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Giving up on FGM: why a village midwife put down her scalpel

MINYA: Watching the long, supple fingers of Rasheeda Sharawbim gesture as she…

Daily News Egypt

Easy draw for Egypt in Arab Games

CAIRO: Egypt got a relatively easy draw for the group stage of…

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EOHR report condemns "continuous violations of human rights" in Egypt

CAIRO: National rights group Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) released on…

Alexandra Sandels

France's FM begins 4-day Mideast tour to boost Israeli-Palestinian peace process

PARIS: France s Foreign Minister was leaving Monday on a Middle Eastern…

AP
AP

To the garbage dump of history

Ehud Olmert and Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) - the former a head…

Daily News Egypt

Democratic Front Party to propose new constitution at opposition conference

CAIRO: The Democratic Front Party (DFP) proposed holding a conference that would…

Daily News Egypt

The History Man

President George W. Bush is not generally known for his firm grasp…

Ian Buruma

Kouchner arrives in Egypt as part of Mideast tour

CAIRO: French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner will be in Egypt today to…

Abdel-Rahman Hussein

Block Thinking

"Multiculturalism has become a suspect term almost everywhere in the world nowadays,…

Daily News Egypt

Egypt's ruling party to vote Mubarak leader: official

CAIRO: A top official in the National Democratic Party (NDP)says there is…

AFP
AFP