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Army leader meets Sinai Bedouin chiefs
Egypt
February 20, 2011
Army leader meets Sinai Bedouin chiefs
Staff Brigadier General Mohamed Farid Hegazi, leader of the second field army, met with tribal chiefs in North Sinai, Egyptian…
Libyan court postpones Bedouin torture trial
Egypt
January 21, 2011
Libyan court postpones Bedouin torture trial
A Libyan military court Thursday postponed the trial against border patrol officer Gomaa Tantoush and two others charged with torturing…
Israel proposes prisoner swap with Egypt, Israeli radio says
Egypt
November 18, 2010
Israel proposes prisoner swap with Egypt, Israeli radio says
An unnamed Palestinian newspaper on Wednesday reported Egypt and Israel are on the brink of a prisoner exchange.
Sinai Bedouin declare solidarity with convicted tribesmen
Egypt
September 15, 2010
Sinai Bedouin declare solidarity with convicted tribesmen
The three main Bedouin tribes of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula--Al-Sawarka, Al-Romaylat and Al-Tarabin--declared their solidarity with seven Al-Tarabin tribesmen who were…
Sinai tribesmen sentenced in absentia to life in prison for attacking police convoy
Egypt
September 13, 2010
Sinai tribesmen sentenced in absentia to life in prison for attacking police convoy
A court in the northern Sinai city of Al-Arish has sentenced seven Bedouin tribesmen in absentia to life imprisonment on…
Sinai: Bedouin killed by Moldovans seeking entry to Israel
Egypt
September 12, 2010
Sinai: Bedouin killed by Moldovans seeking entry to Israel
Egyptian police say a dispute between Moldovans and Bedouin traffickers demanding more money to take them to Israel has left…
Controversial blogger released by authorities
Egypt
July 27, 2010
Controversial blogger released by authorities
Authorities have recently released a number of political activists and prisoners of conscience in a bid to improve Egypt’s international…
Factory bus hijacked by armed men in Sinai
Egypt
July 27, 2010
Factory bus hijacked by armed men in Sinai
A bus transporting 30 factory workers to their workplace in the Sinai Peninsula was hijacked by armed men on Tuesday.The…
Bedouin: Police treat us ‘like collaborators’
Egypt
July 26, 2010
Bedouin: Police treat us ‘like collaborators’
Bedouin fugitives in the Sinai Peninsula issued a press statement on Monday accusing state security apparatuses of treating them as…
Letter from a Sinai Bedouin: We do not hate our homeland
Opinion
July 19, 2010
Letter from a Sinai Bedouin: We do not hate our homeland
Bedouin community leader Moussa el-Dalah, who is wanted by police, sent a letter to Al-Masry Al-Youm last week expressing his…