St Francis Magazine (Free subscription) | 22 hours ago
One of the most stark features of the Algeria vs Egypt imbroglio is the undercurrent of contempt that most Egyptians seem to harbour for the rest of Africa. Its a sort of "us" and "them" mentality. When Alaa Mubarak, who rarely gives public interviews, called all Algerians "mercenaries", he seemed to be articulating the opinions of millions of Egyptians towards their African...
Christian Science Monitor (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
A violent war of words after two Egypt-Algeria World Cup qualifiers is being used by the regime of Hosni Mubarak to rally support and distract from Egypt's domestic woes, critics say.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
IN A MEETING in Cairo yesterday Israeli president Shimon Peres and his Egyptian counterpart Hosni Mubarak discussed efforts to conclude a prisoner swap between Israel and Hamas, amid a flurry of Arab media reports that a deal was close.
News from TheMediaLine.org. (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
New reports declaring an imminent end to Gilad Shalit's years as a prisoner of Hamas are rife throughout media and within diplomatic channels. Israeli President Shimon Peres, returning from a one-day trip to Cairo where he met with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, confirmed to reporters that "progress has been made," in the Shalit affair. News networks reported on Sunday that Israel has...
What Really happened (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Israel Beiteinu will “staunchly oppose” the creation of “an interim Palestinian state,” Israeli Foreign Minister and party leader Avigdor Lieberman said Sunday amid rumors that the government was pushing for an interim agreement. “The issue has not been discussed in any forum … I fervently hope it’s a fabrication,” he told reporters before Sunday’s...
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his Israeli counterpart Shimon Peres on Sunday acknowledged differences over the contentious issue of Jerusalem, after talks in Cairo. "I don't deny there are differences in our positions, but I believe they are bridgeable," Peres told reporters after the talks. He said Jerusalem was under Israeli sovereignty and any change in the status quo had to come...
Angry Arab News Service (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Comrade Hossam sums it up: " However, there were signs last night that a public backlash against the government's handling of the football storm was gaining strength. "Hosni Mubarak's thugs have beaten and killed more Egyptians than any hooligans," said Hossam el-Hamalawy, a journalist and opposition activist." (thanks Dina)
France 24 (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Israeli President Shimon Peres was heading to Cairo on Sunday for talks with Egyptian counterpart Hosni Mubarak on the troubled Middle East peace talks, his spokeswoman said. "Mr Peres is due to meet Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak one on one during the late morning in Cairo," Peres spokeswoman Ayelet Frish said. "He will return to Israel in the afternoon." The two leaders will...
Sify (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
President Hosni Mubarak entered Egypt's bitter soccer row with Algeria on Saturday, vowing in a televised speech that attacks on Egyptians abroad will not be tolerated.
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
President Hosni Mubarak entered Egypt's bitter soccer row with Algeria on Saturday, vowing in a televised speech that attacks on Egyptians abroad will not be tolerated.
France 24 (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
President Hosni Mubarak warned on Saturday that Cairo will be firm in dealing with those who harm Egyptians, following attacks on its nationals in Algeria and Sudan over a World Cup football match. "Egypt will not be lax with those who harm the dignity of its sons," he said in a speech to parliament. "The welfare of our citizens abroad is the responsibility of the country. We look after...
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
President Hosni Mubarak warned on Saturday that Egypt will not be "lax" towards those who harm Egyptians, following attacks on its nationals in Algeria and Sudan over a World Cup football match.
Panarmenian (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Armen Melkonyan handed his credentials to Egyptian President Muhammad Hosni Mubarak.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
War of words could again spill over into the violence as Arab rivals contest the last African slot Arab unity faces a severe test tonight – not over attitudes to Palestine, Iraq, or any of the usual hot items on the Middle Eastern political agenda, but over the battle between the Egyptian and Algerian soccer teams for the last African slot in the World Cup. Not surprisingly it's being dubbed...
GayandRight (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Despite a peace treaty, you still see things like this... A gigantic storm has been brewing among Egyptian intellectuals ever since Egyptian poetess Iman Mersal permitted one of her books to be published in Hebrew ("An Alternative Geography," translated by Sasson Somekh, Hakibbutz Hameuhad publishing house). How, they demand, could any Egyptian writer cross the lines, defy the writers association's...
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