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Obituary controversy causes secretary general of Egypt Doctors Syndicate to resign
Egypt

Obituary controversy causes secretary general of Egypt Doctors Syndicate to resign

The Secretary General of the Egyptian Doctors Syndicate Ehab al-Taher has submitted his resignation following outrage over the syndicate’s publishing…
Zeev Sternhell, dovish Israeli expert on fascism, dies at 85
Middle East

Zeev Sternhell, dovish Israeli expert on fascism, dies at 85

JERUSALEM (AP) — Zeev Sternhell, a prominent Israeli academic and expert in the study of fascism who issued dire warnings…
Billionaire Saudi banking tycoon dead at 79, family says
Middle East

Billionaire Saudi banking tycoon dead at 79, family says

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Billionaire Saudi businessman Saleh Abdullah Kamel, who founded the banking and real estate conglomerate Dallah…
Lives Lost: Generous Egyptian grandma was family ‘jewel’
Egypt

Lives Lost: Generous Egyptian grandma was family ‘jewel’

BAHTIM, Egypt (AP) — Gold and silver streamers fluttered in the breeze, hung from house to house down the alley,…
With an arched brow, Roger Moore found humor in Bond, life
Culture

With an arched brow, Roger Moore found humor in Bond, life

Sir Roger Moore, who died Tuesday at age 89, always made sure to laugh at himself before the audience could.…
Filmmaker Mohamed Khan dies at 74
Cinema/TV

Filmmaker Mohamed Khan dies at 74

Filmmaker Mohamed Khan has passed away at Andalus Hospital in the Cairo neighborhood of Maadi at the age of 74.Cinematographer…
Holocaust survivor, Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel dies at 87
World

Holocaust survivor, Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel dies at 87

Activist and writer Elie Wiesel, the World War Two death camp survivor who won a Nobel Peace Prize for becoming…
Chinua Achebe, grandfather of African literature, dies at 82
Books

Chinua Achebe, grandfather of African literature, dies at 82

Nigerian novelist and poet Chinua Achebe, widely seen as a grandfather of modern African literature, has died at the age…
Cairo Opera House director dies at 64
Art news

Cairo Opera House director dies at 64

Former Cairo Opera House director Abdel Moneim Kamel passed away on Monday, at the age of 64. Kamel has been…
Farewell, Samer Soliman
Egypt

Farewell, Samer Soliman

“Today I lost part of my life. Farewell, Samer,” scholar Amr Abdel Rahman wrote of of his longtime friend Samer…
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