After four hours of questioning for wearing a revealing dress, Egyptian authorities release Egyptian actress Rania Youssef: english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/…

Following Italy's recent decision to suspend relations with #Egypt's House of Representative over the pace of the Regeni investigation, Egyptian MP Kamal Amer accuses "some foreign elements hostile to Egypt" of trying to disrupt Egyptian-Italian relations: english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/…

Egypt parliament speaker Ali Abdel-Aal condemns UN special rapporteur Leilani Farha on housing after criticisms claiming she was prejudice and violated the UN charter to serve personal motives english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/…

Al-Nadeem Center closure case adjourned as state lawyers present new documents. madamasr.com/en/2018/12/07/… Atlantic Council Middle East Programs reported on this case in February 2018 when the center first closed atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasour…

Writer Ibrahim al-Husseini arrested late on Sunday, police forces searched his home and sezied his laptop, mobile phone, table, and a number of books. He is currently detained in an unknown location. madamasr.com/en/2018/12/10/…

Egypt's Sisi launches a risk insurance fund to encourage Egyptian investment in Africa english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/…

Egypt keen to boost ties with Gambia especially on infrastructure, technical assistance, and training english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/…

Egypt restricts the sale of yellow vests ahead of the 8th anniversary of the January 25th, 2011 revolution in order to avoid a copy cat of the recent anti-government protests in France that have garnered much attention bbc.com/news/world-afr…

Egyptian authorities released 19-year-old British student Muhammed Fathi Abulkasem from custody after having been arrested upon landing in Egypt for taking a picture of a military helicopter from his plane window theguardian.com/world/2018/dec…

The Atlantic Council's Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East is still accepting applications to intern Spring 2019! If you're in the DC area, click here to apply for this unique opportunity: b6.caspio.com/dp/58be2000078…

A Cairo court orders the release of Amal Fathy, activist and wife of the the director of Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms, the NGO that is assisting the family of Italian student Giulio Regeni. Fathy had been in preventative detention since May ansamed.info/ansamed/en/new…

#Egyptian Parliament's Defense and National Security Committee confirms they will soon finalize a bill on population growth, that will reward families with two children with health and housing services. Birth rates in Egypt have been rising since 2005 egypttoday.com/Article/1/6213…

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al Sisi meets with Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen to discuss enhancing economic and political ties between the two countries english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/…

Egypt and Chinese building company China Fortune Land Development Co. disagree on revenue sharing of Egypt's new capital, collapsing the two-year negotiations between the two countries on this would-be, 25-year project bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Ride-sharing company Careem will invest $100 to $200 million in the Egyptian market and provide 20,000 new jobs next year, adding to the 250,000 jobs it has created since the launch of the company egypttoday.com/Article/3/6215…

Hurghada, a popular vacation spot in #Egypt, received its first direct flight from Finland after a six-year hiatus: ww.egyptindependent.com/hurghada-recei…

Egypt jailed more journalists in 2018 on charges of fake news than any other country in the world cpj.org/reports/2018/1…

The International Organization for Migration says it wants to deepen relations with Egypt, namely in the field of combating illegal immigration: egypttoday.com/Article/3/6217…

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shokri visits Brussels for the eighth Egypt-EU Association Council meeting english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/…

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