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Fellow Democrats urge Biden to withhold $320 million in military aid to Egypt over rights abuses

Nine senior Senate Democrats and independent Sen. Bernie Sanders are urging the Biden administration to withhold about a quarter of the United States’ more than $1 billion in annual military aid to Egypt for a third year

The Independent UK

Meet the man who put Egypt on the world table tennis map — Omar Assar

The 32-year-old’s obsession with the sport has driven him to historic performances at the Olympics and World Championships. But the paddler, who rubs shoulders with Mohamed Salah in the list of most popular Egyptian athletes, thinks he hasn’t hit his ceiling yet

The Hindu

Egypt calls on Vladimir Putin to revive Black Sea grain deal

Abdel Fatah al-Sisi tells summit it is ‘essential’ to revive deal, as Kenya calls Moscow’s exit ‘a stab in the back’

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How hidden details in ancient Egyptian tomb paintings are revealed by chemical imaging

The walls of ancient Egyptian tombs can teach us much about the lives of the pharaohs and their entourages. Tomb paintings showed the deceased and their immediate family members involved in religious activities, the burial itself, or feasting at banquets and hunting in the Nile marshes.

The Conversation

“It will happen”, says Rapper Travis Scott after cancellation of Egypt concert

American rapper and singer Travis Scott's concert at the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt has been cancelled. Read Further on Dynamite News:

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OPINION - Vladimir Putin’s war on grain could blow up into an international fight

The attacks on the Black Sea ports of Ukraine are a crude bid to shut down grain and maize exports, a mainstay of the Ukrainian economy and a mainstay of food aid to Egypt, north Africa and beyond. The blitz followed Russia’s withdrawal from the international agreement to ship Ukrainian…

Evening Standard

Where is Alessia Zecchini now and what happened to Stephen Keenan? The Deepest Breath ending explained

Netflix viewers want to know where Alessia Zecchini is now, the ambitious free diver from new documentary The Deepest Breath.

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One killed as ship carrying 3,000 cars catches fire off Dutch coast

Ship’s owner says electric car suspected as possible cause of blaze on vessel travelling from Germany to Egypt

The Guardian - UK

Egypt and Ethiopia are finally working on a water deal – what that means for other Nile River states

Egypt and Ethiopia have waged a diplomatic war of words over Ethiopia’s massive new dam – the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam – on the Blue Nile, which started filling up in July 2020. The political row has threatened to get out of hand on occasion but now the two countries…

The Conversation

Al Jazeera condemns Egypt's decision to add some of its journalists to a terrorism blacklist

The pan-Arab news network Al Jazeera has condemned a recent decision by Egyptian authorities to brand some of its journalists as terrorists

The Independent UK

Al Jazeera slams naming of its journalists on Egypt ‘terror’ list

Al Jazeera Media Network denounces the Egyptian move to reinstate a number of its journalists on ‘terror’ list.

Al Jazeera

Will Egypt’s asset sale get it out of its economic hole?

Egypt is privatising – but is it enough to please the IMF and get more funding from the international financial body?

Al Jazeera

Pakistan celebrates World Junior Squash title win after 37 years

Hamza Khan, 17, wins the title after defeating Egypt’s Mohamed Zakaria 3-1 in a thrilling match in Melbourne.

Al Jazeera

Freed Egyptian human rights campaigner arrives in Italy, which championed his case

A high-profile Egyptian activist who was recently released from an Egyptian prison has landed in Italy, where the government championed his case

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Al Jazeera

Metgharabiin: Ramy Essam’s story of exile told through his music

Essam’s new album Metgharabiin (Outsiders) captures the struggles of Egypt’s activists, in prison, exile or silenced.

The Independent UK

Pardoned Egypt activist says he plans to travel to Italy, continue human rights work

A high-profile Egyptian activist who was recently released from prison has said he plans to travel to Italy, where his case garnered significant attention, in the coming days

WEKU

Egypt's vanishing village men: Risking it all to get to Europe

Egypt now has the highest number of illegal migrants to Europe, lured by smugglers who charge a big fee for a risky voyage by sea. We interview families who had a loved one on the shipwrecked Adriana.

Al Jazeera

Middle East Roundup: Cairo grants pardons amidst crackdown

A ‘day of disruption’ in Israel and regional leaders in a frenzy of deals and talks – here’s the Middle East this week.

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The Independent UK

Prominent Egyptian rights activist with ties to Italy walks free from jail, rights defender says

A rights defender says a prominent Egyptian rights activist with ties to Italy has been released from jail

The Independent UK

Egypt pardons jailed activists, including two prominent rights defenders, official reports say

Egypt's state-run media are saying that President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi has pardoned a group of prisoners, including two prominent rights activists

Al Jazeera

El-Sisi pardons Egyptian researcher Patrick Zaki and lawyer

Patrick Zaki had been sentenced to three years in prison on Tuesday after being accused of spreading ‘false news’.

Tribune News Service

Bobby Ghosh: Erdogan and Sisi end their feud 10 years too late

The Middle East’s most pointless feud — and that is a very crowded field — is finally over. After a 10-year diplomatic freeze, Turkey and Egypt are finally exchanging ambassadors. Having led their countries through a decade of political repression and economic pain, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey and…

Los Angeles Times

Travis Scott's permit to rap at Egypt's pyramids is revoked amid satanic claims

The Egyptian Syndicate of Musical Professions has canceled a permit for Travis Scott's end-of-the-month concert at the Pyramids of Giza, citing claims that the hip-hop star's show would "contradict the identity of the Egyptian people." The decision comes on the heels of unsubstantiated claims that the "Sicko Mode" rapper promotes…

The Independent UK

An Egyptian court hands down 3-year prison sentence to rights activist in case that echoed in Italy

An Egyptian court has sentenced a rights activist to three years in prison over an opinion article he wrote in 2019

Al Jazeera

BBC Cairo staff on three-day strike over unequal pay

Employees are demanding salaries be increased as Egypt struggles with a dire economic crisis and high inflation.

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