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Egypt, a civic moment of silence

February 24th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Egypt, Human Rights

Cairo has had an unusual response to efforts to mend Muslim-Copt relations. In Cairo, crowds filled the streets for the third time two weeks ago to mark Egypt’s unprecedented three consecutive victories in the Africa Cup of Nations soccer tournament. Soccer is big in Egypt and proud Egyptians know how to party. But not all [...]

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