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Gaza’s New Residents

May 8th, 2008 · No Comments · Egypt, Middle East, Palestinian Authority

by Nir Boms 02/20/2008 12:00:00 AM EGYPTIAN TROOPS RECENTLY sealed the border with the Gaza Strip, ending 12 days of freedom of movement for Palestinians. The Egyptian troops are still allowing Palestinians and Egyptians to return home, but have stopped–according to recent reports–the free flow of cross-border movement.

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Intolerance in Egypt

May 6th, 2008 · No Comments · Egypt, Middle East

By Nir Boms Published July 5, 2006 Last week, Egypt’s minister of culture, Farouk Hosni, announced the latest measure in the war against intolerance in Egypt: a total ban on “The Da Vinci Code” — both the best-selling book and the hit film currently showing in theaters worldwide.  In a speech to the Egyptian parliament [...]

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