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As a child growing up in Cairo's Manshiyat Nasser, a shanty town also known as "Garbage City", Teresa Saeed spent her free time rummaging through the piles of rubbish...
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The Egyptian military court of appeals has upheld the life sentences and hard labour for 254 Egyptians and commuted the sentences of 24 who have been accused of joining...
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Egypt plans to offer tourists a multi-entry, five-year visa for $700 in a bid to boost tourism, the Minister of Tourism and Antiquities has announced. According to a report...
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Amnesty International has accused the West of double standards in its dealing with human rights abuses. The rights group makes the allegation in its Annual Report for 2022 released...
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An Egyptian court has thrown out a lawsuit filed by residents of Warraq Island demanding that the Egyptian government compensate them for expropriating their lands. In the lawsuit, lawyer...
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Arab broadcasters carried rolling coverage of Israeli protests, strikes and political chaos on Monday, drawing the rapt attention of viewers to the internal fight over government plans to overhaul...
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March 27, 2023
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Mahmoud Hassan
The question that occupies the minds of the Egyptian people, amid a difficult living environment, a record rise in prices and a continuous collapse in the value of the...
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Archaeologists have uncovered at least 2,000 mummified ram heads from the Ptolemaic period in the city of Abydos in southern Egypt. The ram heads were found with mummified ewes,...
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MEMO has obtained details of the meeting in which the Muslim Brotherhood membership had the opportunity to discuss the selection of Dr Salah Abdel-Haq as the new leader of...
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The Kuwaiti Ministry of Education will lay off more than 2,000 expatriate teachers and department heads in 14 specialisations by the end of the current academic year 2022-2023, Kuwait's Al-Qabas newspaper...
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The next Arab summit will be held in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, on May 19, the Arab League said on Sunday, Anadolu reports. A statement by the Cairo-based league...
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Turkiye's presidential spokesman said Saturday that Ankara has left the door open to Stockholm's bid to join NATO if it shows will and determination, Anadolu reports. "The door is...
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Ethiopian Vice-Chair of the Renaissance Dam Coordinating Council Faqrati Tamru announced on Friday that 90 per cent of the construction of the Renaissance Dam had been completed. Meanwhile, Egypt's...
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Despite the recent pledge made at the Sharm El-Sheikh Summit to suspend new settlement units, the Israeli occupation government issued tenders for 1,029 settlement units, Israeli rights group Peace...
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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has wasted vast sums of money at a time when Egyptians are starving, according to an analysis by Israel's Haaretz newspaper. The newspaper pointed...
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Islamic giving plays an increasing role in helping the forcibly displaced people, a UN refugee agency official said on Friday, Anadolu News Agency reports. At the start of the...
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March 24, 2023
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Anadolu Agency
Following a diplomatic thaw between regional arch-foes, Iran and Saudi Arabia, the Kingdom's top diplomat on Wednesday phoned his Iranian counterpart to convey his well wishes upon the arrival...
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Preparations for the first review of Egypt's economic reform programme with the International Monetary Fund have begun and dates for the review mission will be announced when agreed with...
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March 23, 2023
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Amr Hamzawy
The global and regional echoes of Chinese mediation between Saudi Arabia and Iran will reverberate for quite some time. China announced its first diplomatic breakthrough in the Middle East...
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An advertisement by a company in Egypt that it is selling knafeh dessert with payment made in three monthly instalments has sparked a social media controversy. The advert said...
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A newly-elected senior official of the Muslim Brotherhood leader has said that he plans to "revive the movement, relaunch and strengthen it, take care of its members who are...
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Egypt warmly welcomed Turkiye's Foreign Minister for the first time in a decade that saw relations between the two countries soured over, mainly, what Ankara saw as a "coup"...
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Israeli security officials are reportedly concerned that controversial statements made by Finance Minister, Bezalel Smotrich, could damage ties with Egypt and Jordan. On Sunday, Smotrich, leader of the Religious...
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The World Bank said, on Wednesday, it had approved a new $7 billion partnership agreement with Egypt for 2023-2027 with a focus on boosting private sector jobs, provision of...
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Israel's most hardline government came into power on 29 December 2022, with its members announcing their plans to ignore international laws and work towards annexation of Palestinian land, how should the EU react?
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England's Premier League and English Football League (EFL) match officials have been told by refereeing body Professional Game Match Officials Ltd (PGMOL) to pause play so Muslim players can...
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March 22, 2023
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Elif Selin Calik
The Middle East may have an abundance of oil and gas, but it has very few natural water sources. This is fast becoming a source of tension. According to...
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March 22, 2023
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Omar Ahmed
The Middle East has been in turmoil for decades, with conflicts often fuelled by historic rivalries, sectarianism and geopolitical interests. However, in recent months, there have been some significant...
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March 21, 2023
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Dr Adnan Abu Amer
Israelis believe that Hezbollah and Hamas were behind the Megiddo junction explosion in northern Israel in mid-March. There is also a growing concern that their cooperation could be the...
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A human rights organisation confirmed the death of a prisoner in Egypt on Monday as a result of medical negligence, the third such case within 48 hours. The Egyptian...
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An Egyptian start-up is aiming to turn more than 5 billion plastic bags into tiles tougher than cement as it tackles the twin problems of tonnes of waste entering...
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Israeli occupation forces closed down Palestinian stores in the occupied West Bank village of Huwara near Nablus yesterday after a 30-year-old Israeli man was wounded when the vehicle he...