I left behind an authoritarian state to move to the US. Now I see my new home falling to the same dark forces | Mona Eltahawy

found 2025 › Apr › 26 (Sat) @ 05:50 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Coming from Egypt, I know a dictatorship when I see one. The same can’t be said for the white voters who brought Trump to power

“What’s he done now?” My parents live in Cairo and I’m in New York City.…

Animal lover who went viral for punching a man who was beating a donkey says she is now getting DEATH THREATS but insists: 'I would do it again - I will not let an innocent animal be harmed'

found 2025 › Apr › 19 (Sat) @ 12:55 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Dutch expat Joke Van der Post was filmed attacking the animal's handler after she saw him repeatedly lashing it while it stood tethered to a wall on the outskirts of Cairo.

An Israeli bomb took a teen’s arm in Gaza. She’s healing with a family in Philadelphia

found 2025 › Apr › 19 (Sat) @ 11:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Tasneem Sharif Abbas, 16, flew with her sister to the US, where doctors awaited and volunteers cheered their arrival

Dozens of people across the world were in non-stop communication for several months…

The Correspondent review – Richard Roxburgh is excellent as jailed journalist Peter Greste

found 2025 › Apr › 17 (Thu) @ 02:55 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Based on Greste’s account of his time in an Egyptian prison, this is an important story powerfully told

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Latvian-Australian journalist Peter Greste became the…

Animal-loving Dutch vigilante is arrested for brutal attack on man she saw beating a donkey in Egypt - now she faces a lawsuit as shocking video goes viral

found 2025 › Apr › 15 (Tue) @ 13:50 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Heartbreaking footage shows the animal kicking out in agony as it is repeatedly lashed while tethered to a wall on the outskirts of Cairo.

Instant karma! Astonishing moment Dutch woman PUNCHES man 'who was beating a donkey' at Egyptian tourist site... then chases him with a whip as he tries to run away

found 2025 › Apr › 15 (Tue) @ 13:15 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Heartbreaking footage shows the animal kicking out in agony as it is repeatedly lashed while tethered to a wall on the outskirts of Cairo.

Qatar, Egypt leaders renew support for Gaza ceasefire, reconstruction plan

found 2025 › Apr › 14 (Mon) @ 17:50 UTC

a story from Al Jazeera › Al Jazeera English

Doha and Cairo announce plans for an international conference to coordinate Gaza 'humanitarian and development' efforts.

‘I’ll tackle Rox if he tries to go to Egypt’: Richard Roxburgh, Peter Greste and 400 days in a Cairo prison

found 2025 › Apr › 11 (Fri) @ 23:50 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Greste’s harrowing experience of the Egyptian legal system is brought to the screen in The Correspondent, which takes its audience far beyond the familiar nightly news bulletins of 2014

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'Ruled by warlords eating from rubbish bins': Yemenis reflect on one decade of devastating civil war

found 2025 › Apr › 07 (Mon) @ 20:45 UTC

a story from Euronews › Euronews

Euronews spent Eid with Yemenis who fled to Cairo and spoke to others around the world about their experiences of the war and their hopes for Yemen's future.

‘Ruled by warlords eating from rubbish bins’: Yemenis reflect on one decade of devastating civil war

found 2025 › Apr › 07 (Mon) @ 17:25 UTC

a story from Euronews › Euronews

Euronews spent Eid with Yemenis who fled to Cairo and spoke to others around the world about their experiences of the war and their hopes for Yemen’s future.