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Monday, 26 December 2016

International stories on Egypt on 26 December 2016: Al Jazeera journalist arrested, Ballerinas of Cairo

Recent international media coverage of Egypt worth noting:

  • An Egyptian journalist for Al-Jazeera has been arrested in Cairo on charges of “provoking sedition.” The piece is dominating discussion of Egypt in the Western press this morning. Reuters has the basics, and Al Jazeera says the reporter was in Egypt for vacation.
  • The sentiment is even more beautiful than the BBC’s tweet is overwrought: “Meet the ‘Ballerinas of Cairo’ — dancing in the streets to reclaim their city from terror.” The package includes what seems to be a Twitter-only video and a link to a crazily cool Instagram page and Facebook presence.
  • Over in the New York Times, Mona El Tahawy is back with “Egypt’s Cruelty to Christian.”
  • An Egyptian-Australian dual national is one of five people aged 21-26 arrested on suspicion of plotting a Christmas Day attack in Melbourne, Australia, Canada’s CBC reports.
  • Peter Schwartzstein rings the bell on climate change in the Nile Delta for the National Geographic in “Battered By Climate Change, Nile Farmers Forge New Course.” It’s hard not to wish they had given him more space in which to write.

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