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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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The demographics of the Middle East and North Africa are consistently given as trigger issues for change/revolution. The argument, as I'm sure you know, is that large numbers of young people, better...
'The Square' has become the first Egyptian Documentary to be nominated for an Oscar. Banned in Egypt in late 2013 for unknown reasons, you can watch the trailer on YouTube and on netflix in the USA....
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I really want to see this. I am at Warwick Art center tonight. They show a lot of foreign films so will ask if they plan to show it.
In a visual treat taking in Egypt's greatest historical sites, Alastair Sooke tells the story of Ancient Egyptian art through 30 extraordinary masterpieces. Tracing the origins of Egypt's unique...
Egypt's interior ministry said Wednesday that polling station across the nation are secure, as Egyptian voters cast their ballots on the second and last referendum day on the draft constitution....
Voters turned out across Egypt on Tuesday for the first day of a nationwide constitutional referendum. The newly-amended charter, widely expected to replace the previous one from 2012, which had been...
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I read that the MB have opened an office in London
Egypt’s government will finalize a bill on a value added tax (VAT) by end of January, Mamdouh Omar, head of the Income Tax Authority, said during a conference on Sunday, Al-Ahram Arabic reported....
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The application to all food except subsidized oil and wheat subsidized oil and wheat will definitely be regressive but , in the case of Egypt, much more regressive than might first appear. The reason...
Just in case anyone is thinking of visiting Spinneys Supermarket at City Stars Mall in Cairo - Spinneys is closed and there is now no supermarket in City Stars Mall
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That is not a recent thing. They have absolutely no regard for the chill chain. Last Summer we went into KZ in Luxor and saw a trolley full of frozen chickens on the pavement having just been...
Once part of a democratic vision of culture for all, many of Egypt's state-run cultural centres are in a state of neglect, although officials promise this will soon change.
The hot air balloon accident that killed 19 tourists in the Upper Egyptian city of Luxor in February 2013 was caused by a fuel leak, the civil aviation ministry has said in its final report.
The...
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Its a bit unfair because it is a very brief report but the screamer is the absence of any mention of human intervention or negligence. Just a fuel leak. Will no-one be held responsible? On the other...
Representatives of the Egyptian tourism sector on Friday signed the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism (GCET), a document promoting responsible conduct in tourism operations that has been signed by...
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That is way cool that a few higher ups signed a document. Now going to be interesting to see how this translates to the boots on the ground or IF it does at all or if it is nothing more than a piece...
You complained about puppets speaking Arabic well the puppet has now done an interview in English with the BBC:
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This was local news here about three weeks ago when the Government in their hast to see things that do not exist were threatening to take 'severe measures' with Vodafone over the add. Vodafone's...
Seems this dates back to July but only seems to be coming to light now:
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Although it is bad news its not exactly new in Hurghada I lived there several years ago and there were a couple of murders then, there has been an increase in burglaries in Hurghada also I know a...
From an old testament-like plague of locusts to a state-threatened WhatsApp ban, Egypt has witnessed its share of bizarre non-political events this past year, Ahram Online compiles 10 bizarre...
I was looking for news about the double murder that Bombay posted about and found out that yesterday there was a third murder of a foreigner in Hurghada. This one was a Dutch man who had a villa and...
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Unfortunately been going on in Hurghada for years many more expats there of all nationalities.
Hurghada International Airport received 25,200 European tourists on 140 flights during the past 48 hours, as well as 3,600 Egyptian passengers onboard 20 domestic flights.
International flights have...
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The news article was posted on Al-Masry Al-Youm on the 29th Dec, so I presume they are talking about the 27th and 28th (Friday and Saturday)
Violence on first day of exams at Al-Azhar leaves 1 student dead.
At least one person was killed in clashes between security forces and students at Al-Azhar University in Cairo on Saturday.
The...
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Lets terrorize the good will people that only want to learn. Lesson one, to terrorize, to be a terrorist =Mb= decision to categorize them as a terrorist organization. Lesson learned, none.
Some of you may remember that there was a big uproar under Morsi when al-Gamaa al-Islamiya said it would provide security services on the streets. Well, according to this article, a variation on that...
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I think that to allow armed vigilante groups onto the streets could be a wrong decision. They do tend to forget at times who's side they are on and mistakes are so easily committed when a nervous,...
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