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The Nile near Aswan in south Egypt (Photo credit: CC-BY-SA Citadelite, Wikimedia Commons)
April 5, 2014, 5:08 pm
23 killed in feud between families in south Egypt
Quarrel over graffiti prompts insults, devolves into bloody battles on the streets
By Haggag Salama
Foreign tourists visit the Hatshepsut Temple, in Luxor, Egypt.(photo credit: AP/Nasser Nasser)
June 1, 2013, 12:26 am
Iranian tourists visit Egypt under tight security
Cairo adamant about warming ties it sees as economic boon, despite Salafist opposition to Shiites’ arrival
By Haggag Salama
Illustrative: The domes of the Coptic Saint Mark's Church in Cairo, Egypt (photo credit: CC BY Bakar_88, Flickr)
May 12, 2013, 3:34 am
Egypt Christian teacher’s detention extended
Dimiana Abdel-Nour accused of blasphemy and proselytizing
By Haggag Salama
A view of the Nile River. (CC-BY plusgood, Flickr.com)
March 31, 2013, 11:52 pm
Over 50 Iranians head to Egypt via reopened route
Visitors’ movements will be restricted due to objections from ultraconservative Sunni Muslims to ‘heretical’ Shi’ite tourism
By Haggag Salama
Illustrative photo of hot air balloons over Luxor, Egypt (photo credit: CC BY OsvaldoROVE/Flickr)
February 26, 2013, 9:00 am
Hot air balloon crash in Egypt kills 18 foreign tourists
Fire and explosion sent balloon plummeting from the sky west of Luxor, official says
By Haggag Salama
January 18, 2013, 2:52 pm
Egyptian Muslims protest, torch Christian stores
Residents attack local church in southern city of Qena over allegations of child molestation
By Haggag Salama
October 18, 2012, 1:11 am
12-year-old Egyptian girl punished for not wearing a veil, father says
Teacher cut off girl’s hair, sent her away for being ‘shameful’
By Haggag Salama
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