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Samy Magdy
Egyptian Coptic leader Pope Tawadros II leads Christmas celebration at the St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in the Abbassia District of Cairo on January 6, 2017. (AFP/Khaled Desouki)
August 14, 2018, 2:27 pm
Abbot’s murder in desert monastery shocks Egypt’s Christians
Arrest of two monks suspected of killing Bishop Epiphanius opens rare window into the cloistered world of the country's revered Coptic Church
By Hazma Hendawi and Samy Magdy
In this file photo dated June 25, 2018, Egypt goalkeeper Essam El Hadary deflects a penalty during the group A match between Saudi Arabia and Egypt at the 2018 soccer World Cup at the Volgograd Arena in Volgograd, Russia. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
August 7, 2018, 3:32 pm
Egypt’s goalkeeper, oldest World Cup player ever, quits national team
'This is a moment I didn't want to come,' says 45-year-old Essam El Hadary after he set a new soccer record in June
By Samy Magdy
An Egyptian man holds up a portrait of ex-army chief Abdel Fattah el-Sisi as he celebrates in Cairo's Tahrir Square on June 3, 2014 after Sisi won 96.9 percent of votes in the country's presidential election (Photo credit: Mohamed el-Shahed/AFP)
July 18, 2018, 7:47 pm
Egypt passes bill to block popular social media accounts over ‘fake news’
Legislation designates personal profiles with over 5,000 followers as media outlets, empowers authorities to shut them down
By Samy Magdy
In this June 29, 2017, file photo, taxi drivers chat as they refuel their vehicles at a gas station in Cairo, Egypt. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)
June 16, 2018, 1:07 pm
Risking protests, Egypt raises price of fuel as part of austerity measures
Recent tough actions by Sissi have won praise from economists and business leaders but have come as a heavy blow to poor and middle-class Egyptians
By Samy Magdy
An illustrative photo of an Egyptian courtroom. (AP/Mohammed Abu Zaid)
May 7, 2018, 6:27 pm
Egypt refers 555 to military court on terror-related charges
Prosecutor says suspects carried out 63 attacks against security forces in Sinai on behalf of local IS branch
By Samy Magdy
Ballots with photos and names of presidential candidates Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, at top, and Moussa Mustafa Moussa, are visible inside a ballot box at a polling station, in Cairo, Egypt, March 26, 2018. (Amr Nabil/AP)
April 3, 2018, 11:36 am
Egypt’s election produces surprise runner-up: Invalid votes
1.76 million spoiled ballots seen as silent protest after challengers to Sissi were forced out and citizens were told to vote or face fines
By Hamza Hendawi and Samy Magdy
Voters at a polling station during the presidential in Cairo, Egypt, March 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
March 29, 2018, 6:45 am
With no real contest for Sissi, all eyes on turnout as Egyptians count votes
Incumbent president hopes a lack of competition and severe restrictions on media will translate into strong public support and not lackluster turnout
By MAGGIE MICHAEL and Samy Magdy
Arab League foreign ministers meet in Cairo on March 7, 2018. (Screen capture: YouTube)
March 8, 2018, 7:53 am
Arab FMs affirm Jerusalem as future Palestinian capital
Arab League endorses Abbas's peace plan and calls for international conference by mid-2018 to recognize two states based on 1967 lines
By Samy Magdy
In this January 17, 2018 photo, former presidential candidate Khaled Ali gives a press conference at his office in Cairo, Egypt. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
March 2, 2018, 12:15 pm
Egypt’s embattled activists face a #MeToo reckoning
Two prominent human rights lawyers, one of them a former presidential candidate, accused of rape, sexual harassment
By Hamza Hendawi and Samy Magdy
A billboard supporting Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi in the presidential election scheduled for March hangs in downtown Cairo, Egypt, on January 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
January 25, 2018, 11:22 am
Food for votes? Egyptians say it pays to support Sissi
With all rivals withdrawing or jailed, president said seeking to gain legitimacy by providing cash, free transportation in exchange for masses' votes
By Samy Magdy
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December 25, 2017, 11:52 pm
Egyptian flight attendants denounce body-shaming lawmaker
Galila Othman said Egyptair needs 'dress and weight codes' for on-board staff, who 'shouldn't work until they are 50'
By Samy Magdy
A view of the mosaic of transfiguration which covers the surface of 46 meters square inside the basilica of the monastery of Saint Catherine is shown on Saturday, Dec 16, 2017 in South Sinai, Egypt. (AP/Samy Magdy)
December 17, 2017, 2:14 am
Egypt reopens ancient Sinai library housing 4th-century New Testament
Largest collection of early codices and manuscripts outside of Vatican now open to public at St. Catherine's Monastery after three years of renovation work
By Samy Magdy
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi attends a military ceremony in the courtyard at the Hotel des Invalides in Paris, France, October 24, 2017. (Charles Platiau, Pool via AP)
November 18, 2017, 6:15 pm
Egypt warns Ethiopia Nile dam dispute is ‘life or death’
Ethiopia is finalizing construction of its first major dam on the Blue Nile to power the Africa's largest hydroelectric dam; Egypt fears it will choke off water
By Samy Magdy
Illustrative: An Egyptian helicopter hovers over houses destroyed by the Egyptian army on the Egyptian side on the border town of Rafah, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014. (AP/Eyad Baba)
October 31, 2017, 10:32 pm
Egypt says airstrikes kill militants, destroy vehicles
Military spokesman says a 'large number' dead in strikes targeting suspected perpetrators of deadly ambush on police
By Samy Magdy
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