#Rawda mosque attack
‘I was in Rawda’
An account from a man who was praying at the Rawda Mosque on Friday
Karoline Kamel
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#militant attacks
Province of Sinai ordered Rawda Sufis to halt rituals 1 week before Friday attack
Province of Sinai militants instructed Rawda villagers last week to stop performing Sufi rituals near the mosque where at least 235 people were killed
Mourad Higazy
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#militant attacks
Update: 305 dead, 128 injured in deadliest militant attack in Egyptian history
Armed militants detonated an explosive device and fired at a mosque in North Sinai during Friday prayers
Mourad Higazy
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#Warraq
On Warraq Island, popular democracy defies secret state plans
The state’s strategy regarding Warraq has seen several stages: violence, negotiation, and legal persecution
Heba Afify
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#arms deals
Q&A with German MP Stefan Liebich: Revealing German arms exports to Egypt
The German government confirms that it authorized weapons and arms exports to Egypt worth 298 million
Sofian Philip Naceur
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#Al-Qaeda
Clashes between Jund al-Islam and Province of Sinai: The return of Al-Qaeda?
Questions are being raised about the resumption of Al-Qaeda-affiliated organizations’ operations in Egypt
Omar Said
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#armed attacks
7 killed in attack targeting drivers at military-owned Arish Cement factory
A group of militants stopped eight cement trucks along the Hasna-Baghdad road and fatally shot seven people
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#2018 presidential elections
Khaled Ali announces intention to run in upcoming presidential elections
The rights lawyer made a preliminary announcement, pending guarantees transparent elections
Mostafa Mohie
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#detainee and prisoner deaths
1 of 223 detainees on hunger strike dies after falling into coma
At least 223 Egyptian detainees declared hunger strikes in October
Mostafa Mohie
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#airstrikes
While Cairo condemns Derna bombing, government source attributes airstrikes to Egyptian Air Force
Libyan and Egyptian sources have confirmed to Mada Masr that the airstrikes in Derna were carried out by the Egyptian Air Force to preempt future militant operations in Egypt
Mada Masr
5 دقيقة قراءة
#Interior Ministry
Interior Ministry reshuffle: Is the state acknowledging its security failure in Wahat?
The Interior Ministry carries out a reshuffle of senior posts in the wake of the Wahat Road attack
Omar Said
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#Mada Masr
Lieutenant General Hegazy II: Egypt’s new chief-of-staff
Meet the new Hegazy at the head of Egypt's Armed Forces
Mada Masr
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#armed attacks
13 militants killed in Western Desert attack
13 militants were killed when security forces targeted a militant hideout between Assiut and Kharja Oasis
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#freedom of the press
Mada Masr nominated for 2 international journalism awards
Mada Masr has been nominated for the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) 2017 Prize and the London-based Index on Censorship 2018 Freedom of…
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#military trials of civilians
210 Zamalek Club fans start hunger strike in Alexandria prison
Two hundred and ten Ultras White Knights members started a hunger strike on Thursday, one day after a military court renewed their…
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#Mada Masr
Court renews imprisonment of journalist for 45 days despite expiry of pretrial detention limit
Journalist Hesham Gaafar’s detention has been renewed for an additional 45 days
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#foreign relations
How Egypt is fixing its North Korea ‘problem’
Egypt reportedly scales back relations with North Korea in attempt to sate US anger
Asmahan Soliman
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#freedom of the press
To count by the book: Who can say what happened beside the Wahat Road?
The Wahat Road attack has ignited debate around the state's role in reporting on events
Heba Afify و Omar Said
12 دقيقة قراءة
#2018 presidential elections
A presidential race, anyone?
Plans for Sisi’s campaign take shape as other political figures weigh up running in the 2018 presidential elections
Asmahan Soliman
9 دقيقة قراءة
#Al-Mourabitoun
The Western Desert: The other front in the Egyptian ‘war on terror’
Amid the conflict between militants and security forces, the Western Desert has emerged as a third front
Mai Shams El-Din
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