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On this Wednesday, April 30, 2014 photo, tourists visit Luxor Temple, a large ancient Egyptian temple complex on the east bank of the Nile River in Luxor, Egypt. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Egypt announces plans to revive flagging tourism sector

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 4, 2014 | Business

Dubai, Reuters—Egypt’s tourism minister on Sunday announced ambitious plans to try to revive the country’s tourism sector, in distress after years of political turbulence. Government data showed last month that tourism revenue dropped 43 percent to 1.3...

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Police officers and people gather in front of the damaged Museum of Islamic Art building, after a bomb blast occurred at the nearby Cairo Security Directorate, which includes police and state security, in downtown Cairo, January 24, 2014. A suicide bomber in a car blew himself up in the parking lot of a top security compound in central Cairo on Friday, killing at least four people in one of the most high-profile attacks on the state in months, security sources said. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT – Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST)

Egypt bombing damages Islamic art museum

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 25, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture

Cairo, AP—Centuries-old glass and porcelain pieces were smashed to powder, a priceless wooden prayer niche was destroyed and manuscripts were soaked by water spewing from broken pipes when a car bombing wreaked havoc on Cairo’s renowned Islamic Art Museum....