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Arab activists hope Tunisia uprising brings change
January 15, 2011
Arab activists hope Tunisia uprising brings change
Arab activists celebrated the anti-government protests that ousted Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali on Friday as the uprising raised…
Balancing home and homeland: Second-generation Egyptians in London
January 14, 2011
Balancing home and homeland: Second-generation Egyptians in London
London--Like many second-generation Egyptians raised in London, 25-year-old Hatim Morsy spent his childhood summers in the homeland of his parents,…
British Diplomat: UK aid to Egypt unchanged by Alex bombing
January 13, 2011
British Diplomat: UK aid to Egypt unchanged by Alex bombing
UK's aid to Egypt will not be tied to solving sectarian issues, a senior official from the British Foreign Office…
Farmers protest cart ban in Nile Delta
January 13, 2011
Farmers protest cart ban in Nile Delta
More than 2000 farmers demonstrated in front of Kafr al-Sheikh’s city council Thursday in objection to the governor’s ban on…
Forum for the Future: A forum for whose future?
January 12, 2011
Forum for the Future: A forum for whose future?
The seventh Forum for the Future commences Wednesday in Doha, Qatar, amid criticism from Arab human rights NGOs.The forum was…
Train shooting could trigger fresh wave of Christian rioting in Egypt
January 11, 2011
Train shooting could trigger fresh wave of Christian rioting in Egypt
A gunman boarded a train in southern Egypt and opened fire Tuesday, killing a 71-year-old Christian man and wounding five…
In media first, Al-Beit Beituk sat channel to merge with Sawiris’ OTV
January 11, 2011
In media first, Al-Beit Beituk sat channel to merge with Sawiris’ OTV
In an unprecedented move in the world of Egyptian media, Naguib Sawiris, owner of the OTV satellite television channel, has…
Heated discussion in parliament over spending of USAID education fund
January 10, 2011
Heated discussion in parliament over spending of USAID education fund
A heated discussion broke out in parliament on Sunday over the allocation of a LE2.7 billion USAID fund obtained by…
Dissident Brotherhood members to launch new website
January 9, 2011
Dissident Brotherhood members to launch new website
An internal opposition faction within the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s largest Islamist opposition group, will announce its online presence next week…
Special from Sudan: Hundreds of refugees return to southern Sudan as poll nears
January 8, 2011
Special from Sudan: Hundreds of refugees return to southern Sudan as poll nears
Juba--Tomorrow is the day when all roads in Southern Sudan lead to the ballot boxes. Tension is almost palpable.Yet the question…