Egypt
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By Al-Azhar Al-SharifSheikh Ahmed El-Tayyeb, Grand Imam of Al-Azhar and Chairman ofthe Muslim Council of Elders, held an open dialogue with a select delegation of prominentArab media figures on the sidelines of his participation in the Arab Media S...
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By AFP/Ammar KarimArab leaders meeting Saturday at a summit in Baghdad urged the international community to press for a Gaza ceasefire, as Israel launched an expanded military offensive in the Palestinian territory.In a joint final statement, Arab Le...
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Once he saw the humanitarian trucks moving in front of his eyes to the Palestinians in Gaza, Rabie, a fruit seller in the Hawamdya district in Egypt’s Giza, felt the urge to help the starving Gazans and threw the oranges he was selling in the streets...
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Every day at 4:00 A.M., a group of two or three veiled women in Egypt leave their homes to lead and shepherd a flock of sheep in the streets of southern Cairo.Om Z. and her daughters or her friend tour the streets with their flock of sheep for 10 to...
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On the International Day of Sign Languages on Sept. 23, Egypt launched an initiative to disseminate sign language in the country. The initiative aims to increase the number of sign language translators to easily deal with the deaf and hearing-impaire...
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In participation with dozens of deaf and hearing-impaired people, an initiative to eradicate the “illiteracy” of sign language was launched in Egypt on September 23, which marked the International Day of Sign Languages.Egypt’s initiative aims to teac...
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The Egyptian government has faced a barrage of criticism over its decision to remove tombs dating back hundreds of years in the Imam al-Shafie, Al Sayyeda Nafisa, and Al Sayeda Aisha districts.In the late 19th century, the area was designated for the...
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After being imprisoned for 10 years, Egyptian political activist and poet Ahmed Douma was released on Saturday in a presidential pardon that included the names of 30 other intimates.Douma was one of the political detainees whose release was a common...
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Egyptian activist Ahmed Douma, a leading figure of the country's 2011 uprising who has spent the last decade behind bars, has been granted a presidential pardon, lawyers said Saturday.Tarek Elawady, a member of the presidential pardons committee, sai...
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The transition from secondary to higher education is an important step for young adults all around the world. In Egypt, however, this transition and students’ choice of major has been plagued by discrimination due to social, financial and psychologic...
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Egypt has pardoned human rights activists Patrick Zaki and Mohamed Baker after a group of members of the National Dialogue suspended their participation in protest of a three-year-imprisonment sentence against Zaki for writing an article talking abou...
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The United States called on Egypt Wednesday to release rights researcher Patrick Zaki, a day after he was sentenced to three years' prison for "spreading false news"."Concerned by 3-year sentence of Egyptian human rights defender Patrick Zaki," the U...
