Thursday 15 December 2016

For those interested in the history of the Butrusiyya Church, attacked in Cairo this past Sunday... https://t.co/kadDwjKPzB #Egypt #Copts


Looking forward to reading Hazem Kandil on "Sisi's #Egypt" https://t.co/hJlUeGBXyF


An essential reflection on sectarian violence in #Egypt by one who knows the situation intimately https://t.co/eGXRSGTuAV #Copts


Aya Hijazi, held over 900 days in #Egypt, makes plea to Obama administration for help before Trump's inauguration https://t.co/ECPrBszBJq


Tuesday 13 December 2016

.@HebaAfify reports on the funeral for those massacred in church on Sunday: "it’s a military affair" https://t.co/wK5Ud3Aulb #Egypt #Copts


RT @hackneylad: This, in the wake of the horrific Botroseyya Church attack in #Egypt, is essential - via @sedgate & @jadaliyya https://t.co/K7Luhlq3ZQ


My thoughts on #Egypt's state-run funeral for Copts massacred at the Butrusiyya Church this past Sunday https://t.co/NVItulCjCQ


After state-run funeral, #Egypt activists organize own vigil to mourn victims of Cairo church bombing https://t.co/7aKgASttJC #Copts


Monday 12 December 2016

To hold a funeral for Coptic martyrs littered everywhere with military men is a profound insult to those who died at Maspero. #Egypt #Copts


An #Egypt without its Coptic tradition would no longer be Egypt | #Copts https://t.co/jVsFiDhe7Y


Thanks to @arablit for this light after day of darkness! Adel Esmat Wins Mahfouz Medal | #Egypt #Copts https://t.co/ACrPMA00bI


My latest on what's happening in #Egypt at the moment, with thanks to @Jadaliyya... https://t.co/UM5y9XJarC


.@HRW seems confused: Days after @kenroth ridicules #Copts on Twitter, @sarahleah1 calls on #Egypt to protect them https://t.co/pbS7TVqi9d


Thank you @egyptianstreets for memorializing the victims of the attack | #Egypt #Copts https://t.co/5C0Hf69ym8


Sunday 11 December 2016

A few thoughts on the current predicament of #Egypt's #Copts: https://t.co/AzcTHGm3H2


Pope Tawadros faces a tremendous challenge: the very credibility of the Church as an institution will be at stake this week. #Egypt #Copts


Details about the library located inside the Botroseyya Church (attacked today) are available here... https://t.co/EQvEWWz0O9 #Egypt #Copts


As close an attack to center of the Coptic Orthodox Church as has ever happened in modern #Egypt's history https://t.co/LBEP3NEbli #Copts


Tuesday 29 November 2016

US to impose import restrictions on #Egypt antiquities dating from 5200 B.C. through 1517 A.D. https://t.co/zGfAMydhTJ


For an Egyptian author, examining torture is her mission: profile of @basmabasabisso https://t.co/uL0yHNhzFt #Egypt (h/t @lissiejaquette)


Al Jazeera Film Critical of #Egypt Army Strains Ties with #Qatar Further https://t.co/WwelgF9Hvb


#Egypt, your wonders never cease: 'tough to know how many MPs voted for/against due to lack of electronic voting' https://t.co/9agubDI42u


Thursday 24 November 2016

Hoarding sugar in #Egypt? That can get you jailed https://t.co/EZsM9C3ANf via @stltoday


60 organisations call on #Egypt to allow NGOs to operate, in respect of int'l commitments to freedom of association https://t.co/W1sCEel9EZ


“Sound, Military Music, and Opera in #Egypt during the Rule of Mehmet Ali Pasha” https://t.co/pcN1d7ruKS by @adammestyan


RT @hackneylad: 1100+ days into his incarceration for the crime of journalism in #Egypt, photographer @ShawkanZeid honoured in NYC https://t.co/5fZJxRKDRy


Wednesday 23 November 2016

#Egypt unearths city and cemetery over 7,000 years old - Reuters https://t.co/jBgq9SlWIt


#Egypt NGO bill threatens to “devastate” civil society, UN expert warns https://t.co/HsaVQliNcF


CIHRS, @afteegypt issue report on increasing use of travel bans at #Egypt airports by authorities https://t.co/iANtjaAKY9 (cc: @CAF4MESA)


Authorities ban #Egypt rights defender @AidaSeif, founder of @elnadeem, from traveling | @MadaMasr https://t.co/DxOwdXp9ST


RT @jstacher: "The State is an Empty Skull" - Amazing read about #Egypt by @scottlong1980 - https://t.co/Z5aYM1QihW


Sunday 20 November 2016

150 Nubians protest for second day on Abu Simbel-Aswan road in #Egypt; security forces refuse them entry to Toshka https://t.co/GG8uz9yYr2


#Egypt authorities besiege Nubian protest camp on Aswan-Abu Simbel Road https://t.co/pv1GLyfnjr via @madamasr


ANHRI reports #Egypt witnessing a third migration of political dissidents, like those of the 1950s and the 1970s https://t.co/a2qqENiMwY


#Egypt court orders release of journalist Ismail Alexandrani after a year in detention https://t.co/8qDfuZBIYx via @ahramonline


Saturday 19 November 2016

#Egypt's public transport workers: Dissidents across different regimes | @MadaMasr https://t.co/OnCkU32C7a


Huh? #Egypt's Sisi: "Trump has shown deep and great understanding of what is taking place in the region" https://t.co/zoCQM6krFg


No words... IS in #Egypt beheads Sinai clerics mistaken for priests https://t.co/vNvK8yVjBx


#Egypt authorities prevent Nubian protest from reaching Toshka for second time https://t.co/yktPjFbY2C via @MadaMasr


CPJ condemns conviction of 3 leaders of #Egypt's Journalists' Syndicate today https://t.co/EGCVhibjl9 thanks @pressfreedom @sherifmnsour


Head of #Egypt's journalists' union and two colleagues sentenced to two years in prison for "harbouring fugitives" https://t.co/P56fCAejHp


Thursday 17 November 2016

For days, hundreds of @AUC students have been marching through campus, demanding a cap on their tuition https://t.co/b9yhtEugyl #Egypt


Port Said’s Boulevard center for music, arts, design, heritage activities, shut down by #Egypt authorities https://t.co/bi9bUl62ty


A 50-year-old cart driver was tortured to death in the eastern Cairo district of Amereya this week by police https://t.co/yZlocqMdO4 #Egypt


#Egypt has pardoned 82 prisoners, including prominent Islamic studies researcher Islam el-Behery https://t.co/4IitnCz2uq via @ahramonline


Wednesday 16 November 2016

Egyptians struggle as government imposes austerity https://t.co/xoKcUvHMr7 #Egypt


NGO bill drafted by #Egypt parliament differs from government's bill; deliberations took place in complete secrecy https://t.co/G8HuqPQhFH


#Egypt court sentences policeman who killed man over cup of tea to life: rare punishment for police violence https://t.co/aRzcAtILot


#Egypt Is Cracking Down on NGOs When It Needs Them Most https://t.co/DBIJoE1XYW


Tuesday 8 November 2016

#Egypt expects to receive $2.75bil in aid from the IMF as early as next week, part of $12bil loan package https://t.co/WvTdc0O33R


Richard Jacquemond, "Un monde perdu? L'Égypte ancienne vue par les écrivains égyptiens" https://t.co/90e2UQtCU5 #Egypt #twitterstorians


Hanan Hammad, "Arwa Salih's The Premature: Gendering the History of the Egyptian Left" https://t.co/axwQ0kR2ha #Egypt #twitterstorians


#Egypt's pound weakened further on Tuesday, averaging 17.8 per US dollar in bank trades, a fall from 16.8 on Monday https://t.co/kKSUrrJzdc


Activists in Nubian village will start open strike to protest their village's inclusion in Toshka project | #Egypt https://t.co/z2tazjTvPi


#Egypt admin. court rejects continuing gov't efforts to transfer strategic islands of Tiran, Sanafir to #Saudi https://t.co/hlxOPjfP62


CPJ on the past week's (yes, *one* week's) #Egypt violations: censorship, arrest, court hearings https://t.co/k7Ur7D8AYa via @pressfreedom


Sunday 6 November 2016

A most interesting development... #Egypt's oil minister makes rare trip to Iran for oil talks after Saudi suspension https://t.co/HBuD0Z7VpJ


#Egypt governorates increase fares for vital transportation due to new fuel price hikes https://t.co/4IPFIzAzBW via @ahramonline


Newly floated #Egypt pound moves little: Banks uncertain about prospects for supply, demand of US dollars https://t.co/gjY4a1vq37


#Egypt's electricity ministry reinserted clause in contract requiring dispute settlement by domestic arbitration https://t.co/qdrg5RnTiT


Saturday 5 November 2016

Interbank trading of LE will resume Sunday at 10 am: first trading session without guidance from #Egypt central bank https://t.co/ndcVtVPzBs


The dean of Coptic community scholars just unleashed a trove of his work online: Don't miss it! https://t.co/QzCQSchJXA #Egypt #Copts


Imbaba residents face sudden spike in transport, food prices, mainly because of increase in petrol costs | #Egypt https://t.co/T0mwhHRkak


Al-Azhar professor suspended from post for 3 months, accused of promoting atheism | #Egypt @MadaMasr https://t.co/iLLvBguHAo (cc: @CAF4MESA)


Hungry for dollars after float, #Egypt banks offer market rates https://t.co/qn59AgIsMF by @EricKnecht for @Reuters


Gunmen opened fire on #Egypt Brig. Gen. Hesham Mahmoud Abualazm from a moving car in Arish city, North Sinai https://t.co/XFtdP0iXH0


Thursday 3 November 2016

#Egypt's NGO Law: Closing Down a Once-Vibrant Civil Society https://t.co/FgEkSMcKQC by @amiramikhail


Q&A on #Egypt's currency devaluation, from @MadaMasr https://t.co/eQmg2PxhyW


#Egypt traders say sugar crisis self-inflicted: result of state takeover of reserves, distribution earlier in year https://t.co/uARaMtCUSX


A well-known genre of #Egypt journalism: Thank heaven for foreigners who eschew cruel, brutal instincts of locals https://t.co/ZMvmH3bgwt


#Egypt's pound devaluation is certain to cause a steep hike in prices https://t.co/Eq5vB8Mo1U


#Egypt free floats the pound and raises lending rates: Stocks jumped the most in eight years, pound slumped https://t.co/6LWJzjeQ2I


Wednesday 2 November 2016

Lest we forget... November 3, 1956 #Egypt #SuezWar #TripartiteAggression https://t.co/XEiXuuQhI5


You won't find a better social history of modern #Egypt in print. Here it's selling for only $20 https://t.co/mBE4JnNn6g #twitterstorians


Sisi says military economy is 1.5% of #Egypt's GDP, but how accurate is this? | @MadaMasr https://t.co/mPoYpsa3Kh


Amnesty International to #Egypt: Lift abusive and arbitrary travel bans https://t.co/FRK56hDBTs


Prominent #Egypt Rights Lawyer Malek Adly Banned From Travel https://t.co/8rFWqjPhtr


Reporters Without Borders labels Sisi a 'press freedom predator' | @MadaMasr https://t.co/CO1vdKCr1F #Egypt


Stéphane Lacroix on "#Egypt’s Pragmatic Salafis: The Politics of Hizb al-Nour" https://t.co/2yymmkDGYT


#Egypt’s supply ministry increases price of subsidised sugar by 40% (to 7 LE per kg) amid supply shortage https://t.co/TUe6jZu5aT


Tuesday 1 November 2016

Is the writing on the wall? #Egypt's army to distribute 8 million food boxes nationwide at half market price https://t.co/OVddwjfZPS


Worth watching: #Egypt's parliament and government clash over Equal Citizenship Law https://t.co/9Z7XiSCgdA


ElBaradei’s statement breaks three years of silence on post-June 30 violence | #Egypt https://t.co/wBekD8QzvA


#Egypt currency traders were buying dollars on Monday for 17.5-17.85 LE, selling them to importers for 18-18.2 LE https://t.co/qCvOovYurW


In #Egypt, fears grow for Ain Shams student dragged away from metro station, shortly before police raided his home https://t.co/Ve09Qrj8X6


‘We Don’t Owe Anyone’: #Egypt Jousts With Its Chief Benefactor, #Saudi Arabia https://t.co/5QDMJixI4Y


Wednesday 26 October 2016

Had occasion to look back at my essays from three, four, five years ago... Can't help but wonder: How long will #Egypt's Thermidor last?


#Egypt appeals court upholds life sentence for Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie https://t.co/ahn4G5A5vJ


Giulio Regeni murder is an "open wound" for Italy, says Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni | #Egypt https://t.co/72GN04Uqa6 via @Reuters


He doth protest too much, methinks https://t.co/ouotBVf8yk #Egypt


#Egypt’s pound dropped to 16.11 per dollar in black market, extending declines over past month to 19 percent https://t.co/Tli5wXIU3s


Sunday 23 October 2016

Tea Drinkers Forfeit Sugar in #Egypt Amid Currency Shortage https://t.co/3CXHzF1V0Z by @S_Elwardany


#Egypt authorities confiscate sugar at country's largest food producer - Reuters https://t.co/xokjv7jkb2


What a strange list: As a general rule, I'd say spouses of dictators don't deserve the label "trailblazing" https://t.co/gXnVs9vTuF #Egypt


#Egypt Army Officer Killed Outside Home, Militant Group Suspected https://t.co/yc9whKU8Sz