News and Current Events in the Nation of Egypt
- In Latest Assault on Dissent, Egypt Convicts a Human Rights Activist
Hossam Bahgat avoided a prison term, receiving a relatively modest fine, in a verdict that appeared designed to intimidate dissidents without risking international opprobrium.
Mona El-naggar. New York Times. Tue, 30 Nov 2021 01:24:26 +0000. - Hossam Bahgat: Egyptian rights activist found guilty over tweet
Court fines Hossam Bahgat for 'insulting' the country's electoral commission authority on social media.
Al Jazeera. Mon, 29 Nov 2021 17:27:53 +0000. - Fifa Club World Cup dates 'disrespectful' to Africa, says Mido
Holding the Fifa Club World Cup while the Africa Cup of Nations is ongoing is "disrespectful" to Africa, according to ex-Egypt striker Mido.
BBC News. Mon, 29 Nov 2021 17:08:37 GMT. - Ciena (CIEN) Wins Network Deployment Deals From Multiple Telcos
Ciena (CIEN) teams up with CityFibre and Telecom Egypt to augment their respective network capacities on the back of advanced optical technology.
Zacks Equity Research. Zacks. Fri, 26 Nov 2021 12:59:00 GMT. - Egypt: Grand opening for Luxor's 'Avenue of the Sphinxes'
The ancient walkway, connecting two of the Egyptian city's greatest temples, took decades to excavate.
BBC News. Thu, 25 Nov 2021 23:12:38 GMT. - Egypt to celebrate the grand reopening of its 3,000-year-old Avenue of Sphinxes TODAY
The 1.7-mile sacred Avenue of Sphinxes was used every year for a festival called 'Opet' that was held the second month of the Nile flooding seasons and always on November 25.
Daily Mail. Thu, 25 Nov 2021 17:09:38 GMT. - Egypt sentences 22 terror convicts to death by hanging
Suspects found guilty of committing 54 jihadist attacks, including the murder of a senior police officer and attempted killing of former interior minister
Times of Israel. Thu, 25 Nov 2021 12:19:27 +0000. - Egypt to reopen ancient parade route, the "Avenue of Sphinxes"
Yahoo. 2021-11-25T11:06:00Z. - Egypt using French military aid to 'kill civilians': report
The mission was designed to provide intelligence on the militant threat along Egypt's western border.
Straits Times. Mon, 22 Nov 2021 06:56:53 +0800. - 'The sacred geometry of nature': Prince Charles says lessons from the past can help save the future
Royal tours often involve showing off a country's major tourist attraction and Egypt was no exception.
Sky News. Thu, 18 Nov 2021 23:25:00 +0000. - Scorpions Swept Into Egyptian Homes by Floods Sting More Than 500 People
Rising water following a rare storm in Aswan forced the arachnids out of their underground burrows in search of dry land
Smithsonian. Wed, 17 Nov 2021 20:51:22 +0000. - Egyptian ex-lawmaker and journalists get prison sentences
An Egyptian court has sentenced a prominent human rights lawyer to five years in prison for his conviction on charges that rights advocates have decried as baseless and politically motivated
Via Ap News Wire. The Independent. Wed, 17 Nov 2021 16:16:39 GMT.
Facts About Egypt
The Arab Republic of Egypt, located in northeast Africa, is governed by
a People's Assembly and by a President who appoints a Prime Minister and
a Cabinet. Egypt's capital city is Cairo, and its currency is the
Egyptian Pound. The primary spoken language of Egyptians is Arabic
and, in 2020, Egypt's estimated population was 102,334,404.
For more news and information about Egypt, visit this official Egyptian government website. For detailed maps of Egypt, visit this Egypt map website.