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What we’re tracking this week and beyond
Finance Minister Mohamed Maait will be at AmCham on Tuesday, 18 September for a lunch. The minister will speak about “Egypt’s financial reform agenda.” Members and their guests can register here. The E-Commerce Summit in Egypt will kick off on Wednesday, 26 September at the Nile-Ritz Carlton. The gathering bills itself as “the first event […]
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Jews in Egypt observed from 9-11 September the Jewish New Year
Egypt’s Jewish community observed the Jewish new year in a celebration in Cairo, according to Egyptian Streets. Community head Magda Haroun invited various organizations and prominent figures to attend the festivities. Rosh Hashanah overlapped with both the Islamic and Coptic new years.
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The US employs “blatant hypocrisy” in supporting Egypt despite rights concerns
Topping coverage of Egypt in the foreign press this morning is more backlash against the death sentences handed down of 75 people over the 2013 Rabaa Adawiya sit-in. A dozen rights groups have since issued condemnations, saying that the ruling “degraded standards of fairness,” a dozen of rights group said in a statement, the Associated […]
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Egyptian arrested in Saudi for having breakfast with a female coworker
So much for MbS The Reformer: Saudi authorities arrested an Egyptian hotel worker this week after he posted a video of himself having breakfast with a female coworker, who happens to be a Saudi national, in a hotel lobby in Jeddah,Egypt Independent reports. The video went viral, prompting debates on social reform in KSA as […]
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Military chief of staff in Kuwait for meetings with GCC, Jordan, US officials
Armed Forces Chief of Staff Mohamed Farid headed to Kuwait on Monday to discuss regional security cooperation with his counterparts from the GCC and Jordan, with US military officials, according to an official statement.
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Egypt lifts ban on imports of South African produce
Egypt has lifted its ban on the imports of all South African agricultural products following a four-month suspension due to an outbreak of listeria, a deadly bacteria, according to Eyewitness News. According to South Africa’s health minister, the listeria incident rate has “dropped to pre-outbreak levels.” The Agriculture Ministry had banned South African produce as […]
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USAID pledges USD 65 mn in grants for infrastructure development, water sector reform
USAID pledges USD 65 mn in grants for infrastructure development, water sector reform: Investment Minister Sahar Nasr signed agreements with USAID on Monday for grants worth USD 65 mn that will be used to support water infrastructure development, according to a ministry statement. The funding will be used to improve water and wastewater management systems […]
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Attaqa pumped-storage power station granted environmental approval
The USD 2.6 bn pumped-storage hydroelectricity power station in Attaqa, a zombie project from the EEDC that was recently resurrected, has received the final environmental approvals that signal the beginning of construction, Al Masry Al Youm reports. Contracts for the project, which will be developed by China’s Sinohydro, were signed during President Abdel Fattah El […]