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Who is Mostafa El-Abbadi? Google Doodle celebrates Egyptian historian

The historian and professor was an expert on the ancient Library of Alexandria in Egypt

Evening Standard

Who was Mostafa El-Abbadi as Google Doodle celebrates Egyptian historian

Mostafa El-Abbadi would have been 94 today. The Egyptian historian specialised in Greco-Roman studies and is credited with reviving the ancient Library of Alexandria

Daily Mirror

Railway Project Between Egypt, Sudan Moves Forward

Egypt's President, Abdelfattah El-Sisi, on Sunday issued a decision approving a grant between Egypt, represented by the Ministry of International Cooperation, and the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED), to fund a railway project between Egypt and Sudan. A presidential decree, published in the official gazette, approved a 750,000-Kuwaiti…

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Ancient Egypt unleashed: how the gods, pharaohs, monsters and murderers shattered their silence

As a new show at the British Museum celebrates the monumental discovery that blew a 3,000-year-old mystery apart, our writer finds magic and malice on a code-cracking ride into antiquity

The Guardian - UK

Greek FM in Egypt for talks after Turkey’s deals with Libya

Greece’s Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias has met with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shukry in Cairo

The Independent UK

Greece and Egypt Call Turkish-Libyan Gas Deal ‘Illegal’

Egypt and Greece on Sunday said a deal allowing Turkish hydrocarbon exploration in Libya's Mediterranean waters was "illegal" as Athens said it would oppose it by all "legal means". On Monday, Türkiye said it had signed a memorandum of understanding on exploration for hydrocarbons in Libya's seas with the Tripoli-based…

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Egypt: Official Calls to Rationalize Spending amid Rising Prices

The Egyptian government stressed that it would continue to subsidize bread and provide a safe reserve of goods, meat and poultry, amid official and media calls to “rationalize spending due to high prices.” Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Dr. Ali Al-Moselhi said President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi’s directives to raise…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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How Did Egyptian, Israeli Drama Series Depict the October War?

Although Egypt has produced numerous small and big screen adaptations of the Arab-Israeli conflict, especially the October War, Egyptian filmmakers believe that these works are relatively scarce given the significance of the conflict and the sacrifices it witnessed.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Protecting Biodiversity an Important Environmental Challenge, Says Egypt's Environment Minister

Egypt’s Minister of Environment Yasmine Fouad stressed that protecting migratory birds and biodiversity is one of the global and regional environmental challenges that Egypt is keen to address during the UN Conference of Parties on Climate Change (COP27). She made her remarks at the opening of the regional conference organized…

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Iran’s brave young women must break their own chains. The west won’t help

The uprising against Tehran’s vile regime could fail like those in Hong Kong, Belarus, Egypt and Syria – but this time something feels different

The Guardian - UK

Tanzania’s Rufiji River: Egypt’s Response to Ethiopia’s Accusations

Egypt has completed the construction work of a massive dam body it is building on the Rufiji River in Tanzania, in a move considered as a message addressed to Ethiopia, Cairo also started preparations for retaining water to fill the reservoir of the giant Julius Nyerere Hydropower Project (JNHPP). The…

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Egypt Replants Mangrove ‘Treasure’ to Fight Climate Change Impacts

On Egypt's Red Sea coast, fish swim among thousands of newly planted mangroves, part of a program to boost biodiversity, protect coastlines and fight climate change and its impacts. After decades of destruction that saw the mangroves cleared, all that remained were fragmented patches totaling some 500 hectares (1,200 acres),…

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UN experts: Egypt hinders civil society role in COP27

A group of United Nations-backed experts have criticized the Egyptian government for imposing a wave of restrictions that jeopardize “safety and full participation” at COP27

The Independent UK

The Turbine Hall is back, Cerith Wyn Evans goes home and an Egyptian stone speaks – the week in art

Radical Chilean artist Cecilia Vicuña takes over the Turbine, an international star returns to his Welsh roots and The British Museum unlocks hieroglyphic secrets

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Uganda's Owen Falls dam: a colonial legacy that still stings, 67 years later

Uganda’s Owen Falls hydropower plant has a rich history that predates the country’s independence in 1962. The plant is located across the White Nile and sits between the towns of Jinja and Njeru on the shores of Lake Victoria. It is about 85 kilometres east of Kampala.

Reuters

Caribbean countries to seek 'loss and damage' as top priority at COP27, document says

Caribbean nations will unite to seek "loss and damage" compensation for the impact of climate change at the upcoming COP27 climate talks in Egypt, according to a report summarizing conclusions of a recent regional summit.

Evening Standard

Hieroglyphs at the British Museum: how the Rosetta Stone opened up 4,000 years of knowledge to the world

This new blockbuster show, which opens today, tells the story of one of how one of human history’s oldest written languages was decoded

Evening Standard

‘Greenwashing’, LGBTQ+ ‘torture’, and human rights abuses: why COP27 is proving controversial

With just one month to go, the climate summit is already set to be the most controversial yet

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‘I have a voice’: African activists struggle to attend UN climate talks in Egypt

Young campaigners from the continent most affected by the climate crisis face financial and accreditation difficulties for Cop27

Asharq Al-Awsat

Egypt Attends Annual Conference of Europe’s Coptic Bishops

Egypt on Wednesday participated in the inaugural session of the conference of Coptic Bishops of Europe held in the Irish capital Dublin, in the presence of the 15 Coptic Bishops serving in the continent. Minister of Immigration and Affairs of Egyptians Abroad Soha Gendy praised “the role of the Egyptian…

The Guardian - UK

African countries urge rich nations to honour $100bn climate finance pledge

Ministers rebuke ‘shameful’ failure to meet promises of funding to help poorer countries cope with climate crisis ahead of UN Cop27 summit

Evening Standard

Egypt archaeologists want British Museum to return the Rosetta Stone

The Museum said it has not recieved a formal request from Egypt for the return of the priceless artefact

Daily Mirror

Italy and Japan win Red Bull Half Court finals in Egypt as 3x3 format points to exciting basketball future

Italy and Japan emerged victorious at the Red Bull Half Court finals in Cairo last weekend as the burgeoning 3x3 format impressed - and maybe even converted - viral basketball coach Lethal Shooter

Reuters

Egypt calls for return of Rosetta Stone 200 years after it was deciphered

Prominent Egyptian archaeologists have renewed a call for the return of the Rosetta Stone from the British Museum to Egypt, 200 years after the deciphering of the slab unlocked the secrets of hieroglyphic script and marked the birth of Egyptology.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Egypt’s Sisi Vows to Continue Construction Projects until Establishment of ‘New Republic’

Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi stressed on Tuesday that his country’s war on terrorism has achieved significant victories Speaking at the Cultural Symposium of the Armed Forces marking the 49th anniversary of the 6th of October War victory in 1973, he vowed that the construction process in Egypt will continue…

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