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Study reveals Egypt losing its brightest young minds
Image by D’Arcy Vallance via Flickr According to a recent study by the Earth Centre for Studies almost half a million (460,000) Egyptians have successfully entered Europe illegally in the last decade, and 90,000 live in Italy alone. Another study into attitudes towards migration by the Arabic Labour Organisation is equally revealing. It found that 50% of... »
Egypt cleric: ‘Niqab merely a tradition’
Image via Wikipedia Sheikh Mohamed Tantawi, dean of al-Azhar university, said full-face veiling (niqab) is merely a tradition that has nothing to do with the Islamic faith. Although most Muslim women in Egypt wear the Islamic headscarf, increasing numbers are adopting the niqab as well. The niqab question reportedly arose when Sheikh Tantawi was visiting a girls’... »
Sadat's daughter sues Egypt government over Hollywood movie
Image via Wikipedia Rokaya Sadat, elder daughter of the late Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, claims the memory of her father has been sullied by a Hollywood film that has named a dog after him. Sadat has filed a lawsuit against Minister of Information Anas Fekki for allowing the release of the “I Love you, Man”... »
Who has controlled the Middle East over the course of history?
Egypt history is as fascinating as it is long. The official name of modern Egypt is the Arab Republic of Egypt. But before becoming an independent state in 1953, Egyptians had to endure centuries of invasions and occupations, including Arabs and Turks from the Near East and Europeans too. In this time lapse prepared by... »
An American (woman) in Cairo
A woman who had just recently (she doesn’t say when) moved to Egypt gives us an interesting account of her experiences in the Cairo Metro, where she avoids eye contact with men and always takes one of the two front car reserved for women. Even among Egyptian women, she feels different. Her height and... »
