Egypt-Jordan coordinate on Palestine issues

31 December 2022 • International, News • No Comments

With the help of a third party, Egypt and Jordan continue to coordinate on Palestinian issues, Palestinian and Western diplomatic sources disclosed to Al-Araby Al-Jadeed. A potential prisoner swap between the Palestinian resistance in Gaza and the Israeli occupation is at the top of the Egyptian-Jordanian agenda. The sources revealed that Egypt and[…]

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Drop in donations pushes Egypt’s main children’s cancer hospital to brink of closure

23 December 2022 • International, News • No Comments

INTERNATIONAL Egypt’s main children’s cancer hospital is on the verge of closure after a noticeable drop in donations. Donations to the Children’s Cancer Hospital, widely known as Hospital 57357, have declined by 80-88 percent in the past six months alone, according to hospital administration. “This also makes us incapable of[…]

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Two Egyptian prisoners die in custody in 24 hours

17 November 2022 • International, News • No Comments

INTERNATIONAL An Egyptian prisoner has died in prison due to medical negligence, less than 24 hours after the death of another detainee in similar circumstances, according to a human rights group. The family of Magdy Abdu al-Shabrawy, a 58-year-old detained in the Badr prison complex 70km east of Cairo, were informed of[…]

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Egypt: Alaa Abd el-Fattah ends hunger strike

16 November 2022 • International, News • No Comments

INTERNATIONAL British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah has ended his hunger strike, according to a note his family received from prison in Egypt on Tuesday. The detainee had been on hunger strike for more than seven months to protest against his imprisonment. The note, addressed to his mother Laila Soueif, said he had[…]

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Alaa Abdel Fattah: Lawyer of Egypt hunger-striker denied access to client for 2nd time

14 November 2022 • International, News • No Comments

INTERNATIONAL 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. Seven months into a hunger strike, Abdel Fattah began refusing water on 6 November as world leaders arrived[…]

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Cop27: US lawmakers push Biden to call for release of Egyptian political prisoners

4 November 2022 • International, News • No Comments

A group of more than 50 Democratic lawmakers have sent a letter to US President Joe Biden, urging him to use his platform at the Cop27 climate conference to shine a light on Egypt’s crackdown on human rights, call for the release of political prisoners, and urge for all of civil society’s participation[…]

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Egypt: More than $25bn transferred abroad in less than a month

27 October 2022 • International, News • No Comments

On Tuesday, Egyptian Prime Minister, Mostafa Madbouly, said that the government has adopted a policy of asking importers to obtain letters of credit to access foreign exchange. It was applied last March to prevent the dollar from being transferred, after flows of more than 25 billion dollars were transferred in[…]

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Egypt nears deal with Israel and PA to revive Gaza offshore gas production

21 October 2022 • International, News • No Comments

INTERNATIONAL An agreement between Israel, the Palestine Authority (PA) and Egypt to revive gas exploration at fields off the coast of Gaza may be close, Palestinian sources have said. The deal would see an Egyptian company facilitate natural gas production in the offshore fields using Israeli infrastructure, a Palestinian source familiar with the talks who[…]

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Saudi Arabia: Anger in Egypt as court jails Nubians over event marking 1973 war

11 October 2022 • International, News • No Comments

INTERNATIONAL The relatives of 10 Egyptian Nubians, who were handed heavy jail terms by a Saudi court on Monday for organising an event marking the anniversary of the 1973 Arab–Israeli War, have appealed to the Egyptian government to mediate with Saudi authorities to pardon them. The Riyadh Criminal Court, which[…]

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Egypt: parliamentary question asked about faith group separation in schools

6 October 2022 • International, News • No Comments

An image circulated on social media of the pupil list at an Egyptian school has prompted concerns about possible discrimination. One Egyptian MP has even tabled a parliamentary question to ask if pupils are being separated according to their religion. The image confirmed that staff at Damanhour Shoubra Official Language[…]

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