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Egypt cracked into the 20th spot of FIFA’s latest worldwide rankings, released last week, eNCA reports. Eight spots ahead of Senegal, Egypt sits at the top of all African teams’ rankings and is the only team from the continent to be included in the top 20 teams worldwide.
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Vatican considering papal visit to Egypt
Pope Francis is considering stopping by Egypt, the Vatican confirmed in a statement on Saturday. Italy’s state-run RAI reported Francis would visit Al-Azhar on May 20-21, according to the Associated Press. We’re rather fond of Francis and his generally liberal take, so we’re crossing our fingers we get a glimpse of the “Popemobile,” otherwise known […]
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Is Exxon bidding for BP again?
Rumors in the UK press that Exxon is in acquisition mode are driving BP shares up, Bloomberg reports, but analysts aren’t biting — they’ve heard the tune before, in both 2015 and 2010. Speaking against the acquisition: USD 20 bn in penalties Exxon would take on as a result of BP’s Gulf of Mexico oil […]
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Tahteeb at the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations
The Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations was the setting for a “tahteeb” performance last week. Tahteeb, originally a form of martial art, dates back to Ancient Egyptian times. It progressively became a folk practice — mainly in Upper Egypt — and is now a protected heritage, having been inscribed in UNESCO's Representative […]
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Ozymandias unearthed
“My Name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look upon my slums, ye mighty and despair”: Like the Shelley poem, an eight-meter quartzite statue likely depicting Ancient Egyptian ruler Ramses II was unearthed in Mattariya over the weekend. Found in fragments, the statue was excavated from under a low-income district (watch, runtime 0:52). Archaeologists from Egypt […]
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The Economist lauds Egypt’s economic reforms
The Sisi administration’s economic reform agenda is getting some overduerecognition from The Economist. In a piece headlined “Egypt’s economy shows signs of life,” the newspaper (as it insists on calling itself) runs down all the positive steps that have led foreign investors to eye Egypt’s economy, including the devaluation, subsidy cuts, and the eurobond issuance. […]
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Debate over appointment of Anne Patterson plays out in the US press
Debate over appointment of Anne Patterson plays out in the US press: The controversy over Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’ appointment of former US ambassador to Egypt Anne Patterson to be undersecretary of defense for policy is playing out in the US press. Fox News ran a piece tracing Patterson’s support for ousted Ikhwani president Mohamed […]
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Egypt’s relations with Hamas are “warming” -Ynet
Egypt’s relations with Hamas are warming and this is causing concerns to Israel and the Palestinian Authority, Elior Levy and Roi Kais write for Ynet. “There is no doubt that in reality things are changing in relation to Egypt and the strip. The more frequent opening of the Rafah crossing in recent months and the […]
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Hawaii challenges Trump’s travel ban, Egyptian-American imam joins suit as plaintiff
Ismail Elshikh, an American citizen from Egypt, joined the state of Hawaii in lodging the first challenge to US President Donald Trump’s executive decision to restrict entry to refugees and travelers from six Muslim-majority countries. The state says Elshikh, an Imam at the Muslim Association of Hawaii whose mother-in-law lives in Syria, is being subject […]