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File photo of Salah Amin making the Sisi sign.


Egyptian footballer facing penalty for Sisi sign

Egyptian footballer facing penalty for Sisi sign

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) announced on Thursday that it suspended a player accused of making a gesture in support of popular Egyptian Defense Minister Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi during a goal celebration. Salah Amin, who...
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Egypt’s Housing Minister Ibrahim Mahlab talks during an interview with the media in Cairo in this September 3, 2012 file photo. (Reuters)


Egypt: PM Mahlab faces social media impersonators

Egypt: PM Mahlab faces social media impersonators

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab does not have a Facebook or Twitter account, Cabinet Advisor for Media Affairs Sherif Shawky confirmed on Monday, denouncing existing social media accounts attributed to Mahlab as false. Shawky said that...
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A picture taken on January 22, 2013 shows Egyptians walking past posters of Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef outside a theatre in Cairo. (AFP)


Bassem Youssef airs first direct criticism of Sisi

Bassem Youssef airs first direct criticism of Sisi

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Controversial Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef has put forward the strongest criticism yet of the military-backed interim authorities since the return of his popular show, Albernameg, three weeks ago, directly and explicitly stating his...
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The wreckage of a tour bus that was targeted by a suicide bombing on February 16 is seen in the Egyptian south Sinai resort town of Taba on February 18, 2014. (AFP/Khaled Desouki)


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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R), shakes hands with Egypt’s Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi during their meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow on February 13, 2014. (Reuters/Mihail Metzel/RIA Novosti/Kremlin)