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Priced out of Cairo meat market

Jon JensenMay 24, 2010 07:13Updated May 30, 2010 13:34
CAIRO, Egypt — At El Rifai, tucked away in a narrow corner of one of Cairo’s poorest neighborhoods, the only thing on the menu is meat. For more than 40 years, this alleyway restaurant has been a carnivore’s dream, dishing up nightly over 200 pounds of fire-grilled kabob, seasoned lamb chops and tarb, a sausage-like stick of minced beef wrapped inside a layer of moist fat.

Egypt's never-ending state of emergency

Laura KasinofMay 15, 2010 07:44Updated May 30, 2010 13:33
CAIRO, Egypt — For a country that's been in a state of emergency for the past 29 years, what's a couple more? That's the stance taken by the country’s ruling party this week, when it extended Egypt’s controversial emergency law until 2012. The law grants the authorities power to suspend basic rights, ban demonstrations and detain individuals indefinitely without charge based on national security concerns.

Egyptian-American detained at Cairo airport with guns and daggers

Jon JensenMay 12, 2010 10:29
Security officials detained an Egyptian-American at Cairo International Airport earlier this afternoon after finding several weapons in his luggage, according to an Associated Press report.  The man arrived on an Egypt Air flight from New York's JFK International Airport.   
 


Egyptian Police "Go Clubin’" Again

Jon JensenMay 3, 2010 14:31
"An undercover Egyptian police officer, wearing a less than appropriate t-shirt, stands guard during a protest in Cairo on May 2, 2010." (Jon Jensen/GlobalPost)

Rocket attacks, fears of Israeli kidnappings mark Sinai Liberation Day

Jon JensenApril 25, 2010 12:38
Three Israeli soldiers stand guard in the sand-camouflaged bunker, hovering near a 155-millimeter howitzer pointed directly at the Egyptian city of Suez. The men are over six foot tall, dressed in full uniform, and heavily armed with rifles, extra canon shells, and even a bazooka. But that firepower is no match for young Omar, a four-year-old from Cairo who, with a big boost from his father, slaps the lead officer on the back of his neck.

Cairo 90210?

Laura KasinofMay 4, 2010 06:56Updated May 30, 2010 13:29
CAIRO, Egypt — Incessant honking, a bridge jammed for hours, and enough smog to merit the number one spot on the World Bank’s most dangerously polluted cities list. Welcome to Cairo. Home to around 17 million. Many who can afford it, are getting out.

Protests flare on Cairo streets

Jon JensenApril 15, 2010 06:18Updated May 30, 2010 13:29
CAIRO, Egypt — Egyptian security forces have clashed with demonstrators in downtown Cairo for the second time this month, in a sign that foment over a worsening economy and political uncertainty is growing.

More protests calling for change in Egypt’s capital

Jon JensenApril 13, 2010 13:33
Security forces and members of Egypt’s opposition clashed in downtown Cairo today for the second time this month. Scuffles broke out after pro-reform demonstrators taunted police, cursing and screaming at them. At least two police officers had headgear ripped from their heads. Security responded by pushing protesters back against the thick cordon of riot soldiers.

Bringing change to Egypt in 140 characters or less

Jon JensenApril 12, 2010 13:37
Don’t call it a fad. Or the latest trend to make its way over from the U.S. Twitter is nothing new for Egyptians. You might even say the popular micro-blogging service made its social networking debut in Egypt, when James Karl Buck, an American journalism student visiting from UC Berkeley, tweeted the now famous line from an Egyptian jail cell: “Arrested.”
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