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Egypt to Start Building 1st Nuclear Reactor this Year

Egypt plans to start constructing the first power unit at El-Dabaa nuclear power plant in July of this year, Rosatom Group CEO Alexey Likhachev announced on Tuesday. Cairo “wants to do everything so that the first concrete is poured in the summer, around July," Likhachev said, according to Russian news…

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‘Biography of Arabic Theater Choirs in 19th Century,’ New Book by Taysir Khalaf

Italy-based Al-Mutawassit publishing released the “Biography of Arabic Theater Choirs in 19th Century---Memoirs of Actors Omar Wasfi, Mariam al-Sammat,” a new book by novelist and researcher Taysir Khalaf. Egyptian actor Omar Wasfi, his real name is Omar Mohammad Mikati, was born in 1874 to a conservative family from Cairo. His…

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Towards a Bigger Country for Culture: Six Steps Towards the Future

For many years, I was part of a group of Saudi academics, writers, and people engaged in all kinds of cultural work, who would head to Arab capitals such as Cairo, Beirut, Tunis and Casablanca, as well as various Gulf capitals, to attend conferences or seminars or to participate in…

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Egypt, Jordan Pressure US over Two-State Solution

Egypt and Jordan resumed their initiatives to advance the peace plan in the region after coordinating with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Abbas discussed with Cairo and Amman ways to revive the peace process, stressing the need to move quickly to save the “two-state” solution before a “one-state” solution becomes the…

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Egyptian-Algerian Coordination to Boost Joint Arab Work

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and his Algerian counterpart, Ramtane Lamamra, highlighted on Sunday the need to continue coordination to boost joint Arab work under the Arab League. Lamamra is in Cairo to prepare for the Arab summit scheduled to be held in Algeria this year. The summit, which was…

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