Tag Archives: Cairo (Egypt)

The New York Times 2:27 pm on April 24, 2021
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Egyptology Is Having a Big Moment. But Will Tourists Come?

Tourism in Egypt has been buffeted by political instability and terrorism. But the pandemic has dealt the industry its biggest blow in years.

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The New York Times 9:06 am on April 14, 2021
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A Ramadan Closer to Normal for 2021

Compared with last year, when mosques around the world were closed because of the coronavirus, this Holy Month has limits, but friends and family, too.

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The New York Times 10:47 pm on April 3, 2021
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22 Mummies Are Moved in a Glittering Display in Cairo

But the made-for-TV spectacle also underlined the jarring divide between Egypt’s celebrated past and its uncertain present.

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The New York Times 6:07 pm on March 11, 2021
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The Freedom of Natural Curls: Egypt’s Quiet Rebellion

For decades, many Egyptians have been straightening their hair to fit a conservative, Western-influenced beauty standard. Many younger Egyptians are rejecting all that.

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The New York Times 10:00 am on February 14, 2021
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A Decade After the Arab Spring, Autocrats Still Rule the Mideast

The popular uprisings of 2011 mostly failed, but they gave the region a taste for democracy that continues to whet an appetite for change.

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The New York Times 10:00 am on January 23, 2021
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A Decade On, Silence Fills Egypt’s Field of Broken Dreams

In 2011, Tahrir Square was at the vanguard of popular uprisings known as the Arab Spring. But hopes for a democratic Egypt were crushed and the historic square given a sterile new look.

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The New York Times 8:11 am on January 2, 2021
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Rowing the Nile: A Soothing Respite in a Chaotic Metropolis

Ancient pharoahs rowed the Nile. Now Egyptians have rediscovered the practice, finding a new perspective on the river that shaped their country.

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The New York Times 10:08 pm on December 3, 2020
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Egypt Frees Human Rights Workers Amid Rising International Pressure

The arrest of the civil rights advocates received international attention, as Western policymakers, celebrities and the incoming Biden administration pressed for their release.

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The New York Times 10:13 pm on November 30, 2020
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Gasser Abdel-Razek, Egyptian Human Rights Activist, Is Jailed

Before his recent arrest, Gasser Abdel-Razek had no illusions about the risks in being a leading rights advocate under the increasingly repressive el-Sisi regime.

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The New York Times 11:39 pm on November 19, 2020
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Egypt Arrests Human Rights Leader, Continuing Crackdown on Dissent

The head of a human rights group and two of its other staff members have joined thousands of opposition figures, protesters and activists already in prison.

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The New York Times 10:00 am on November 11, 2020
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Sisi Promised Egypt Better Health Care. Virus Exposed His True Priority.

President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi vowed to put improved health care “at the heart” of his agenda. It hasn’t worked out like that in a country where the military’s needs always come first.

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The New York Times 2:17 pm on October 30, 2020
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Egyptian Teen Seeks Justice for Rape, and a Battle Erupts Over Women’s Rights

A generation of young women in Egypt who have found their voice on social media are challenging the old rules that blamed women when they were attacked by men.

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The New York Times 12:39 pm on October 24, 2020
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We’re Living in a World of Walls. Here Is a Window to Escape.

On ancient stones and new barriers, computer screens and emergency exits.

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The New York Times 10:41 am on October 2, 2020
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The 22-Year-Old Force Behind Egypt’s Growing #MeToo Movement

In a moment of rage, Nadeen Ashraf created an Instagram page naming a man accused of being a sexual harasser. Within a week, it had 70,000 followers.

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The New York Times 9:36 pm on August 28, 2020
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After 7 Years on the Run, a Muslim Brotherhood Leader Is Caught

Egypt said that a raid in Cairo had netted the outlawed movement’s acting leader, Mahmoud Ezzat, who was thought to have fled abroad.

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The New York Times 9:00 am on July 16, 2020
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She Waved a Rainbow Flag at Our Cairo Show. Tragedy Followed.

That Sarah Hegazi felt safe enough to honor our music with her bravery is thrilling; that such a simple act forever altered and then ended her life brings me great sorrow.

#arabs, #cairo-egypt, #hegazi-sarah-1989-2020, #homosexuality-and-bisexuality, #music

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The New York Times 5:17 pm on July 9, 2020
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Cairo Badly Needed a Detox. Lockdown Supplied One, at a Steep Price.

Three months of lockdown slowed its pulse, stripped its grit and exposed a new side to a weary city. But without the noise, bustle and grind, was it really Cairo?

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The New York Times 5:12 pm on July 8, 2020
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Accusations of Serial Rape Push Egypt Toward a Reckoning

In a country where women are often blamed when they are sexually assaulted, the arrest of an Egyptian student has raised hopes for changing attitudes.

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The New York Times 10:55 pm on June 15, 2020
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Arrested for Waving Rainbow Flag, a Gay Egyptian Takes Her Life

Charged with “inciting debauchery,” Sarah Hegazi was jailed and tortured.

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The New York Times 11:14 pm on June 4, 2020
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Coronavirus Rips Into Regions Previously Spared

As the West settles into a grinding battle with the disease, the virus surges across the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and South Asia.

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The New York Times 7:00 am on June 2, 2020
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In Egypt, Images From American Protests Evoke a Lost Revolution

Memories of 2011’s Arab Spring, and its fragile hopes, have been revived in the minds of many Egyptians as they’ve watched a strikingly similar dynamic play out in the United States.

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The New York Times 9:00 am on April 25, 2020
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Tux, Gown, Masks: Arab Couples Scramble to Marry During a Pandemic

Undeterred by the coronavirus, couples across the Middle East are pressing ahead with scaled-back weddings. The authorities aren’t always thrilled.

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The New York Times 10:14 pm on April 24, 2020
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As Ramadan Begins, Muslims (Mostly) Accede to Pandemic Orders

Islam’s most sacred sites were largely deserted as the holy month started, but Muslims in some places were resisting in ways that could spread the coronavirus.

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The New York Times 11:33 pm on April 20, 2020
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Coronavrus Dims Ramadan Celebrations

The holiest month in the Islamic calendar promises this year to be the strangest ever for the world’s 1.8 billion Muslims. In Cairo, known as the city of a thousand minarets, the coronavirus has cast a long shadow.

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