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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.

AFP

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

The Independent UK

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

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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.

AFP

Climate summit desperate and delayed

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

Newsroom.co.nz

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.

AFP

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Egypt's COP27 climate summit comes at a 'watershed moment'

Cairo (AFP) - Leaders of a divided world meet in Egypt on Monday tasked with taming the terrifying juggernaut of global warming as they face gale-force geopolitical crosswinds, including the war in Ukraine and economic turmoil.

AFP

US Rep. Sanford Bishop faces stiff challenge from GOP’s Chris West

CAIRO, Ga. — In order to win another term in Congress, U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop needs voters like Mary Holt.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Searching for ties to the Middle East in my mother’s old photos

Among a stack of photos from my mother’s childhood is a black-and-white picture from when she was 7 or 8. She’s standing on the sunlit balcony of her family’s apartment in Cairo. Her face looks directly into the camera, half in shadow.

Los Angeles Times

Rehab for Egypt's 'Britney' stirs talk on women's rights

Cairo (AFP) - In past weeks, the story of an Egyptian pop star admitted into a rehabilitation facility has spilled beyond celebrity gossip, and sparked new debate on women's rights in the conservative country.

AFP

Cairo, Dubai and London Heathrow lead busiest air routes as Asia flights slump

Top two international air routes both serve Saudi Arabia

The Independent UK

Gap Shrinks between Egypt's Official, Black Market Dollar Prices

The gap between the official and black market price of dollars in Egypt has narrowed significantly since the central bank announced a flexible exchange rate policy. On Thursday, Cairo announced a $3 billion International Monetary Fund deal with a commitment to a “durably flexible exchange rate regime.” The central bank…

Asharq Al-Awsat

COP27: Nobel Prize winners demand Egypt free political prisoners

Nobel Literature laureates urge world leaders to pressure Cairo to free dissidents ahead of the COP27 summit.

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Egyptian regime criticized as climate activist arrested in run-up to Cop27

Concern over country’s human rights record after Indian Ajit Rajagopal arrested on walk to raise awareness about climate crisis

Al Jazeera

Egypt detains Indian activist on climate march ahead of COP27

Ajit Rajagopal was detained together with a lawyer as he walked to COP27 holding a ‘March For Our Planet’ banner.

Asharq Al-Awsat

EU to Cooperate with Egypt to Limit Illegal Migration from Libya

The European Union, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the French CIVIPOL agreed on a package of measures to enhance cooperation between the EU and Egypt to address illegal migration. The EU signed an agreement with Egypt on Sunday for the first phase of an 80-million-euro border management program,…

The Conversation

Podcasting in Egypt - how feminist activism has emerged through shared stories

After more than a decade of teaching audio production to my college students in Cairo, it finally dawned on me that podcasts themselves can serve as teaching tools that highlight lessons in Egyptian society. I realised this because so many of my female students selected feminist topics or took feminist…

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EU funds border control deal in Egypt with migration via Libya on rise

The European Union signed an agreement with Egypt on Sunday for the first phase of an 80 million-euro border management programme, a statement from the EU delegation in Cairo said, at a time when Egyptian migration to Europe has been rising.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Türkiye Arrests Brotherhood Journalists in Attempt to Accelerate Normalization with Egypt

The Turkish authorities arrested 34 Muslim Brotherhood members who called for protests in Egypt on Nov.

AFP

Millions at risk of climate displacement in Middle East

Cairo (AFP) - Little rainfall, aggressive heatwaves and worsening drought make the Middle East the most water-stressed region in the world, with climate change threatening to displace millions of people.

France 24

Film show: 'Boy from Heaven' explores the dark forces at work in Egyptian society

Film critic Lisa Nesselson tells us why Tarek Saleh's "Boy from Heaven" had her gripped. The movie follows a young student caught up in the collusion of religion and politics in contemporary Cairo. We also look at the touching and tragic study of friendship in Lukas Dhont's award-winning feature "Close".…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Africa Awaits Promised Renaissance

On the eastern bank of the river Congo lies Kinshasa, Africa’s third largest capital city after Cairo and Lagos. Kinshasa had long been billed as one of the top cities that would lead Africa’s renaissance, which now appears even more out of reach than before due to massive debts and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Egypt Demands Intl Support, Ethiopia Insists on African Solution to GERD Dispute

The difference in views between Ethiopia and Egypt on how to break the deadlock in talks on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has once again emerged. While Addis Ababa wants the African Union’s “unproductive” sponsorship of the negotiations, Egypt demands the support of the international community to resolve the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Egypt Ready to Pump Natural Gas to Lebanon

Egypt confirmed its commitment and readiness to pump natural gas "immediately" to Lebanon as soon as the procedures related to the start of exporting and receiving Egyptian gas to Lebanese territory are completed. During a meeting with Lebanese caretaker Minister of Energy and Water Walid Fayyad in Cairo, Egyptian Minister…

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