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Nafis Sadik: UN activist who championed women’s reproductive rights

Driven by her mantra that ‘Women being harmed is our business’, the Pakistani doctor’s campaigning angered the Vatican and brought death threats from Muslim fundamentalists

The Independent UK

Egypt COP27 Presidency to Address Water, Food Security

Egypt said food security and water issues will be on is agenda for presidency of the COP27 United Nations Climate Change Conference, which it will host in the Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh in November. Minister of Environment Yasmine Fouad held talks on Friday with Danish Minister of Climate…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Some refugees stay in temporary status indefinitely – how they still manage to create homes and communities

More than 6.5 million Ukrainian war refugees are now scattered across Europe and North America, most with temporary emergency residency allowing them to stay in host countries for one to three years.

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Egypt, South Sudan Discuss GERD Crisis

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi held talks with South Sudan’s presidential advisor on security affairs Tut Gatluak in Cairo on Thursday. Presidential spokesman, Bassam Rady, said Gatluak handed Sisi a letter from his South Sudanese counterpart, Salva Kiir, that reviewed the latest political developments and bilateral ties, as well as…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Fatal stabbings highlight violence against women in Egypt

A series of violent crimes against women in Egypt has drawn attention to gaps in legal and social protections that leave female citizens vulnerable to attacks and harassment, victims and activists say.

Reuters

On track: Cairo metro employs Egypt's first women train drivers

Cairo (AFP) - As it prepares to expand to serve a population now exceeding 20 million, the Cairo metro has recruited Egypt's first female train drivers, a novelty in a country where few women have formal jobs.

AFP

Egypt central bank chief quits amid deepening crisis

Cairo (AFP) - The governor of Egypt's central bank, Tareq Amer, resigned on Wednesday, state media reported, with the Arab world's most populous country in the grip of a deepening economic crisis.

AFP

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Cairo blaze highlights problem of unsafe makeshift churches

Cairo (AFP) - An electrical fire that turned a crowded Cairo church into a deathtrap highlights a persistent problem, say Coptic Christians in majority-Muslim Egypt -- a struggle to build or renovate their places of worship.

AFP

US Mediates between Libya’s Parliament, High Council of State

The Libyan Presidential Council sought US mediation to resolve the ongoing disputes between the Speaker of Libya’s House of Representatives (HoR), Aguila Saleh, and the Chairman of the High Council of State (HCS) Khalid al-Mishri. The US and the international and local community fear an outbreak of a new armed…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Twins, triplets among child victims of Cairo church blaze

Cairo (AFP) - Mourners in Egypt attended a memorial service Tuesday for victims of a Coptic church fire in Cairo that killed 41 people -- among them many children, including twins and triplets.

AFP

Nafis Sadik, a champion of women's health and rights around the world, dies at 92

Sadik became the architect of groundbreaking U.N. action that recognized for the first time that women have the right to control their reproductive and sexual health.

WEKU

Nafis Sadik, women's health and rights champion, dies at 92

Nafis Sadik, a Pakistani doctor who championed women’s health and rights and spearheaded the breakthrough action plan adopted by 179 countries at the 1994 U.N. population conference in Cairo, has died four days before her 93rd birthday

The Independent UK

Safety concerns after deadly fire rips through Egypt church

Residents of a Cairo neighborhood say they are in shock a day after a devastating fire ripped through a Coptic Orthodox church, killing 41 worshippers, including at least 15 children

The Independent UK

Anger flares at slow response to deadly Cairo church fire

Cairo (AFP) - Egyptians voiced outrage Monday over reports that firefighters and paramedics took over an hour to respond to a blaze that tore through a Coptic Christian church and killed 41 people.

AFP

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Howard Carter Stole Tutankhamun’s Treasure, New Evidence Suggests

Howard Carter, the archaeologist who discovered Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922, was long suspected by Egyptians of having helped himself to treasures before the vault was officially opened. But while rumors have swirled for generations, proof has been hard to come by. Now an accusation that Carter handled property “undoubtedly stolen…

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Egyptians Mourn 41 Killed in Cairo Coptic Church Fire

Funerals were held in two Cairo churches Sunday evening for 41 victims of a fire that ripped through a Coptic Christian church during mass, forcing worshippers to jump out of windows. The blaze, blamed on an electrical fault, hit the Abu Sifin church in densely populated Imbaba, a working class…

Irish Mirror

Ireland's ambassador to Egypt left 'in shock' after part of Cairo villa roof collapsed

Sean O’Regan ended up having to move to the Hilton Hotel for several months after senior officials in Department of Foreign Affairs said they were concerned about his safety

AFP

Egyptians mourn 41 killed in Cairo Coptic church fire

Cairo (AFP) - Funerals were held in two Cairo churches Sunday evening for 41 victims of a fire that ripped through a Coptic Christian church during mass, forcing worshippers to jump out of windows.

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Blaze at Egyptian church leaves 41 dead, ministry says

At least 41 people were killed and about a dozen others hurt when a fire broke out at a church in greater Cairo, Egypt’s health ministry said.

AFP

Electrical fire kills 41 in Cairo Coptic church

Cairo (AFP) - More than 40 people died when fire ripped through a Cairo-area Coptic Christian church during Sunday mass, forcing worshippers to jump out windows while bystanders braved flames and smoke to save children.

The Independent UK

Officials: Fire at Coptic church in Cairo kills 41, hurts 14

Egypt’s Coptic Church says a fire at one of its churches in Cairo has killed at least 41 people and injured at least 14 others

WEKU

A fire at a church in Cairo kills 41 people and injures 16 others

A fire ripped through a church in a densely populated neighborhood as congregants worshipped, the Coptic Church said. It was one of the worst fire tragedies in Egypt in recent years.

France 24

Fire during mass at Cairo Coptic church kills more than 40, church officials say

A fire ripped through a packed Coptic Orthodox church during morning services in Egypt’s capital on Sunday, quickly filling it with thick black smoke and killing 41 worshippers, including at least 10 children.

ABC News

Egypt church fire kills at least 41 including 10 children, injures 16 others in Cairo neighbourhood

The blaze, blamed on an electrical short-circuit, ripped through the Abu Sefein church in the densely populated Cairo neighbourhood of Imbaba on Sunday.

Evening Standard

Egypt: At least ‘41 people killed’ in church fire, reports state

At least 41people are thought to have died following a church fire in Egypt, reports have stated.

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