Dec 28,2016 -JORDAN TIMES – Daoud Kuttab It has become an annual tradition: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and members of his government spend a few days before and during Christmas Day in Bethlehem. While Abbas’ participation in the midnight mass at the Church of the Nativity is the highlight of the […]
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE | Published — Monday 12 December 2016 Egypt’s Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Mosque, Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed Al-Tayeb. (AFP) ABU DHABI: The head of Al-Azhar, Egypt’s top Sunni authority, said on Monday that the Western concept of modernity is not the “best example” for Muslim women to follow. […]
By REUTERSDEC. 12, 2016 DOHA — Saudi Arabia’s King Salman sent condolences to Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday after a church bombing in Cairo, a supportive gesture amid reports of tensions between the Arab states over Syria’s war. A bombing at Cairo’s largest Coptic cathedral on Sunday killed […]
Source: CNN Eman Ahmed, from Egypt, is believed to be the world’s heaviest woman. According to her family, she weighs 1,102 pounds (500 kg).”Eman didn’t live life as everyone does,” Shaimaa Ahmed, Eman’s younger sister and carer, tells CNN. “She didn’t enjoy her childhood or youth. She’s been battling with […]
Source: BBC A bomb explosion in the Coptic Christian cathedral complex in the Egyptian capital Cairo has killed at least 25 people, officials say. Dozens of others were injured in […]
COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES CAIRO Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities Photo Egypt has unearthed a more than 7,000-year-old city and cemetery dating back to its First Dynasty in the southern province of Sohag, the Antiquities Ministry said on Wednesday. The city and cemetery – likely home to senior functionaries and grave […]
Source: the Washington Post By Sudarsan Raghavan November 13 at 5:39 PM An Egyptian Coptic Christian woman sits in the rubble of a makeshift chapel that was torched a few […]
Halt reflects deepening rift between the two countries By Reuters – Nov 07,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Egyptians gather to buy subsidised sugar and oil from a government truck, after goods shortage in retail stores across the country and after the central bank floated the pound currency, in downtown Cairo, Egypt, […]
Great Pyramid of Giza is one of the seven wonders of the ancient world It has three known chambers and was built as a Pharaohs tomb Experts have now confirmed the existence of hidden space in the pyramid using radiography scanning By AFP and LIBBY PLUMMER FOR MAILONLINE PUBLISHED: 14:52 GMT, 15 […]
OIC secretary-general Iyad Madani resigns following Egypt row Al AhramThe secretary-general of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Iyad Bin Amin Madani has resigned from his post for health reasons, a statement on the OIC’s official website read on Monday. The resignation of the OIC secretary general comes only few […]
Oct 24,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby Citizens in several Arab Gulf states appear to have a higher appreciation for the quality of life available to them in their countries than citizens in most European countries. This was one of the key findings of a Zogby Research Services (ZRS) […]
In an Egyptian tea shop an American, a French Man and an Egyptian were drinking tea together and were smoking their own brand of cigarettes. On the boxes these days there are warnings that ‘smoking kills’. Therefore the three guys were wondering how much they need to smoke until they […]
Shlomo Gazit: Fear of imminent defeat was ‘prevalent among majority’ in Israel… but top brass was ‘confident in our strength’ King Hassan ll sharpened Israel’s edge by providing secret recordings of Arab leadership discussions in run-up to war, says former military intelligence chief BY SUE SURKES October 16, 2016, Israel […]
October 14, 2016 SHAFAQNA IN COLLABORATION WITH THE WORLD SHIA FORUM – The following is the transcript of an interview which was conducted with al-Azhar’s most senior authority: Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyib with Al Neel Egyptian TV channel. In the interview Dr al-Tayyib rejects the notion of takfir in reference to Shia […]
By AP – Oct 10,2016 – JORDAN TIMES In this March 28, 2015 file photo provided by Egypt’s state news agency MENA, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi (right) talks with Saudi King Salman after the king arrived in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt (AP photo) CAIRO — Close allies […]
Source: TOI A member of Egyptian parliament, Elhamy Agina, has reportedly said that universities should performvirginity tests on female students. “Any girl who enters university, we have to check her medical examination to prove that she is a Miss,” Agina told Egypt’s Youm 7 newspapers, according to Egyptian Streets, […]
Now France has marched down the road of absolution for its collaboration with the Nazis, it’s time to close the Algerian chapter. But there’s a problem – its modern army of Egyptian workers Robert Fisk @indyvoices Now here is a deeply contemporary story. When the Frenchabandoned Algeria in 1962, they also […]
An Egyptian lawmaker is urging the Egyptian parliament to ban niqabsand burqas, claiming them to be part of Jewish tradition. Published: September 23, 2016 tribune.com.pk Egyptian MP backs burqa ban, terms garment ‘un-Islamic’ – The Express Tribune http://tribune.com.pk/wp-content/themes/express/js/DD_belatedPNG.js DD_belatedPNG.fix(‘img, #developer-link a’); Lawmaker Amina Nasir said the Holy Quran only called for Muslim women […]
Source: Time By Jared Malsin/Istanbul Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi is expected to hold talks with presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in New York this week on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, in a pair of meetings that illustrate one of America’s more uncomfortable foreign relationships. Al-Sisi […]
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) has appointed Dame Minouche Shafik as its new Director, effective from 1 September 2017. An alumna of LSE with longstanding connections to the School’s research and public engagement programme, Minouche is the first woman to be appointed to the position on […]
