Egypt
Mayor Turner recommends staycations over international trips this spring break in response to coronavirus
HOUSTON – More cases of coronavirus are surfacing in the greater Houston area, and they are all linked to a Nile River cruise in Egypt. Harris County and Fort Bend County have eight combined cases of the coronavirus. ”All of these individuals were on the same trip together… in Egypt,” said Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner. …
Selection of technology universities sites across Egypt starts
CAIRO – 23 November 2019: Minister of Housing, Utilities, and Urban Areas Assem al-Gazar presented to Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Khaled Abdel Ghaffar earlier this week potential sites to establish technology universities in new cities. Gazar clarified that the introduction of such universities in new cities is expected to attract potential residents …
Archaeologists discover 30 ancient coffins in Luxor | World news
Egypt has revealed details of 30 ancient wooden coffins with mummies inside, which were discovered in the southern city of Luxor in the biggest find of its kind in more than a century. A team of Egyptian archaeologists found a “distinctive group of 30 coloured wooden coffins for men, women and children” in a cache …
Egypt archaeologists find 20 ancient coffins near Luxor
Image copyright Egypt Antiquities Ministry Image caption More details about the discovery will be released at a news conference on Saturday Archaeologists have found more than 20 ancient wooden coffins near the Egyptian city of Luxor, the country’s antiquities ministry says. The coffins, whose brightly-coloured decorations are still visible, were uncovered at the Theban necropolis …
In Egypt, Scattered Protests Break Out for Second Week
CAIRO — Scattered protests calling for President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt to step down broke out in multiple cities across the country on Friday afternoon, marking the second Friday in a row of rare demonstrations challenging his authoritarian rule. A protest in the working-class Cairo neighborhood of Warraq, an island in the Nile, grew …
Egypt Protests Came as a Total Shock. The Man Behind Them Is Just as Surprising.
CAIRO — Under the government of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt, so little dissent is allowed — and what little there is comes at such a high price — that when just a few hundred people across the country called for Mr. el-Sisi’s ouster in a burst of scattered protests on Friday night, it …
Protesters and police clash in Egypt for second day running | World news
Egyptian security forces have clashed with hundreds of anti-government protesters in the port city of Suez in a second day of demonstrations against the Sisi regime, firing tear gas and live rounds. A heavy security presence was also maintained in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Saturday, the epicentre of Egypt’s 2011 revolution, after protests in several …
Anti-Sisi protests break out in Egypt, several arrested
Issued on: 21/09/2019 – 08:01 Rare small protests broke out on Friday in Cairo and other Egyptian cities calling for the removal of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi but police quickly dispersed them, AFP journalists reported. Dozens of people joined night-time demonstrations around Tahrir Square – the epicentre of the 2011 revolution that toppled the country’s …
Egypt ‘dismayed’ after BA cancels Cairo flights for seven days | World News
By Tania Snuggs, news reporter Egypt’s aviation minister has expressed his dismay over British Airways’ decision to suspend flights to and from Cairo for a week. BA had suddenly announced on Saturday that it would temporarily stop serving the Egyptian capital’s airport as a “security precaution”. Aviation minister Younis al Masry met British ambassador Geoffrey …
BBC – Travel – Does Egypt have the best falafel in the world?
It’s Wednesday afternoon in downtown Cairo, and the usual smorgasbord of humanity is going about its daily business. From sharp-suited businesspeople single-mindedly weaving through the capital’s notorious traffic to young men on bicycles perching wooden trays of fresh bread on their heads. Everyone, it seems, has somewhere to be. Down a small alleyway in the …
