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Interview: As’ad Abukhalil on the Nahr al-Bared siege

Thousands of Palestinian refugees are fleeing from Nahr al-Bared refugee camp in northern Lebanon as five days of fighting by the Lebanese army and a militant group known as Fath

War games

Just to re-assure my readers, we are alive and well. I’ve just been busy reporting and filming and simply trying to go on with my life. The situation has a

Ayman Nour not being released yet…

More from AFP... Earlier: Ayman Nour’s wife blasts the US for abandoning democr

Letter From Egypt: Looking for nostalgia in a glass of juice

There appears to be a particular way to drink sugarcane juice. Standing outside the most popular sugarcane shop in Cairo, customers carefully hold the tall, slim glass between their thumb

Egyptian dream takes shape in alien suburbs

It’s sandstorm season in Cairo, one of those humbling days when the desert wind known as the khamsin seems determined to reclaim the city.A hot, mustard-colored haze engulfs the capital.

Jailed MB Blogger Monem Mahmoud Visits Critically Ill Father

Under heavy security, jailed MB blogger and journalist Abdel Monem Mahmoud was allowed to visit his critically ill father in his house in Alexandria on Friday. Monem submitted a request