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Egyptians saddened by loss of so many children in church fireF

Mourners in Egypt attended a memorial service Tuesday for victims of a Coptic church fire in Cairo that killed 41 people -- among them many children, including twins and triplets. The electrical fire on Sunday ripped through the Abu Sifin church in Imbaba, a working...

Egypt: 41 killed in church fire in GizaF

By Khaled Desouki Funerals were held in two Cairo churches Sunday evening for 41 victims of a fire that ripped through a Coptic Christian church during mass, forcing worshippers to jump out of windows. The blaze, blamed on an electrical fault, hit the Abu Sifin church...

Egypt: Sister of jailed dissident announces hunger strikeF

Egyptian activist Mona Seif announced Wednesday that she had begun a hunger strike in solidarity with her jailed brother Alaa Abdel Fattah, who has reportedly gone for 75 days without food. Abdel Fattah, a key figure in the 2011 revolt that toppled longtime Egyptian...

Cairo and Doha finally show some humanity: They are now allowing Egyptians stranded in Qatar to return homeF

Doha, June 15, 2020 -  Egyptian workers stranded in Qatar in the coronavirus lockdown have flown home, a community group said Monday, in the first of 18 repatriation flights that have overcome restrictions under a regional boycott. The flight with 174 passengers on...

Egypt’s virus infections on the rise, government maintains curfewF

Egypt will extend a night-time curfew by a further two weeks in a bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus, Information Minister Osama Heikal said Thursday, as infections rise. Heikal told a news conference the measure would be enforced from 8:00 pm (1800 GMT) to...

Defense: Egypt to buy two warships from ItalyF

Rome, June 12, 2020 (By Ljubomir Milasin) - Italy has given a green light to the sale of two warships to Egypt, news media reported on Friday, despite tense relations between the two countries over the unresolved 2016 murder of an Italian student in Cairo. The $1.2...

Egypt: Female social media influencers under attackF

Cairo, June 11, 2020 (By Bassem Aboualabass) - Young Egyptian women with thousands of followers each on the popular TikTok app have become the latest target of state authorities who accuse them of  spreading "immorality" in society. Since President Abdel Fattah...

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