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Alex Wright

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Social media users remember how comradeship and goodwill of Cairo protests against army coup descended into state-sanctioned violence and the deaths of an estimated 900 people on 14 August, 2013.

12 August, 2015

Protesters commemorating the second anniversary of the Rabaa massacre will be targeted, Egypt's ministry of interior has said.

12 August, 2015

A British archaeologist thinks he may have found the final resting place of Queen Nefertiti - hidden behind a 'secret door' in the tomb of her probable son, Tutankhamun.

11 August, 2015

Saad Lamjarred's summer hit "The Boss" (Lm3allem) reaches 100 million views in record time, and becomes only second Arab music video to achieve those numbers.

11 August, 2015

Gazan women have collected their memories of Israel's violations against Palestinians during last years war against Gaza, which devastated the Gaza Strip.

10 August, 2015

Yet another video allegedly showing an incident of sexual harassment in Saudi Arabia has got viral - but in this case the victim fought back.

07 August, 2015

Egyptian graphic designer Medo Ismail has launched an ironic counter-campaign to the Egyptian government's official 'Egypt Rejoices' hashtag, which was meant to celebrate the opening of the "new" Suez Canal.

07 August, 2015

Blow-up teddy bears, film directors, unified Friday sermons, "surprise" trains, government-backed hashtags and lavish ceremonies have all come with the grand opening of Egypt's "new" Suez Canal.

06 August, 2015

Jeremy Corbyn who is running for the leadership of Britain's Labour party said Egypt President Sisi shouldn't have been invited to UK because of human rights record.

05 August, 2015

Former Tunisian president Moncef Marzouki has said the dreams of the Arab Spring are dead and warned of possible future failed states in the region.

05 August, 2015