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Egyptian actress investigated over red carpet dress, could face 5 years in prison

Egyptian actress investigated over red carpet dress, could face 5 years in prison

ABC News — A group of lawyers deemed her dress too revealing.

American-Egyptian man accuses Egypt of torture, enforced 'disappearance'

American-Egyptian man accuses Egypt of torture, enforced 'disappearance'

ABC News — An American-Egyptian man was abducted for four months and tortured by members of the Egypt ian National Security Agency, a relative of his alleged. A detailed account by Khaled Hassan of his alleged enforced disappearance and torture, that included electrocution and sexual assault, was recounted in a Human Rights Watch report issued on Oct.

Egypt to open new museum near pyramids in hopes of boosting tourism

Egypt to open new museum near pyramids in hopes of boosting tourism

ABC News — Not too far from the Great Pyramids of Giza is the $1 billion Grand Egypt ian Museum. The new museum will house 100,000 artifacts - from Egypt's prehistoric times to its Greek and Roman eras - making it the largest museum in the world dedicated to the heritage of a single civilization.

Why adults in different parts of the globe live at home with their parents

Why adults in different parts of the globe live at home with their parents

ABC News — Some parents dream of the day they come home to an empty nest. Others dread it.

Egypt says ISIS to blame in mosque attack as death toll rises to 305

Egypt says ISIS to blame in mosque attack as death toll rises to 305

ABC News — The militants who carried out an attack during Friday prayers at a mosque in Egypt's Sinai peninsula were carrying ISIS flags, the country's chief prosecutor, Nabil Sadeq, said Saturday. Add Egypt as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Egypt news, video, and analysis from ABC News.

Father of US-Egyptian teen jailed in Egypt says US should do more to help free him

Father of US-Egyptian teen jailed in Egypt says US should do more to help free him

ABC NewsOne — The family of a 17-year-old New Jersey boy who has been imprisoned in Egypt since December are calling on U.S. authorities to do more to secure his release. Ahmed Hassan was arrested on Dec. 1, 2016 while staying with his extended family at their home in Zagazig, a city in the Egyptian Nile Delta, his family said.

Egypt's Christians express anguish, despair after twin Palm Sunday blasts

Egypt's Christians express anguish, despair after twin Palm Sunday blasts

ABC NewsOne — Egyptian Christians expressed anguish and despair following twin bombings that ripped through two of the country's Coptic churches on Palm Sunday, killing at least 44 people and injured at least 126 others. Chantal Labib, a 24-year-old school teacher, told ABC News that she saw news of the blasts...

Video: International Community Reacts to President Trump's Travel Ban

Video: International Community Reacts to President Trump's Travel Ban

ABC News — Live from Cairo by Randa Ali

Iraqi Family 'Ruined' by Being Denied Entry to US

Iraqi Family 'Ruined' by Being Denied Entry to US

ABC NewsOne — When Fuad Sharef Suleman received U.S. immigrant visas for himself and his family, he sold his house and quit his job in Iraq, as did his wife, and his two daughters and one son left school. They left everything all with the expectations of starting a new life in the United States.

Obama Leaves Mixed Legacy in Middle East

Obama Leaves Mixed Legacy in Middle East

ABC NewsOne — Mohsen Kamal still remembers how hopeful he was hearing President Barack Obama's address to the Muslim world eight years ago. But as Obama leaves office, some of those who heard those words said his legacy in the Middle East hasn't lived up to his promises.

Boulaq residence speak of fears, negligence after Italian consulate blast

Boulaq residence speak of fears, negligence after Italian consulate blast

youtu.be — Residents of Boulaq district in central Cairo and neighbours of the Italian consulate, which was hit by a bomb explosion on Saturday, speak of the damages they have suffered.

Tok-Tok drivers defiant despite Cairo ban

Tok-Tok drivers defiant despite Cairo ban

youtu.be — Thousands of mostly young men have driven Tok-Toks as a type of informal employment to counter Egypt's unemployment problem, which currently stands at around 13 percent.

INTERVIEW: Eni's natural gas discovery in Egypt 'a gift from heaven'

INTERVIEW: Eni's natural gas discovery in Egypt 'a gift from heaven'

Ahram Online — Italy's Eni has discovered gas reserves of up to 30 trillion cubic feet in Egypt's offshore Zohr prospect, making it the largest gas discovery ever in the country and in the Mediterranean Sea.

Egyptian cinema loses last golden age hero, Omar Sharif

Egyptian cinema loses last golden age hero, Omar Sharif

Ahram Online — Omar Sharif, the last hero from Egypt's golden age of cinema, passed away on Friday at the age of 83 after suffering a heart attack at a Cairo hospital, his agent Steve Kenis announced. The internationally acclaimed actor had been suffering from Alzheimer's, his son Tarek told Spanish paper El Mundo in May.

Documentarist Akram Zaatari on the power of image and cinematic tools

Documentarist Akram Zaatari on the power of image and cinematic tools

Ahram Online — Akram Zaatari's latest documentary, '28 Nights and a Poem,' is an ode to photography and its tools that help preserve memory and offer an understanding of the present through tangible traces of the past.

Eyewitnesses affirm pro-Morsi slain were killed by police

Eyewitnesses affirm pro-Morsi slain were killed by police

Ahram Online — Glass shattered on the floor, vehicles charred, blocks of bricks deployed on Al-Nasr Street across a distance of one kilometre separating between a line of security forces and the pro-Morsi sit-in at Rabaa Al-Adawiya in Cairo's Nasr City.

Detained and flogged in Saudi Arabia: Nagla Wafa's story - Politics - Egypt - Ahram Online

Detained and flogged in Saudi Arabia: Nagla Wafa's story - Politics - Egypt - Ahram Online

Ahram Online — An Egyptian mother-of-two, lashed 300 times, is serving a 5 year prison sentence after quarreling with a Saudi princess.