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For organisations working to eradicate female genital mutilation (FGM) in Egypt, a court's decision this month to refer the father and doctor of a 13-year-old girl who died from an FGM is seen as a...
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The thing I find most annoying is that it has no medical or health benefit, it is purely done for the sexual gratification whether physical or mental of the males who require this mutilation to be...
Egypt's El-Sisi bids military farewell, says he will run for presidency.
Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi resigned from the military on Wednesday and announced that he was determined to run in...
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Not surprising news, it was always on the cards that he was being lined up for the job. It is probably the best outcome for some stability in Egypt, they always seem to do better when ruled by the...
Finding a taxi willing to take you to your destination can be a gruelling experience; on a traffic-filled day, many taxis will refuse to go to certain locations including downtown and other mid-city...
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The app is not just for Cairo, it can be used in 26 countries and 86 cities :)
Since 5 June 1973, the world has been commemorating efforts exerted to raise awareness about environmental issues. The day is supported and its activities are organised globally by the United Nations...
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Just read this now - day late, dollar short - but it was interesting. Wonder if there will be another similar day this year.
I think, as related to Egypt, as the economy continues to decline the...
If you ever happen to be wandering through the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, you may come across a surreal sight that’ll leave you scratching your head. It...
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Hadn't thought about that. Wonder if theatre seats would sell at the local Souk(s) or if they'd just end up being used in the local homes?
They must definitely be located soooo far and in such a...
An average of 100,000 car accidents took place from 2008 to 2012, leaving nearly 33,000 dead and 155,000 injured, according to a joint official report by the ministries of interior and transportation...
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WOW - if compared to the UK then the stats for Egypt are ridiculously alarming!! I've personally been in Tahrir Square and getting across any streets in that area is definitely taking your life in...
Dispute over land in the Maspero Triangle in central Cairo has residents worried they will be driven from the neighbourhood their great-grandparents called home.
It’s a quiet afternoon in Sheikh...
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There is land ownership and then there is land ownership and no matter how big your parcel of land if your family grows by 2 and keeps being divided sooner or later you're down to only enough 'land'...
In August 2011 the Egyptian army launched a military campaign against armed insurgents in Sinai after security in the peninsula broke down after the 25 January uprising earlier the same year.
Even...
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Terrorists do seem to be gaining the upper hand in clearing Egypt of tourists and I'm thinking their agenda is to get tourists out and keep them out. I think they want an entirely Islamic state and...
An attack on a tourist bus in the Red Sea resort town of Taba has killed at least four.
It is the first attack on tourists during a terrorist campaign that has rocked the country since the ouster of...
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I haven't checked the Canadian or US FCO sites either. IF it is determined that somebody was lobbing a bomb or blast at Israel - well - that seems an accepted and ok thing to do. I mean, it isn't,...
Their eyes set on glory, next month will see nine street boys from Egypt fly to Brazil to compete in a football tournament that could change their lives.
For Mohamed El-Masry, who's 14 turning 15...
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Studies have shown in child welfare/wayward youth that if even 1 person shows an interest in a child, bonds with child and gives said child any focus they tend to turn out better than the youth who...
Human Rights Watch Tuesday released a disturbing report about the ongoing human trafficking and torture in eastern Sudan and Egypt, urging authorities of both countries to finally take effective...
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Terribly sad and upsetting account of what is going on that area of the world.
On reading reports like this I always am left wondering exactly what I can or could do to make a difference?
As militants step up attacks across Egypt, Ahram Online talks to experts on how well the country's security forces are prepared to deal with well organised terrorism.
The walls of Fatma El-Tabey's...
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Unfortunately Egypt will almost certainly decend into continued incidents of violence for many more years to come, post revolution the genii was let out of the bottle with the break down in security...
On the roof of a once-grand apartment block overlooking Cairo’s Tahrir Square, Shukri Mahmud’s father built a humble shack, the din, congestion and worst of the notorious pollution in Africa’s...
A total number of 222,000 citizens have “voluntarily” deleted their ration cards after deeming themselves “ineligible” for subsidised commodities, according to Minister of Supply Mohamed Abu Shady....
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Definitely a significant number of people making, what am sure in Egypt right now given the hard times, a magnanimous gesture.
9 dead as a three-way commemoration of 3rd revolution anniversary turns bloody.
Death toll in clashes on the third anniversary of 25 January revolution has risen to nine, Egypt's health ministry...
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Me too Grandad, all that I knew has gone, (except AWOL is still working ). . . Poor Keefy. he deserves a medal for endurance. Cannot see the point in living in a crap country where life means so...
Three separate bomb attacks took place in Greater Cairo on Friday morning, killing at least five people and injuring dozens of others, on the eve of the anniversary of the 2011 uprising that toppled...
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I get that people can all have different political beliefs and I get it that groups have different philosophical ideas as to what works best for the majority but I honestly don't follow these...
Egypt's poor families need permanent aid, subsidy system needs flexibility.
Egypt’s newly appointed assistant to the minister of finance, Sherine Al-Shawarbi, said that the country’s families living...
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I hope the help is true help and doesn't start to enable people to give up their own personal efforts to achieve WHICH I believe if very prevalent here. I believe we, as a society, started out with...
98% of votes in 25 governorates in favour of draft constitution.
Below (picture) are the aggregated vote counts of 25 governorates out of 27.
Vote results in Cairo, the most populated Egyptian...
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Gee Grandad - I'm positive I wrote an answer to this yesterday, came back to see if what is up today and 'poop' what I'm sure I wrote isn't here........ahh well - not that it was Pulitzer prize...
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