook buildings more than 200 miles away in the capital, Cairo.
Earthquake strikes Egypt, felt across Israel, Palestine, Jordan, and Saudi ArabiaMiddle East Eye
5.2-magnitude earthquake felt in Israel, EgyptThe Times of Israel

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Egypt Death Sentences Further Radicalize Muslim Brotherhood Youths - U.S. News & World Report Thu, 25 Jun 2015 19:47:07 GMT

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Egypt Death Sentences Further Radicalize Muslim Brotherhood Youths
U.S. News & World Report
RAFAH, Egypt — The death sentences issued June 16 against former Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi and 90 Muslim Brotherhood members raised the concerns of political parties on the continued violence in the Sinai Peninsula, with the possibility of ...
Egypt's attacks on press freedom unprecedented, says watchdogThe Guardian
'With violence spreading, Egypt's Sisi needs to change strategy'Jerusalem Post Israel News
Record number of journalists jailed in EgyptCBS News
Huffington Post -Reuters -ThinkProgress
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MIDEAST STOCKS-Saudi edges down; Egypt up after Emaar Misr IPO - Reuters Sun, 28 Jun 2015 09:25:03 GMT

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MIDEAST STOCKS-Saudi edges down; Egypt up after Emaar Misr IPO
Reuters
Egypt rose after the initial public offer of Emaar Misr was massively oversubscribed. The Saudi index slipped 0.3 percent. National Industrialisation (Tasnee) lost 2.7 percent but Zain Saudi climbed 2.5 percent. Etihad Etisalat (Mobily), whose shares ...
Saudi mkt slips; Egypt up on Emaar Misr IPOZawya (registration)

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A Timeline of Jews in Egypt - New York Times Wed, 24 Jun 2015 01:59:47 GMT

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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: AnalystsMiddle East Eye

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Did US Demand Muslim Brotherhood Candidate Be Declared Winner in Egypt? - The Weekly Standard (blog) Fri, 26 Jun 2015 15:23:00 GMT

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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 ...
Egypt decries US report critical of its human rights recordMiddle East Monitor
AP PHOTOS: Years of revolt, turmoil haunt Egypt's childrenWRAL.com
Egypt slams annual US human rights report, says “it lacks credibility”The Cairo Post

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Egypt court jails 47 Morsi loyalists - Business Standard Sun, 28 Jun 2015 22:23:58 GMT

Egypt court jails 47 Morsi loyalists
Business Standard
An Egyptian court on Sunday sentenced 47 supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi and Muslim Brotherhood group from three to 15 years in prison over violence charges, MENA news agency reported. The Zagazig Criminal Court found the ...

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Female genital mutilation: Why Egyptian girls fear the summer - CNN Thu, 25 Jun 2015 06:34:55 GMT

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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.

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Parents of obese Hana Tarraf take her to Egypt for life-saving lap-band surgery - Daily Mail Sun, 28 Jun 2015 16:11:15 GMT

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Parents of obese Hana Tarraf take her to Egypt for life-saving lap-band surgery
Daily Mail
The desperate parents of a young girl suffering from a rare and dangerous condition which has caused her weight to skyrocket have been forced to travel to Egypt for a drastic surgery. Hana Tarraf, 7, from Sydney had put on 33 kilograms since having a ...

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