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December 20, 2012
12:24 am

An Egyptian man wearing a banner on his mouth that reads, "with the revolutionary families," attends a demonstration in Cairo, on Wednesday (photo credit: AP/Fredrik Persson)

Egyptian atheist blasts Islamist regime as no better than Mubarak

Alber Saber was arrested in September after neighbors complained he had posted an anti-Islam film on Facebook

By Maggie Fick

November 4, 2012
1:39 am

This Thursday,Oct. 11, 2012 photo released Friday, Nov. 2, 2012 by Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, shows recently discovered statues of two men and a woman in a complex of tombs, including one of a pharaonic princess, in the Abusir region, south of Cairo, Egypt (photo credit: AP/Egypt's Supreme Council Of Antiquities)

4,500-year-old tomb complex unearthed near Cairo

Discovery of tomb belonging to princess opens door to additional findings

By Maggie Fick

November 1, 2012
4:16 am

Egyptians congregate outside a Cairo cafe this week. (photo credit: AP)

Egyptian night owls decry government efforts to impose curfew

State faces backlash from nocturnal Cairo residents after making move to conserve electricity

By Maggie Fick

October 31, 2012
1:38 am

Illustrative: In this Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 photo, a rebel sniper aims at Syrian army positions in the Aleppo Jedida district, Syria (photo credit: Narciso Contreras/AP)

23 dead in Syria as jets and artillery pound rebels

‘Activists’ say deaths come one day after deadliest day of Syrian bombing runs as number killed hits 35,000

By Maggie Fick

October 30, 2012
9:07 pm

Last week's explosion at Sudan's Yarmouk Complex, outside Khartoum. (photo credit: image capture from Channel 2)

Strike on Sudanese plant may be sign of escalating proxy war

Israel thought to be responsible for hit that targeted Iranian-Sudanese-Gaza arms pipeline

By Maggie Fick

October 26, 2012
11:34 pm

Wearing vests painted with the slogan 'Anti-harassment', a group of volunteers confront a group of teasing young boys near Cairo's Tahrir Square. Instead of taking to the streets with air horns and toy guns and hissing at women like many of their peers, the small group of young Egyptian men tried to secure the streets of downtown Cairo during Eid al-adha, one of Islam’s most important holidays, a time when fears of sexual harassment spike. Their effort largely failed, but it shows the extent of the sexual harassment scourge facing Egypt and the government’s failures to address it. (AP Photo/ Maggie Fick)

Egyptian activists try to stop holiday sexual harassment

Young men patrol the streets of Cairo to prevent Eid al-Adha crowds from groping women

By Maggie Fick

October 23, 2012
9:55 pm

An Egyptian butcher measures the wight of a sheep on a sidewalk Sunday , part of an unseen cluster of sheep that is offered for sale in preparation for Eid al-Adha (Photo credit: Nasser Nasser/ AP)

Egypt’s political roller coaster ride causing financial strain

Butchers tell of tough times ahead of holiday: ‘Only the rich can afford to sacrifice a whole sheep or a cow’

By Maggie Fick

October 6, 2012
5:06 am

Sabah al-Saqari, 49, a senior member of the Freedom and Justice Party, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood, works at her office in the FJP's headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, Oct. 4 (photo credit: AP/Nasser Nasser)

Woman enters running to chair Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood party

Liberals slam candidacy as cynical attempt by the Islamist group to improve its image

By Maggie Fick

The Times of Israel

The one-stop news site
covering Israel, the region and
the Jewish people worldwide

Founding editor:
David Horovitz

Fair, fresh and fast

The Jewish world's
fastest-growing
news site

Writer: Maggie Fick

Egyptian atheist blasts Islamist regime as no better than Mubarak

Alber Saber was arrested in September after neighbors complained he had posted an anti-Islam film on Facebook

4,500-year-old tomb complex unearthed near Cairo

Discovery of tomb belonging to princess opens door to additional findings

Egyptian night owls decry government efforts to impose curfew

State faces backlash from nocturnal Cairo residents after making move to conserve electricity

23 dead in Syria as jets and artillery pound rebels

‘Activists’ say deaths come one day after deadliest day of Syrian bombing runs as number killed hits 35,000

Strike on Sudanese plant may be sign of escalating proxy war

Israel thought to be responsible for hit that targeted Iranian-Sudanese-Gaza arms pipeline

Egyptian activists try to stop holiday sexual harassment

Young men patrol the streets of Cairo to prevent Eid al-Adha crowds from groping women

Egypt’s political roller coaster ride causing financial strain

Butchers tell of tough times ahead of holiday: ‘Only the rich can afford to sacrifice a whole sheep or a cow’

Woman enters running to chair Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood party

Liberals slam candidacy as cynical attempt by the Islamist group to improve its image

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