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The Proposed New MENA "Racial" Classification and the Jews

Arab and Iranian activist groups are trying to get the Biden administration to impose a new MENA classification; it would have some surprising effects on American Jews.

Reason

Egypt’s Economy Seen Growing Steadily

Egypt’s economy will grow fairly steadily over the coming three years, with inflation gradually declining from over 10% and the pound weakening in the near-term, a Reuters poll showed. Gross domestic product (GDP) is forecast to expand a median 5.5% in the fiscal year that began this month, according to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Egypt, EU to Enhance Partnership

The ninth meeting of the EU-Egypt Association Council is set to kick off on Sunday in Luxembourg. The event will be co-chaired by Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell. It will endorse the new EU-Egypt…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Can MENA countries fight climate change the same way?

With Egypt’s COP27 six months away, experts are calling attention to the MENA region’s transition to clean energy.

Al Jazeera

Lebanon-Israel maritime border row: Energy development triggers new regional tensions

An ongoing maritime dispute between Lebanon and Israel has re-entered the spotlight after a production vessel docked in an offshore gas field on Sunday. The Lebanese claim the ship is in disputed territorial waters, but the Israelis refute this. Both countries have yet to agree on maritime demarcation lines and…

France 24

Jordan, Germany to Host Middle East and North Africa-Europe Future Energy Dialogue

Jordan’s Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Saleh Kharabsheh and German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action Robert Habeck on Saturday announced intensifying cooperation between the two governments in the field of energy policy under the Jordanian-German energy partnership program. The two countries are scheduled to host the Middle…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Bus Crash Near Egypt's Red Sea Kills 3, Including 2 Tourists

At least three people including two Polish tourists were killed when a bus crashed on a highway near the Red Sea, Egypt's state-owned MENA news agency reported. The bus was carrying 21 people, including 19 Polish tourists when it rolled over on the highway linking the two ports of Safaga…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Egypt to Receive New Batches of Pfizer Covid Vaccines

Health Ministry Spokesman Hossam Abdel Ghaffar said Egypt is set to receive a new shipment containing 2,158,650 doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine. In statements to the MENA news agency on Saturday, the spokesman added that the shipment is part of the state’s plan to provide various kinds of vaccines…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Egypt Court Refers 10 Sentences to Mufti in ‘Helwan Brigades’ Case

An Egyptian court has sentenced to death 10 members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood for planning attacks on the police, the state-news agency MENA said on Sunday. Egypt's top religious authority, the Grand Mufti, has to ratify the sentences, it said. The 10 who were sentenced to death had formed…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Egyptian court sentences 10 to death for planning attacks -state news agency

An Egyptian court has sentenced to death 10 members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group for planning attacks on the police, the state-news agency MENA said on Sunday.

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