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NEWS ABOUT: Egypt

Egypt stories: 105 news summaries

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 Arab Singer's 'Monkey' Lyric Enrages Nubians

Black Egyptians demand song be banned

Nov 18, 09 1:44 AM CST
(Newser) - Egypt's 2 million-strong black community has been outraged by a Lebanese pop song that refers to them as monkeys. The song by Haifa Wehbe, one of the Arab's world's biggest stars, includes a child singing: "Where is my teddy bear and the Nubian monkey?" Nubian lawyers have filed an... More »

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Egypt • racism • singer • lyrics • Haifa Wehbe


 First US Citizen 
 Sues Feds 
 for Rendition 

NJ man alleges interrogation, coercion in Somalia, Egypt

Nov 11, 09 9:06 AM CST
(Newser) - A New Jersey man yesterday became the first US citizen to sue the federal government for "rendition," the extrajudicial transfer of terrorism suspects between countries. Arrested in Kenya in 2007, Amir Meshal was secretly flown to Somalia, then to Ethiopia, where he claims US agents repeatedly threatened him... More »

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Somalia • Kenya • rendition • terrorism • FBI • ACLU • Egypt • extraordinary rendition • Amir Meshal

Death Penalty for Virginity- Faking Kit:
Egypt Scholar

Said to spread vice, violate Islamic law

Sep 29, 09 9:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - An Egyptian scholar wants the death penalty for anyone importing a device that helps women fake virginity—claiming it violates Islamic law by spreading perversion in society. The gadget releases a liquid that looks like blood, allowing a new bride to make it appear her hymen has been ruptured. The... More »

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women's health • Egypt • Islamic Sharia law • scholar • virginity • premarital sex • hymen • virginity-faking device

 Egypt Kills All Pigs— 
 But Pigs Eat All Trash 

With no swine to eat garbage, waste piles up on city streets

Sep 20, 09 12:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - When the Egyptian government decided to kill all of Cairo’s pigs last spring in a pre-emptive measure to combat swine flu, they apparently forgot that the pigs performed a vital function in a city with poor public services: eating trash, the New York Times reports. The zabaleen, Cairo’s... More »

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trash • garbage • public health • Egypt • Cairo • Christians • swine flu

Egypt Delays School Opening to Combat Swine Flu

Fear of outbreak motivates rescheduling

Sep 17, 09 1:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fears of a swine flu outbreak have moved the Egyptian government to delay the start of the school year at state-run schools and universities by at least 1 week, the BBC reports. Government-run schools had been set to begin school the last week of September; they will now open Oct.... More »

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Egypt • Cairo • universities • swine flu • H1N1 virus

Obama, Egypt's
Mubarak Click
at DC Meeting

Presidents cite
'positive steps' for
Israelis, Palestinians

Aug 18, 09 3:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - A meeting today between President Obama and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak signaled a thaw in relations between the two countries, the New York Times reports. Obama also spoke of “positive steps” that “could help to jump-start an effective process on all sides” in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Mubarak,... More »

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Middle East • Hosni Mubarak • Egypt • Israel and Palestinians • Arab Israeli conflict • Obama administration • President Obama • state visit • settlements

Sadat Daughter Fumes Over Hollywood Slight

I Love You, Man's canine namesake sparks legal complaint

Aug 8, 09 5:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - I Love You, Man's friendly title clearly wasn’t directed at former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat—whose namesake in the movie is a dog. Now the popular leader’s daughter is suing DreamWorks for the affront, the AP reports. “This has caused serious psychological and moral damages to the... More »

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Middle East • Hollywood • Muslims • Egypt • lawsuit • Paul Rudd

 Thousands in Egypt Mourn 
 'Headscarf Martyr' 

Woman stabbed in German courtroom during hearing on religious insult

Jul 6, 09 4:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Thousands gathered in Alexandria today for the funeral of Marwa Sherbini, a pregnant Egyptian woman killed in a German courtroom last week by a man convicted of insulting her religion, the AP reports. Sherbini, 32, was stabbed 18 times by a man identified only as Axel W, 28. They were... More »

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Germany • murder • Egypt • martyr • headscarves • hijabs • Islamophobia • murder charges • Marwa Sherbini • Axel W • Elwi Okaz

(Newser) - President Obama skillfully made the case for women's rights in the Muslim world during his Cairo speech today with the help of the hijab, or head scarf, writes Tracy Clark-Flory in Salon. "I reject the view of some in the West that a woman who chooses to cover her... More »

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Barack Obama • Middle East • Muslims • women's rights • Egypt • Cairo • speech • President Obama

OPINION Roundup

 Obama 'Shrewd' 
 in Cairo Speech 


Jun 4, 09 11:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Most of America wasn’t even awake when it happened, but Barack Obama’s Cairo speech got people talking anyway, the Washington Post reports. The New York Times says Obama delivered a "sweeping and forceful—at times scolding and combative" message, which included what the Wall ... More »

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Barack Obama • Islam • Middle East • Egypt • Muslim • Cairo • speech • opinion

OPINION

 Obama Should Thank Muslims 


Jun 3, 09 2:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama doesn’t need to talk policy or drop his middle name to win over the world’s Muslims in his speech tomorrow. He just needs to say “thank you,” writes the Christian Science Monitor's editorial board. He should heap thanks on all the Muslims... More »

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Barack Obama • Pakistan • Egypt • Muslim

(Newser) - Open arms and a full red carpet rollout greeted President Obama on his arrival in Saudi Arabia this morning, but the pleasantries will likely end when the policy talk starts, the New York Times reports. Obama wants the Arab nations to offer a peaceful gesture toward Israel, but Saudi... More »

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Barack Obama • Israel • Middle East • Saudi Arabia • King Abdullah • Egypt • Arab Israeli conflict • Mideast peace • Obama administration

Al-Qaeda Denounces Obama

Deputy warns Muslims of 'polished words' before Cairo speech

Jun 2, 09 7:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Al-Qaeda isn't waiting for President Obama to address the Muslim world to criticize him. In a new video, the group's No. 2 leader called Obama a "criminal" on the eve of his visit to the Mideast and said his "bloody images" cannot be concealed by "theatrical visits... More »

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Egypt • Muslim • terrorist • Osama bin Laden • al-Qaeda • Ayman al-Zawahiri • President Obama

(AP) - A 25-year-old Egyptian man cut off his own penis to spite his family after he was refused permission to marry a girl from a lower class family, police reported today. After unsuccessfully petitioning his father for 2 years to marry the girl, the man heated up a knife and sliced... More »

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Middle East • Egypt • genital mutilation • wedding

Mogul Who Paid for Ex's Murder Faces Execution

Hit on Lebanese pop star cost Egyptian billionaire $2M

May 21, 09 9:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Egyptian tycoon and the ex-cop he hired to kill his Lebanese pop singer ex-girlfriend have been sentenced to death by hanging, the BBC reports. The trial of billionaire Hisham Talaat Moustafa, an associate of president Hosni Mubarak's son Gamal, has gripped the Arab world. Although Suzanne Tamim was murdered... More »

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Middle East • Lebanon • murder • execution • Egypt • Dubai • Cairo • hanging • singer • murder trial • Hisham Talaat Moustafa • Suzanne Tamim

MGM Mirage Doubles Down on Global Market

Vegas brand expands to Asia, Middle East despite industry woes

May 20, 09 8:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - With the hospitality business gasping for air and its own core business in trouble, MGM Mirage is going global in hopes of building its brand well beyond Las Vegas. Having sealed eight deals with hotel developers and in talks with 10 more, the company will introduce the Bellagio and MGM ... More »

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China • Vietnam • Las Vegas • Bellagio • MGM Mirage • Egypt • CityCenter • hotel • UAE

Obama More Popular Than
US in Mideast

Jordan is Obama's biggest fan in new survey of Arab world

May 11, 09 5:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new survey has found President Obama to be more popular in the Middle East than the country he leads, and analysts say he may be able to use that goodwill to help restore America’s relations with the region. The president has an average approval rating of 48% across... More »

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Barack Obama • Jordan • Middle East • United States • Egypt • approval ratings • President Obama • Jay-ZTV

Obama to Address Muslim World From Egypt

President to tackle US-Muslim relations on first Middle Eastern trip

May 9, 09 3:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama will travel to Egypt next month to deliver a speech aimed at mending America's relationship with the Muslim world, McClatchy Newspapers reports. Egypt is a politically risky choice due to President Hosni Mubarak's heavy-handed autocratic rule, but a White House spokesman said the country "in many ways... More »

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Barack Obama • Islam • Middle East • Hosni Mubarak • Egypt • Muslim • speech • Arab • President Obama

 Farmers Battle 
 Egyptian Cops 
 Over Swine Cull 

UN calls pig slaughter unnecessary; critics see religious targeting

May 3, 09 5:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Egyptian farmers are flinging stones and dodging rubber police bullets over a government order to slaughter the nation's pigs, the BBC reports. Originally touted as a way to protect the population against swine flu, the cull has reignited religious tensions between the country's majority Muslims and Coptic Christians, who farm... More »

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Egypt • swine flu • pigs • pig farmers

Virus-Wary Egypt to Destroy All 300K Pigs

USDA says American pork is safe; Russia, China ban imports

Apr 29, 09 9:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Egyptian government says it will immediately slaughter the country’s entire population of 300,000 pigs to protect against the swine flu, the AP reports. Egypt has stressed that it has no reported cases of the virus, though two infections have been confirmed in neighboring Israel. The move comes... More »

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China • Russia • Egypt • imports • USDA • Tom Vilsack • Department of Agriculture • Obama administration • President Obama • swine flu • pork products • slaughter • H1N1 virus

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