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8 artifacts missing from Egyptian Museum
Egypt

8 artifacts missing from Egyptian Museum

Eight ancient artifacts were stolen from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square on 28 January during the protests calling for…
Labor protests over low payment continue
Egypt

Labor protests over low payment continue

Several companies are currently witnessing workers' strikes.More than 400 workers at a spinning machinery factory in the governorate of Helwan…
MUBARAK STEPS DOWN, HANDS POWER TO MILITARY
Egypt

MUBARAK STEPS DOWN, HANDS POWER TO MILITARY

In a historic announcement on Friday, Vice President Omar Suleiman said President Hosni Mubarak had resigned and given power to…
Protesters reach Presidential Palace as they face army barricade
Egypt

Protesters reach Presidential Palace as they face army barricade

Eyewitnesses said Friday thousands of protesters gathered meters away from the presidential palace in Heliopolis, demanding that Mubarak step down.…
Fears proliferate in Upper Egypt amid security void
Egypt

Fears proliferate in Upper Egypt amid security void

Following the death of a man and the injury of another in a vendetta killing in the Upper Egyptian city…
Cairo’s artists thrive on revolution
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Cairo’s artists thrive on revolution

Although art is generally perceived as an exclusive discipline with limited outreach, Egyptian curator Sarah Rifky argues that the boundaries…
Thursday’s papers:constitutional amendments, land seizure, potential Presidential Palace seige
Egypt

Thursday’s papers:constitutional amendments, land seizure, potential Presidential Palace seige

Thursday’s state-owned newspapers show a slight change in their adopted editorial policy of taking the government's side and veiling the…
Egyptian state press journalists demonstrate against corruption
Egypt

Egyptian state press journalists demonstrate against corruption

Hundreds of journalists and workers at Egypt’s state-owned Al-Ahram and Rose Al-Youssef newspapers on Tuesday staged protests against corruption in…
Revolutionary art: Tahrir Square becomes Cairo’s stage
Art news

Revolutionary art: Tahrir Square becomes Cairo’s stage

The past two weeks have seen Cairo’s Tahrir Square filled by mass protests and scarred by violence. Much of the…
US special envoy to Egypt recalled due to ties with Mubarak regime
Egypt

US special envoy to Egypt recalled due to ties with Mubarak regime

Frank Wisner, Obama special envoy to Egypt, declared Saturday during a security conference in Munich that “Mubarak must stay in…
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