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Jailed Egypt activist ends hunger strike: letter

Cairo (AFP) - Jailed British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah has ended a months-long hunger strike, his family said Tuesday, after fears for his health grew and amid criticism of Cairo during the ongoing COP27 climate summit.

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Brit dumped by Egyptian toyboy for 'being old' plans to wed new younger lover in Cairo

Joanna Girling, 47, claims she's having sex every day with her toyboy Hysm Fygo, 39, who she fell in love with after being dumped by another younger man from Egypt

Daily Mirror

Jailed Egypt hunger striker says 'doing well' in letter

Cairo (AFP) - Jailed British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah has written he is "doing well" and is taking liquids after fears rose for his health amid a months-long hunger strike, his family said Monday.

AFP

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Egyptian Restaurant Serves Unconventional Sandwiches

In a step toward innovation and breaking the traditional, an Egyptian restaurant is serving unconventional “sandwiches”, offering its customers the chance to try diverse tastes including the meat of pigeons, ostriches, and ducks. Located in the Nasr City, eastern Cairo, the Zouzou Restaurant, which is set to open a new…

Asharq Al-Awsat

'Tensions boil at COP27 as activists arrested, forced into exile or silenced'

An investigation by Human Rights Watch found that sensitive topics, including industrial pollution – which contributes to thousands of premature deaths every year in Cairo – are all off limits at the summit, writes Nada Farhoud

Daily Mirror

Lawyer of Egypt hunger-striker denied access for 2nd time

Cairo (AFP) - The lawyer for Egypt's jailed hunger-striker Alaa Abdel Fattah said Sunday he had been denied access to his client for a second time in days, as fears for the activist's health mount.

AFP

Egypt to Join the New Development Bank within Weeks

Egypt is moving forward with the procedures of officially joining the New Development Bank (NDB), which was established by the BRICS countries to enhance cooperation in infrastructure and sustainable development. The Egyptian parliament is scheduled to officially discuss the final procedures for Cairo to join the Bank in the coming…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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21 Dead as Egypt Minibus Topples into Canal

At least 21 people were killed on Saturday when the minibus they were travelling in toppled into a canal in northern Egypt's Nile River Delta region, prosecutors said. Dr. Sherif Makeen, a health ministry official, said three children were among the dead. In a statement, the ministry said the accident…

Asharq Al-Awsat

As leaders discuss climate, Egyptians bear brunt of a crackdown

As COP27 takes place in Sharm el-Sheikh, activists face greater repression as a spotlight shines on their plight.

Al Jazeera

Egypt hunger-striker's family say requested presidential pardon

Cairo (AFP) - The family of jailed British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah announced Friday they have requested a presidential pardon for him as concern for his health mounts after a months-long hunger strike.

AFP

Russia and US to hold first nuclear talks since Ukraine war

Russia said it will hold talks with the U.S. from late November to early December in Cairo about inspections of atomic weapons sites under the New START treaty, a first step toward reviving broader arms-control talks suspended since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Tribune News Service

U.S. President Biden praises Egypt for its stance on Ukraine and Gaza

U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday praised Egypt for speaking up strongly on the war in Ukraine and said Cairo had been a key mediator in Gaza.

Reuters

Blind and abused street dog rescued from Egypt and brought to UK

Warda's shelter was unable to repair injuries she suffered while homeless

Wales Online

British woman flies disabled street dog 5,600km to loving home

Dog behaviourist Emma Mclean, 37, has managed to train her adopted pooch Warda so the former stray can join the family

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Russia downplays hopes for upcoming nuclear talks with U.S. in Egypt

Russia said on Friday it did not expect a quick breakthrough in talks with the United States on resuming nuclear arms inspections that it said would take place soon in Cairo.

AFP

Egypt prison puts hunger-striker Abdel Fattah 'under medical intervention'

Cairo (AFP) - The family of Egypt's jailed dissident Alaa Abdel Fattah said Thursday prison authorities had told them he is "under medical intervention", as fear mounts that he is being force-fed.

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Egypt hunger-striker Abdel Fattah 'under medical intervention': family

Cairo (AFP) - The family of Egypt's jailed dissident Alaa Abdel Fattah, who has been refusing food and water, said Thursday prison authorities had told them he is "under medical intervention".

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Egypt dissident Abdel Fattah's family demands proof of life

Cairo (AFP) - The family of Egypt's jailed dissident Alaa Abdel Fattah, who is refusing food and water, demanded information on his health Wednesday amid what they said were "rumours of force-feeding".

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Pressure mounts on Egypt to release hunger-striking dissident

Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) (AFP) - International pressure mounted Tuesday for the "immediate release" of Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, whose family fears for his life after he escalated his hunger strike by refusing water too as COP27 opened.

The Independent UK

Alaa-Abdel Fattah: Sunak ‘stresses UK’s deep concern’ to Egypt’s al-Sisi over jailed British activist

Sister of long-detained water striker has ‘pinned her hopes’ on new prime minister securing his release

AFP

Britain, France raise hunger striker case with Egypt's Sisi

Cairo (AFP) - Britain and France on Monday raised the case of a dissident hunger striker with Egypt's President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, a day after the jailed activist started refusing water.

AFP

Three Egyptian journalists start hunger strike to free dissident

Cairo (AFP) - Three Egyptian journalists said Monday they had begun hunger strikes to demand authorities free Alaa Abdel Fattah, a jailed political dissident who has been refusing food and now water too.

Newsroom.co.nz

Climate summit desperate and delayed

Newsroom columnist Rod Oram reports from Egypt as the world gathers, again, to wrangle solutions to climate change

AFP

Jailed Egypt dissident on 'water strike' as UK vows support

Cairo (AFP) - Jailed Egyptian dissident Alaa Abdel Fattah has stopped drinking water, his family said Sunday, escalating his hunger strike as world leaders arrive in the country for the COP27 climate summit.

AFP

Egypt cuts the feed to wildly popular 'mahraganat' electro music

Cairo (AFP) - With its catchy beats and in-your-face lyrics, Egypt's hugely popular electro "mahraganat" music has found millions of fans in the conservative country -- but now officials are pulling the plug.

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