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Thursday
July 29, 2004
Powell in town
The US Secretary of State wants Egypt to put pressure
on Khartoum about Darfur.
Meanwhile, an in-depth IHT article on Powell's Cairo trip highlights the US
State Secretary's meeting with civil
society -- where it was all about US bias on Israel-Palestine.
PLUS:
the situation at the Gaza border terminal
with Egypt is 'catastrophic',
reports The Washington Times.
Iraq, Iraq, Iraq
Egypt denies paying ransom
for the diplomat's release.
The kidnapping will not affect Egypt-Iraq
relations, the Foreign Minister says. The freed captive himself
gives an extensive interview, describing how he talked
politics with his kidnappers.
Meanwhile,
no
troops for UN force in Iraq -- “Egypt prefers
not to participate in this force at the moment.”
In the news
At Gamal Mubarak's first
major news conference, AP opens the succession issue up wide.
NBC News opts to go hardcore
with a major report on the issue as well.
Finally!
BBC reports on "A regional conference in Egypt [that] has
called on Western museums to return "stolen" Middle
Eastern artefacts
to their country of origin." Will it help?
Update
Bibliotheca
architect in the UK dock
The Scotsman calls Hamza a "multimillionaire"
and says the Egyptian ambassador to the UK is involved... BBC
provides the most details thus far, including how shocking
the news is to most people in Cairo. The Independent does its own vague
take.
Global attention
Interesting Egyptian algae
experiments make South African press.
Money, money, money
A MasterCard survey shows how Egyptians worry about money.
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Tuesday
July 27, 2004
Profound exchange of views
Egyptian officials talk to Qaddafi about Libya-Darfur
ties. More on the meeting
from AFP...
Meanwhile, Powell is
on his way
to Cairo to talk about Palestine.
Hostage
released
Abul-Gheit thanks the Iraqi people
for helping to release the kidnapped diplomat. The ex-hostage says
his faith
impressed the kidnappers. Plus, he's already back at work.
His release offers hope,
Reuters thinks, but the Detroit Free Press shows the damage
may already be done.
Boycott didn't make a difference?
Interesting results on Egyptians' fast
food eating habits.
The drama
Mido still thinking
about moving...
Three cheers
Egyptair goes modern
-- signs partnership with Gulf Air for passengers' ease...
Royal fiasco
The strange case of the Alexandria library architect
allegedly being investigated on murder charges in the UK. Sky News
can't provide much more...
Egypt has it all
New tourism minister talks business
at first press conference... Plus more details
from AFP.
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Sunday
July 25, 2004
Complicated situations
Sky news provides coverage of the Egyptian
diplomat taken hostage in Iraq. Egypt vows not to send troops
to Iraq in response.
Meanwhile, Egypt's
NY peace
conference suggestion is welcomed by the Palestinians, reports
Chinese media. Details on the conference are provided by the BBC.
AND:
Sudanese media covers Egypt's comments on the dangerously
impending Darfur
intervention...
Fancy golf
Designer
courses in Egypt are major news for golf aficionados...
In or out?
Odd item from Khaleej Times about Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 911
being pulled
from Cairo cinemas.
In the news
Detroit newspaper's obituary
of an Egyptian doctor.
The real and mythical
reasons behind recent fires
in Sohag...
Italian
tourism to Egypt to be better distributed, reports MENAFN.
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Friday
July 23, 2004
CELEBRATING A REVOLUTION
Gamal Abdel-Nasser and the Free Officers overthrew King Faoruk
52 years ago today.
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Middle East peace
conference?
Egypt,
Israel, US push Gaza talks, reports BBC
Another driver taken
Chinese media reports that Egypt
is making contacts to secure release of its latest hostage in Iraq.
Cairo Iraq conference
Allawi
asks Egypt to deploy Iraq troops, reports the Washington Times.
No surprise
Cairo U professor tells VOA it's no surprise
the measure to transfer US military aid into economic assistance was
defeated in Congress.
Analysis 101
Slate does a confusing, confused take on the presidential succession
issue, arguing that Egypt is turning extremely fundamentalist.
Meanwhile, the San Francisco Chronicle argues that Egypt's Islamists are
becoming more moderate
-- and still not being let in to the legitimate political process. Daily
Star does a slightly better job
on the succession question.
Who likes cinema?
Summing up the debate
and anger over the Coptic-centred Leila Elwi film Bihab El-Seema
Looking for work
Italy looking for Egyptian manpower.
Where did all the animals go?
Scottish media covers concerns over Egyptian wildlife
in the Western desert.
Seeking stability
FIFA allows Egypt's transitional
football board to stick around for a while.
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Wednesday
July 21, 2004
Free at last
Released Egyptian hostage in Iraq says he was never mistreated.
Gaza again...
Cairo dialogue on Gaza
set to take place in September, Turkish media reports. Meanwhile, Egypt Gaza role still being debated
elsewhere...
Cross-cultural film
Saudi Arabia's only female
filmmaker studied in Egypt...
Egyptian movies showing at India
film fest...
Brash players
BBC profiles Egypt's
bad boy soccer twins...
Where will Mido
go next?
Famous places
Did you know that there was a type of meteorite
named after Nakhla, Egypt?
Pharaoh to move
AFP looks at the impending relocation
of the famous Ramsis statue in Ramsis Square.
Green card woes...
Egyptian in Massachusetts in trouble for allegedly faking
marriage to stay in the US...
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Monday
July 19, 2004
"More hurt than angry?"
Washington Post does a thoughtful look at angry
mosque preachers in Egypt, trying to figure out what they really think of
America...
Still cabinet
Business Report quickly sums up new Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif's economic
agenda.
Staying the course
New Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul-Gheit's first public statement.
Same old skit?
Islam Online covers the US Religious
Freedom commission's
meetings with Al-Azhar officials.
Tour overdrive
The Scotsman reports that
Egypt and Turkey are two of the fastest growing hot
spots for British tourists...
A touching father-son
travel piece on visiting the Sphinx.
With thousands in found money, British couple buy Egypt vacation,
pay dearly for it later.
Brand new Alamein Movenpick to be part of
a giant airport-linked
resort complex on the North Coast...
Looking for heroes
Falluja becomes a symbol
for Gamal El-Ghitani, others around Arab world, AP says.
Congrats
Zamalek tops League for 11th
time.
Helping out
Chinese media reports on
Cairo airport's transit
role for Athens Olympics.
Unfortunate incident
Egyptian American grocer hit by racist
graffiti.
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Friday
July 16, 2004
New cabinet ramifications
AP looks at Gamal Mubarak's influence
on the selection of Nazif's new cabinet.
Nazif says he want to implement unconventional
solutions to Egypt's problems...
Will new 39-year old Investment
development minister Mahmoud Mohieddin bring
in the bucks? BBC takes a look.
Meanwhile, Egypt's stock market
is up
on the new appointments, reports FT.
The Economist does a good sum up
of the potential problems set to face the "fresh-faced"
Nazif.
Here's BBC's take.
AFP looks at the new cabinet's
"to-do"
list.
Plus -- an AP photo
of Nazif after being sworn in.
Close call?
How to divide
the aid to Egypt being heavily debated in the House, amongst
US politicos.
Back to Gaza
Inexplicable photo of the pyramids with scaffolding in front of
them accompanies
major AP/ABC story on Egypt Gaza plan.
Meanwhile, the Gaza-Rafah border
with Egypt is reopened.
...and Sudan
Egypt might send monitoring
personnel to Sudan, says the Presidential spokesman
Sacrifice...
Saudi company to leave Iraq to save
kidnapped driver's life.
Poor showing
Egypt ranks low -- 120th
out of 177 -- in the UN's list of best places to live.
Legal woes
Was an anti-torture clinic harassed
by the government?
Egyptian imam in Philadelphia
still in trouble
Good deal?
Thanks to a unique cooperative contractual
agreement, an Egyptian coach will take over the Ugandan football
team
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Tuesday
July 14, 2004
Cabinet time...
With the Tourism Minister finally selected, Mubarak is set to swear
in the new cabinet on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the critics emerge,
and say Nazif is not
quite right.
Chinese media, however, takes a
more positive
view.
Reform again?
A Cairo conference urges a follow
up on Alexandria reform suggestions, and VOA covers a Middle
East reform conference in Washington where the nature
of Egyptian democracy is discussed.
Captive bid
Arab News reports that the "Saudi sponsor of an Egyptian truck
driver kidnapped in Iraq said yesterday it had offered kidnappers $15,000
for his release and the captors were considering the proposal."
Movie culture
Egyptian teenager studies
in the States -- "Some people asked questions like, `Do
you live in a pyramid?' and `Do you go to school on a camel?' ''
Youssef said. He would respond patiently, with the empathy of
someone who had once based his view of America on teen movies like
``She's All That.''
Sports, sports, sports
Egyptian Abdel-Kawy places second
in Hurghada women's squash championship.
The continuing contractual antics
of the Hassan twins. Now they move to Al-Masry
Meanwhile, Rami Shaaban moves
from one
top Europe club to another.
Plus
-- Old Egypt coach Gohary doing well, being feted,
in Jordan.
Better luck next time
UAE firm beats
out Egypt's Orascom for Saudi mobile service.
Excellent photo
Restoring the Rosetta
stone at the British Museum.
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Sunday
July 11, 2004
NEW PM
UPDATE (12 July 2004)
-AFP notices that new Prime Minister Nazif's name means clean...
-Guardian sees hope
in the "modernising technocrat..."
-Arab Times explores Gamal
Mubarak's influence
on the new cabinet.
Full cabinet list in Arabic on zahma.com
Bring in the new
VOA nicely sums up reactions
to new Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif's appointment -- some positive, some
negative.
Reuters calls Nazif a computer
expert.
Hindustan Times provides Nazif's CV,
and says his appointment "may signal a shift in the course of
economic growth, moving toward a knowledge-based economy from the
traditional one."
AFP photo
of Nazif, who the agency says is known for integrity and
inefficiency.
Nazif's first plans
announced by AP.
Abul Gheit named Foreign
Minister.
Another hostage
Trying to get another Egyptian driver taken hostage in Iraq released.
Kidnappers want a million
dollars. Plus, Tantawi condemns...
Strange shift?
Copts go fundamentalist
-- attacking a movie that portrays them in a mediocre light.
Reality and art
Was this who the Ahmed El-Sakka character in Hammam fi Amsterdam
was based on? Egyptian involved in gangland
drug dealing murdered in Holland...
Meanwhile, Egyptian shot dead
in Cyprus
"My camel, he name
California."
Longish touristy
archeological article.
Still bidding
Egyptian firm Orascom bidding to be second Saudi mobile operator.
Strange case
Man wants to divorce and sue wife after finding out she was bald.
Why they burn trash
The Daily Star goes in-depth
on pollution in Cairo.
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Thursday
July 8, 2004
Home at last
Reuters reports on Mubarak walking unaided
from the plane upon his arrival back in Egypt. He was greeted by a
throng of admirers,
says BBC .
Gaza q's
Is Egypt talking to Hamas,
asks Chinese media.
Meanwhile, Palestinian
minister Nabil Shaath says Egypt is changing its mind
about sending experts to Gaza, since Israel's aggression is ongoing.
Dangerous place
Another Egyptian driver kidnapped -- and the government urges people not
to go work in Iraq.
Meanwhile, Turkish media reports on Cairo-based Iraqi
neighboring countries meeting.
Strange days
Egypt caught up in US-Australia Guantanamo prisoner
abuse case.
Grand tour
Antique Morris makes it way though Egypt on its tour
around the world.
Big time stocks
Dow Jones launches its Arabia
50 Titans fund... includes Orascom,
Vodafone, CIB and several other Egyptian firms.
Consumer rights
Lebanese take action to lower their cellular calling rates --
article includes interesting
comparative
prices of mobile calls across the Middle East.
Big tourney
Women's world squash
championship begins in Hurghada.
Sad state of soccer
Egypt coach Marco Tardelli has blamed referee Chukwujekw
Chukwudi for the Pharaohs' disappointing World Cup qualifying
draw with Benin.
Not in the race
According to this South African site, Egypt withdrew
its nomination to host the Pan African parliament...
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Tuesday
July 6, 2004
First visit
The new Iraqi president
and PM are expected in Cairo later this month, reports UPI.
Presidential health
update
The latest news
from the Munich clinic is that Mubarak met the German foreign
minister, and discussed Iraq, amongst other things.
Focusing on Egypt
An Egyptian commentator in the Washington Post is highly critical
of Arab media extremism -- "If Arab moderates were to
become prominent in the West, they would certainly become
prominent at home," he writes. Meanwhile,
the Post's Style section features an article on 4th
of July in Cairo -- a somewhat tongue in cheek piece
that explores hospitality, US flag burning and internal Egyptian
politics.
New Gaza polls
Chinese media reports on a poll showing that 64
per cent of Palestinians approve the Egypt Gaza plan. Reuters, meanwhile, reports
that
"almost half of Palestinians oppose
Egypt's offer of a security role in Gaza." Who's right?
Meanwhile, more high level security
meetings are taking place, reports VOA. And -- more quartet
meetings on the same issue are set for Jerusalem.
Soccer let down
Results from Egypt's group and the national team's latest 3-3
tie with Benin in the World Cup qualifiers are summed up by
the Star.
On the way
Emmy-award winning reality
travel challenge show is coming to Egypt...
Minister dies
The transport minister dies
of heart attack.
Hopefully more than zero
this time
Another Cairo versus South Africa competition -- this time both
countries are bidding to host the Pan
African parliament.
Interesting media
dynamics
The New York Times compares Ibrahim Nafie's polite
interview with Bush to an Irish reporter's recent spat with the US
president...
Meanwhile, Ahram is
supposedly considering imitating the British Independent
newspaper's new dual
format...
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Sunday
July 4, 2004
Crucial support?
In the Washington Post, former negotiator Dennis Ross calls the
Egyptian Gaza initiative a Middle East "moment"
that should not be missed... and urges the US to fully stand
behind the plan.
Good news at last?
Significant boosts
for Egypt's stock market.
Great publicity
Fathy Salama gets major plug
in big Washington Post coverage of Youssou N'Dour's new album,
which is titled "Egypt".
Anxious hopes
BBC looks at Egyptian soccer team's home/away
record.
Meanwhile injuries
arise in the lead up to the crucial July 4 match against Benin.
PLUS
-- Is Benin going into the Egypt match without a coach?
Prison transfers
Reuters reports extensive Islamist prisoner releases...
Meanwhile, an
Egyptian is caught up in an odd US immigration smuggling
ring.
Trade balances
Good quality peppers driving Vietnam to be top pepper
seller to Egypt, this article says..
Meanwhile, Europe is the top
importer of Egyptian cotton yarn.
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Thursday
July 1, 2004
Defending Saddam
Flamboyant Egyptian Islamist
lawyer Montasser El-Zayat tells UPI he is prepared to defend
both Zarqawi and Saddam in court if he has to...
More handover reactions...
Egypt's cautious
reaction to the transfer of power in Iraq is noted by IHT.
Home soon
Mubarak may be home this weekend,
says his German doctor. He also informs us that the President is no longer taking painkillers.
Gaza latest
UPI analyzes the latest
developments regarding Egypt's plan/ initiative for Gaza peace...
All eyes on Sharm
Prelude to a big international
Red Sea diving contest.
Galloping in Giza
Horse lover has great Egypt equestrian
adventure...
Will tax increases affect British
tourism to Egypt?
In the end, the Telegraph doesn't
think so.
Women -- then and now
Media coverage of women's issues is poor,
says conference on women's rights covered by the Daily Star.
Meanwhile... 18th century
Egyptian businesswoman
highlighted in book review.
Legal complications
Interesting new dietary revelations
in Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman's lawyer's case...
Meanwhile, possible links between
the Sheikh and "dirty bomber" Padilla
being explored.
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