Tag: Egypt

Egyptians clerics denounce first pig kidney transplant into human body (Baher al-Kady, Al Monitor)

Doctors at the NYU Langone Health Center in New York City have successfully transplanted a pig’s kidney to a human after scientists removed the molecule from...

Cairo airport security detains robot (Al Monitor)

Egyptian security forces released a British-made robot and her creator after they were detained at customs for 10 days and investigated for possible espionage. The ultra-realistic robot artist, named Ai-Da, was scheduled to hold...

Egypt boosts medical cooperation with African Nile Basin countries (Muhammed Magdy, Al Monitor)

Egyptian Health Minister Hala Zayed inaugurated Oct. 18 the AFRI Egypt Medical Center for Health Care in Jinja, Uganda. Officials who spoke to Al-Monitor said that the center’s...

Activists protest referral of civilians to Egypt’s emergency courts (Al Monitor)

Egypt’s Supreme State Security Prosecution referred a number of imprisoned human rights lawyers and prominent political activists before an emergency court on Oct. 16. The move triggered...

Egypt-Greece-Cyprus summit prioritizes energy cooperation (Al Monitor)

Egypt, Greece and Cyprus held a tripartite meeting in Athens Tuesday as the alliance between the Eastern Mediterranean states continues to strengthen. Egyptian President Abdel...

Drone sale to Ethiopia could jeopardize Turkey-Egypt dialogue (Fehim Tastekin, Al Monitor)

Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 drones, touted as a game-changer for Ankara’s allies in the Libya and Nagorno-Karabakh conflicts, appear bound for further showing in African...

Greece pledges to link Egypt to European Union’s energy market (Al Jazeera)

Greece pledged Tuesday to link Egypt to the European Union’s energy market with an undersea cable that would carry electricity across the Mediterranean. “ link...

Egypt: Alaa Abdel Fattah referred to trial after two years of provisional detention (Middle East Eye)

Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, Mohamed Ibrahim (Oxygen), and lawyer Mohamed al-Baqer are due to face trial on Monday after spending more than two...

Egypt, Russia to hold Defenders of Friendship 2021 tactical exercise (TASS)

A joint Russian-Egyptian tactical exercise, headlined Defenders of Friendship 2021, will be held in Egypt on October 17-29, the Russian Defense Ministry said. Egypt, Russia...

Egyptian rights advocates welcome fatwa forbidding short-term marriages (Shahira Amin, Al Monitor)

Dar Al Iftaa has issued a fatwa forbidding so-called tahleel marriages, or short-term, intermediate marriages in which a man marries a divorced woman for the sole...

Egypt looks to expand counter-terrorism cooperation with Sudan (Ayah Aman, Al Monitor)

Sudanese security forces, led by the country's intelligence services, have been cracking down on Islamic State (IS) members over the past weeks. Five members of the Sudanese...

Sisi backs emergency measures by Tunisian president (Al-Monitor)

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has declared support for the measures taken by Tunisian President Kais Saied on July 25, the highest such endorsement to...

Egypt seeks Brazil’s support in Nile dam dispute (George Mikhail, Al-Monitor)

Egypt is trying to win Brazil’s support in the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) crisis by capitalizing on Brazil's accession in June to the nonpermanent membership...

Egypt strengthens influence in Africa through church (George Mikhail, Al-Monitor)

Egypt is taking advantage of the Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Church's charitable and development projects in Africa to boost its influence on the continent, especially...

Egypt inaugurates water plants in Sinai amid development plans (Muhammed Magdy, Al-Monitor)

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi inaugurated Sept. 28 the Bahr el-Baqar wastewater treatment plant in Port Said governorate, in the northwest of the Sinai Peninsula. With a daily...

Egypt threatens to send military to remove encroachments along Nile (George Mikhail, Al-Monitor)

The Egyptian government is sparing no efforts to protect and preserve its share in the Nile River and to confront any phenomena that negatively...