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DISTRACTIONS- Tech geeks who happen to worship at the temple of Apple will want to check out wunderkind Mark Gurman’s latest for Bloomberg, wherein he claims Apple will be refreshing the MacBook Pro, 12-inch MacBook and (just maybe) the MacBook Air at WWDC in a few short weeks’ time. Finance geeks will doubtless not be […]
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#Throwback: Before being stuck on Salah Salem was a valid excuse for being late
Throwback to before being stuck on Salah Salem was a valid excuse for being late: Once upon a time, a Belgian entrepreneur by the name of Édouard Empain saw in a stretch of desert the potential for a fully equipped “city of luxury,” and went about building what is now Heliopolis. Empain commissioned a French […]
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Egypt in the news on 17 May 2017
Coverage of Egypt in the foreign press is picking up once again this morning, with international outlets offering up a varied assortment of stories. President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s phone call on Monday night with Donald Trump is getting some digital ink from the Associated Press, which reminds us again of the two presidents’ blossoming […]
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Public criticism of Al Azhar indicates rising tension with the regime
The Egyptian media’s “wave of highly unusual” criticism of Al Azhar is indicative of friction between the religious institution and the state, Heba Saleh writes for the Financial Times. “The tensions illustrate the complexity of the challenges facing the president as he tries to influence the religious sphere, while also fighting jihadis and cracking down […]
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MP proposes restricting social media access
CNN apparently just caught wind of a ridiculous bill being drafted to restrict access to social media including Twitter and Facebook by requiring registration with the government. “Successful applicants would receive a login linked to their national ID. Unauthorized use could result in prison sentences and heavy fines,” writes Kieron Monks, who misses the mark […]
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Other international coverage
Other coverage in the international media worth a skim: There’s a new joint for bikers in Zamalek, Reuters reports. “I saw myself being defamed in state-controlled media as a traitor [after 2013],” Amr Hamzawy says in an interview with Carnegie Middle East Center’s Michael Young. The dispute between Egypt and Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian […]
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Egypt has gone through the ringer, but we’re on the upswing
Sometimes, it takes a foreigner to point out that here in Egypt, the sky is notnecessarily falling: Egypt has gone through the ringer these past few years, but there are plenty of indicators that suggest the country is on the upswing, high profile Emirati business leader Khalaf Al Habtoor writes in an optimistic column penned […]
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Cleaner fish swimming into diver’s mouth
Who needs a toothbrush? Russian professional diver Vitaly Bazarov was about 100 ft under water off Sinai when he got some dental check-up from some inquisitive fish. Bazarov let a pair of cleaner fish inside his mouth as they were nibbling his lips and looking for food. He removed his regulator and let the cleaner […]
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GERD negotiations collapse -AMAY
Negotiations between Egypt and Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) have “failed,” Al Masry Al Youm said ominously yesterday, citing unnamed sources. The Irrigation Ministry said that following a round of meetings, a few technical points remain unaddressed and will be looked into in a future meeting, without setting a time or date. […]