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Thursday, 19 January 2017

Egypt is part of a global roller derby resurgence

CNN has taken notice of Egypt’s all-woman roller derby team CaiRollers, saying that they are part of a global resurgence in the unlikeliest of capitals. The CaiRollers have a friendly against Abu Dhabi later this month, and against Marseilles’ league in April at the Cairo International Stadium. The two events mark the first significant derby matches within the Arab world. Originally popular in US, roller derby has been coming back since its 2001 revival on a flat, rather than oval track.

Other mentions of Egypt in the international press today:

  • An independent Irish MP is visiting Egypt to lobby for the release of Irish-Egyptian detainee Ibrahim Halawa, who was arrested in connection with pro-Ikhwan protests in 2013, according to Galway Independent;
  • Egypt has asked Hamas to handover 20 individuals with suspected ties to Daesh and tighten security along the Gaza border, before it can sit down for talks to improve relations, Jewish Press said;
  • A group of lawyers and activists will reportedly file a lawsuit against President Abdel Fattah El Sisi for “greenlighting” the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) last year, Middle East Eye says…because of course, El Sisi determines Ethiopian economic policy.
  • The recipient of the Italian government-sponsored Giulio Regeni Scholarship will be a 16-year-old Egyptian who will study for two years in the same high school that Regeni himself had attended, according to a story by La Repubblica (Italian).

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