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Homosexuality in Egypt might not exactly be the most openly discussed topic. Religiously, Culturally and ‘logically’, it’s just unacceptable.
In many incidents, the word Gay, or in arabic “Shaz” or more colloquially “khawal”, is used to...
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InterHome, a new home that is capable of learning and adapting to its residents and take critical actions. In case the doors are left unlocked or burglers intrude, you...
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Sexual harassment of women in the Arab world is, unfortunately, a daily burden they must carry. For the record, by harassment I do not mean cropping or worse but the...
made popular Jun 26 2009
Once it would have been Cold War rhetoric and “fraternal greetings” to Marxist guerrillas. Yesterday Russia returned to Africa in a scramble to restore its...
made popular Jun 24 2009
Key Arab nations have kept silent about Iran’s political upheaval, possibly reluctant to antagonize the powerful nation that sponsors such militant groups as...
made popular Jun 18 2009
Just beyond the medieval ramparts, moats and mosques of Cairo’s citadel sprawls an equally medieval site that tourists rarely see. Unlike the well-preserved fortress,...
made popular Jun 6 2009
President Barack Obama’s speech to Muslims also had a huge and attentive Jewish audience, attuned to any suggestion that he might soften U.S. support for Israel...
made popular Jun 5 2009
Filed under: Sex, News, Below the Belt It’s a modern-day Romeo and Juliet story ... if Romeo had been crazy enough to take a knife and slice off his own manhood....
made popular Jun 5 2009
“Obama is just a prettier face. I’m sure his intentions are in the right place but I don’t expect much from the man,” a Cairo electrician said...
made popular Jun 4 2009
Audiotapes attributed to Al Qaeda’s two top leaders have sought to discredit President Obama on the eve of his much-heralded speech to the Muslim world in Cairo,...
made popular Jun 4 2009
President Barack Obama faces great challenges when he speaks to the Muslim world tomorrow from Cairo. He must counter some of the myths and outright falsehoods about...
made popular Jun 3 2009
Respect for Islam, a prescription for Palestinian statehood and assurances of a speedy U.S. pullout from Iraq — that’s what Muslims from Morocco to Malaysia say...
made popular Jun 1 2009
A bent man walks with a sack of garbage draped over him like a shaggy beast, hiding all but his legs as he lopes up the hill toward women and children with quick hands...
made popular May 30 2009
The garbage collectors of Cairo live in neighborhoods spilling over with trash. The children play with the trash and in the trash, when they are not helping to sort or...
made popular May 25 2009
We’re talking about a church smack in the middle of quite a densely Christian populated area..Al Zaytoon.
A church that is down in Egyptian History as one that...
made popular May 12 2009
I thought long and hard over this one and I can safely say I thought Egypt was flipping out a little when it came to the reaction undertaken towards the whole swine flu...
made popular May 7 2009
AP, Alexandria
A former high-level aide to Sen. Barbara Boxer has been sentenced to five years in prison on child pornography charges.
made popular May 4 2009
AP, Cairo
The Egyptian government is using swine flu as an excuse to get rid of tens of thousands of pigs raised by garbage collectors who live amid the refuse in Cairo slums....
made popular May 4 2009
The prime minister’s office in Israel has announced that newly sworn-in Benyamin Netanyahu will met with Egypt’s President Honsi Mubarak sometime in the...
made popular May 4 2009
AP, Cairo
Reporters Without Borders says the American journalist on a hunger strike for two weeks to protest her imprisonment in Iran was briefly hospitalized after she...
made popular May 4 2009
AP, Cairo
Egyptian police and armored cars charged into a crowd of a 1,000 irate pig farmers armed with stones and bottles, leaving 12 people injured as residents of a Cairo slum...
made popular May 3 2009
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.5 million women die in childbirth each year. Most of these deaths could be prevented if the women had access to a skilled birth attendant. The leaders of the...
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Check out the winning bike from Innovate or Die Pedal-Powered Machine Contest. The Aquaduct is a three-wheeled bike intended for people who lack access to clean...
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The world health organization is looking forward to improve the care for terminal cancer patients in the developing nations. In these developing countries, about two...
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