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Alex Wright

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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

Egypt’s prime minister Ibrahim Mahlab has said Egypt's young people should not think about opening cafes but rather consider driving three-wheeled auto rickshaws as their professions.

04 August, 2015

An advisor to the Egyptian President has said reconciliation with the banned Muslim Brotherhood will happen and that its leaders' death sentences could be revoked.

04 August, 2015

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has written article published in Arabic newspapers pushing for cooperation between Tehran Iran and its Arab neighbours to fight “terrorism, extremism and sectarianism".

03 August, 2015

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has claimed that no journalist has been detained for plying their profession, stating that the current imprisonments are for their links to terrorist groups.

03 August, 2015

A recent study has shown the number of Saudi women not marrying young has shot up to four million, more than double the number five years ago.

31 July, 2015

Ibrahim Eissa has said Saudi Arabia funds the Islamic State group and has "corrupted the minds of Egyptians", as the Egyptian media escalates its recent attacks against the Kingdom.

30 July, 2015

Journalist Mohammad al-Hamza has been fired for saying Saudis from the central Najd region used to fight amongst themselves to work as errand boys in the Hijaz region.

29 July, 2015

The former Grand Mufti of Egypt Ali Gomaa has said that Muslims must obey President Abd al-Fattah al-Sisi even when he acts unjustly.

28 July, 2015

A video of two veiled women being harassed during Eid has preoccupied the Kingdom amid arrests, surveillance cameras and calls for tougher laws.

26 July, 2015