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09Sep/17

Egyptian archaeologists discover 3,000-year-old tomb of goldsmith

September 9, 2017TravelAmenemhat, Ancient Egypt, Continents, Corporeal undead, Countries, Country: Egypt, Eastern Mediterranean, Egypt, Geography of Africa, Geography of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, Jewellery, Khaled Al-Anani, Luxor, Luxor Temple, Mummy, Nile, Thebes Egypt, Tourism in Egypt, Western Asiasmbale

Egyptian archaeologists have discovered a tomb of a prominent goldsmith who lived more than 3,000 years ago, unearthing statues, mummies and jewellery in the latest major find near the Nile city of Luxor. Continue reading →

25Jan/16

In pictures, Egypt’s 2011 uprising and events that followed

January 25, 2016WorldAbdel Fattah al-Sisi, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Continents, Egypt, Egyptian coup d'état, Egyptian Crisis, Egyptian revolution, Facebook, Farouk, Government, Government of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, Mohamed Morsi, Mohamed Mursi, Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, Politics of Egypt, Protests in Egypt, Sunni Islam in Egypt, Tunis, Tunisiasmbale

A look back at the events that changed Egypt’s political landscape since the popular uprising that ousted autocrat Hosni Mubarak.

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15Dec/15

A pushcart vendor’s desperate act galvanizes the Arab world

Five years since spark that started ‘Arab Spring’

December 15, 2015Worldal-Abidine Ben Ali, al-Khalifa, Ali Abdullah Saleh, Arab Spring, Bahrain, Bashar al-Assad, Benghazi, Cairo, Colour revolutions, Deraa, Egypt, Egyptian revolution, Government, Hosni Mubarak, Intifadas, Libya, Manama, Mohamed Bouazizi, Muammar Gaddafi, Mutassim, Nonviolent resistance, Nonviolent revolutions, Politics, president, Protests, Russia, Sanaa, Saudi Arabia, Sidi Bouzid, Tripoli, Tunisia, Tunisian Revolution, United States, Women in the Arab Spring, Yemen, Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, Zine El Abidine Ben Alismbale

It was five years ago that a vegetable-seller in Tunisia set himself alight, igniting weeks of demonstrations that led to the unseating of long-time ruler Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali – and setting off a chain of uprisings across the region.

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07Sep/15

Egyptian billionaire offers to buy Island for refugees

September 7, 2015WorldAftermath of war, Aylan Kurdi, Cairo, Continents, Death of Alan Kurdi, Demography, Egypt, European migrant crisis, Forced migration, Geography of Africa, Greece, Hosni Mubarak, Hungary, Iraq, Italy, Naguib, Naguib Sawiris, Obama, Orascom Construction, Orascom Group, Orascom Telecom, Population, Refugee, Right of asylum, Sawiris, Syria, Tunisia, United States, VEON, Western Asiasmbale

Egyptian billionaire offers to buy an island from Greece or Italy to house refugees fleeing war in the Middle East.

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