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Egypt’s Cotton Exports Increase by 63.9%
Egypt’s cotton exports jumped by 63.9 per cent during the first quarter of the planting season of...

Aswat Masriya 17 February 2017
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From Tahrir to Toronto: Protesters United for a Cause
(By Sara Khorshid, Aswat Masriya) Chants, slogans and drum beats came to a halt. The silence that replaced...

Aswat Masriya 1 February 2017
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Germany Lifts Last Restrictions on Flights to Egypt’s South Sinai
The Egyptian embassy in Berlin managed to remove the last of the restrictions imposed on flights to Sharm...

Aswat Masriya 24 January 2017
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April 6’s Ahmed Maher Released from Prison
Activist Ahmed Maher was released on Thursday, three days after he ended two prison terms. Maher, co-founder of...

Aswat Masriya 5 January 2017
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Egypt Military Court Sentences 148 Morsi Supporters to Life Imprisonment
A military criminal court sentenced 148 alleged Muslim Brotherhood members to life in absentia and acquitted ten...

Aswat Masriya 2 January 2017
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Court Orders Release of Senior Muslim Brotherhood Leaders on Health Grounds
The Cairo Criminal Court ordered on Tuesday the release of ten defendants on health grounds in the...

Aswat Masriya 28 December 2016
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Egypt Court Suspends Jail Sentence against Novelist Ahmed Naji
An Egyptian court has suspended on Sunday a two-year sentence handed earlier to novelist Ahmed Naji, lawyer Negad El Borai...

Aswat Masriya 18 December 2016
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Traces of Explosives Were Found Amid Human Remains From Crashed EgyptAir Flight MS804
The Ministry of Aviation said in an official statement on Thursday that traces of explosives were found amid...

Aswat Masriya 15 December 2016
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Import Tariffs on 320 Goods Increased by up to 60 Percent in Egypt
Import tariffs increases would boost customs revenues by EGP 6 billion a year, if imports remained at...

Aswat Masriya 5 December 2016
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Egypt’s Parliament Passes Controversial NGO Law
Egypt’s parliament passed the controversial NGO law on Tuesday amid criticism from local and international rights groups...

Aswat Masriya 30 November 2016
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Al-Jazeera Documentary on Egyptian Conscripts Reignites Media War with Qatar
By Salma AbdAllah, Aswat Masriya A number of Egyptian TV hosts and journalists launched a campaign against...

Aswat Masriya 27 November 2016
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There is No Room for Dictatorship in Egypt, Sisi Tells Portuguese TV
President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi said there is no longer room for dictatorship in Egypt, in an interview...

Aswat Masriya 24 November 2016
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Nubians in Egypt’s Aswan Suspend Sit-In Until Cabinet Meeting Next Week
A group of Nubian protesters decided to suspend their sit-in early Wednesday morning until a cabinet meeting...

Aswat Masriya 23 November 2016
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Nubians Continue Sit-In Against Sale of their Ancestral Land in Egypt’s Aswan
Tens of Nubians refused to end their sit-in on the Abu Simbel-Aswan highway in Aswan governorate on...

Aswat Masriya 22 November 2016
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Egypt Ambassador Accuses UK Prime Minister of Blocking Flight Resumption to Sharm El-Sheikh
Egyptian ambassador to the UK Nasser Kamel blamed Prime Minister Theresa May for obstructing the resumption of...

Aswat Masriya 19 November 2016
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80,000 Join Ranks of Unemployed in Egypt During 3rd Quarter of 2016: CAPMAS
Egypt’s unemployment rate increased slightly in the third quarter of 2016 to reach 12.6 percent, up from...

Aswat Masriya 17 November 2016
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Egypt’s Parliament Approves NGO Draft Law Amid Criticism
Egypt’s House of Representatives approved on Tuesday the NGO draft law amid heavy criticism from civil society...

Aswat Masriya 16 November 2016

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