The Intercept | As Egypt Arrests and Tortures Gay People, It Enlists the Help of Pro-LGBTQ PR Firm in Washington The Intercept While Egyptian police rounded up LGBTQ citizens, APCO got to work. The group ignored the crackdown and instead wrote and distributed flattering pamphlets praising the Egyptian government, reached out to influential American think tanks on Egypt's ... |
Quartz | Egypt's start-up “revolution” is set to boost Africa's tech landscape Quartz It was the lunches in his office in Lebanon's capital Beirut that first got Waleed Abd El Rahman thinking about the food business. As a busy professional, the Egyptian entrepreneur had the selection of eating greasy fast food or overpriced but healthy ... |
Variety | Dubai: Egyptian Director Marwan Hamed Set for Political Thriller 'Diamond Dust' (EXCLUSIVE) Variety DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Prominent Egyptian director Marwan Hamed (“The Yacoubian Building”) is set to shoot dark political thriller “Diamond Dust,” an ensemble pic packed with Arab stars in which a web of corruption emerges that has ties to ... |
Egypt moves ancient gate to new museum Fox News CAIRO – Egypt's Antiquities Ministry says it has moved a gate dating back nearly 3,000 years from north Cairo to a new museum near the famed pyramids in Giza. Wednesday's statement says the gate is made from pink granite and bears royal cartouches ... |
Egypttoday (blog) | Egypt's gov. denounces assault on Egyptian citizen in Kuwait Egypttoday (blog) CAIRO - 6 December 2017: A viral video on social media that showed an Egyptian citizen being beaten by a Kuwaiti citizen in Kuwait on Tuesday aroused public anger in Egypt. The Egyptian Consulate in Kuwait issued a statement on Wednesday regarding the ... Egyptian Minister visits Kuwait after worker brutally assaulted Kuwaiti authorities arrest man who severely beat Egyptian worker in viral video: Egypt ministry |
Goal.com | 'Egypt, not Nigeria, have the best World Cup draw' Goal.com According to a recent Goal poll, Egypt are the African side who can be happiest with their draw ahead of next summer's showpiece. A whopping 45% of respondents believed that the Pharaohs have the best World Cup draw after the North African giants were ... |
Egypttoday (blog) | Nostalgic Japanese back to their second home, Egypt Egypttoday (blog) CAIRO – 7 December 2017: Luxor Airport has recently received the first direct flight from Narita International Airport in Tokyo, carrying 85 Japanese tourists on board. Direct flights from Narita Airport are expected to continue on a weekly basis until ... |
The Atlantic | Egypt's War on Books The Atlantic Sherine Abdel Wahab, a popular Egyptian diva and judge on the Arab version of the talent show The Voice, will go to court in December for cracking a joke about the Nile River's severe contamination. Authorities also banned The Nile Hilton Incident from ... |
New Arrangement Simplifies Meat Exports to Egypt Scoop.co.nz (press release) A new arrangement signed recently will simplify New Zealand's meat product exports to Egypt, the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) said today. Under the new arrangement, Egyptian authorities will no longer have to visit each individual meat ... |
Egypttoday (blog) | Hamas thanks Egypt for efforts to end inter-Palestinian split Egypttoday (blog) CAIRO – 6 December 2017: Palestinian movement Hamas expressed its deep appreciation for the “relentless” Egyptian efforts to end the inter-Palestinian division and achieve reconciliation. In its Wednesday statement, Hamas also extended its appreciation ... |