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Morsy: Supreme Guide will not interfere with presidency if I am elected
Egypt
April 26, 2012
Morsy: Supreme Guide will not interfere with presidency if I am elected
The Muslim Brotherhood’s presidential candidate Mohamed Morsy met with Sinai tribal leaders and investors in Sharm el-Sheikh before returning to…
Thursday’s rocket attack leaves Israeli media pondering over Sinai threats
Egypt
April 6, 2012
Thursday’s rocket attack leaves Israeli media pondering over Sinai threats
Channel 2 News, Israel’s most widely watched news network, opened its broadcast Thursday night with news of a rocket attack…
Armed group surrounds international peacekeeping base in Sinai
Egypt
March 21, 2012
Armed group surrounds international peacekeeping base in Sinai
An armed group blocked access to the headquarters of a peacekeeping force in Egypt's Sinai to pressure the government…
Egypt confirms release of Brazilian tourists kidnapped in Sinai
Egypt
March 19, 2012
Egypt confirms release of Brazilian tourists kidnapped in Sinai
Two female Brazilian tourists kidnapped by Bedouins Sunday in Sinai were released hours later, Egyptian police said Monday. “The security…
Two Brazilian tourists kidnapped by gunmen in Sinai
Egypt
March 18, 2012
Two Brazilian tourists kidnapped by gunmen in Sinai
Gunmen kidnapped two Brazilian tourists travelling through the Sinai Peninsula on Sunday after a visit to an isolated mountain monastery,…
Egypt’s military struggles with Sinai, its white elephant
Egypt
March 18, 2012
Egypt’s military struggles with Sinai, its white elephant
A Bedouin siege of an international peacekeepers camp in Egypt's Sinai underscores the ruling military's weak grip over the restive…
Bedouin kidnap Chinese workers in Egypt’s Sinai, sources say
Egypt
January 31, 2012
Bedouin kidnap Chinese workers in Egypt’s Sinai, sources say
ISMAILIA — Bedouin in Sinai kidnapped 25 mostly Chinese cement factory workers on Tuesday, demanding that authorities free fellow tribesmen…
In post-Mubarak North Sinai, tribalism and state compete for control
Egypt
June 14, 2011
In post-Mubarak North Sinai, tribalism and state compete for control
Rafah and Arish – In the first week of June, a group of Bedouin tribesmen living on the Palestinian side…
On the frontiers of two revolutions: Awlad Ali on Libya and Egypt
Egypt
February 25, 2011
On the frontiers of two revolutions: Awlad Ali on Libya and Egypt
Salloum--Egypt’s western frontier is home to 750,000 Bedouins from the Awlad Ali tribe. While the neighboring Libyan east ceded to…