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Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi speaks during a news conference with Cyprus’ President Nicos Anastasiades and Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras (unseen) after their summit in Cairo, on November 8, 2014. (Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh)

Egypt: Sisi meets with ex-Muslim Brotherhood leaders

by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Feb 27, 2015 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi has met with a number of ex-Muslim Brotherhood figures to discuss ways of confronting Islamic extremism in the North African country. Cairo designated the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization in...

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Bangladeshi secular activists take part in a torch-lit protest against the killing of Avijit Roy, in Dhaka on February 27, 2015.
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Attackers in Bangladesh hack to death American blogger

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 27, 2015 | World

Dhaka, Bangladesh, AP—A prominent Bangladeshi-American blogger known for speaking out against religious extremism was hacked to death as he walked through Bangladesh’s capital with his wife, police said Friday. The attack Thursday night on Avijit Roy, a...

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People watch a screen displaying a live speech by the leader of the Houthi group Abdul Malik Al-Houthi in Sana’a on February 26, 2015. (Reuters/Mohamed Al-Sayaghi)

Yemen: Houthis hit back over Aden embassy move

by Hamdan Al-Rahbi | Feb 27, 2015 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—In a televised speech on Thursday, Yemeni Houthi leader Abdul Malik Al-Houthi issued a strongly-worded message backing his group’s coup in the capital Sana’a. Houthi criticized Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi’s exit from Sana’a, and his...

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Spot the difference: Ahmed Mater with his work at the British Museum’s ‘Hajj’ exhibition (L) and the Omega advertisement. (Hatem Awiydeh)

Omega advert “utter distortion of Ahmed’s work”

by Abeer Mishkhas | Feb 27, 2015 | Lifestyle & Culture

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Celebrated Saudi artist Ahmed Mater is currently filing a court complaint against Swiss watchmaker Omega for plagiarism of his iconic work Magnetism in an advertisement. Asharq Al-Awsat discussed the dispute with the artist and those close to...

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Workers repair electrical grids as civilians walk past buildings damaged by what activists said were barrel bombs dropped by forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar Al-Assad in Aleppo’s Al-Shaar neighborhood on February 26, 2015.
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Syria expels two key UN humanitarian staffers

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 27, 2015 | Middle East

United Nations, AP—The Syrian government expelled two key UN humanitarian staffers because of their contact with armed opposition groups while trying to arrange aid deliveries—a decision that could harm a new effort to secure a six-week truce in the country’s...