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July 27, 2024

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Analysis

Are Israel, Egypt inching closer to deal on Gaza’s Philadelphi Corridor?

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insists that Israel must preserve physical control over the Philadelphi Corridor, but security officials are offering other solutions.

Rina Bassist

By Rina Bassist

In Paris, reporting on Israeli politics and European affairs

In this picture taken on May 10, 2023, people attend the UAE Climate Tech Forum in Abu Dhabi. Faced with mounting pressure over planet-heating pollution, the Arab Gulf's energy giants are turning to humble tech start-ups as they search for ways to remove emissions while keeping oil flowing. (Photo by Karim SAHIB / AFP) (Photo by KARIM SAHIB/AFP via Getty Images)

Tech investment slump reaching critical stage for cash strapped Middle East startups

Samuel Wendel

In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech

TOPSHOT - A deliveryman balances a tray of freshly baked bread while riding his bicycle along the al-Darb al-Ahmar district in the old quarters of Cairo on March 6, 2024. (Photo by Amir MAKAR / AFP) (Photo by AMIR MAKAR/AFP via Getty Images)

Can Egypt's new cabinet overcome public skepticism, economic discontent?

The new cabinet in Egypt is expected to address the country’s economic woes, although some analysts doubt its ability to do so.

Shahira Amin

By Shahira Amin

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 30: CIA Director William Burns and Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines depart from the U.S. Capitol Building on January 30, 2024 in Washington, DC. Burns and Haines attended a briefing on Ukraine, Israel and the Middle East for the House Intelligence Committee and House Leadership. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

US officials Burns, McGurk in Cairo to close gaps in Gaza cease-fire talks

A White House spokesperson said there are differences that remain between the two sides, even after Hamas softened its demands in its latest counterproposal.

Elizabeth Hagedorn

By Elizabeth Hagedorn

In Washington, reporting on diplomacy, regional politics, human rights

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Quick Take

Egypt’s remittances reach $2.7 billion in boost to foreign reserves

People walk past a currency exchange shop displaying a giant US dollars banknote in downtown Cairo on November 3, 2016. Egypt floated the country's pound as part of a raft of reforms, after a dollar crunch and exorbitant black market trade threatened to grind some imports to a halt. / AFP / KHALED DESOUKI (Photo credit should read KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Analysis

As Europe's far right surges, North Africa immigration takes center stage

Migrants from Tunisia and Lybia arrive onboard of an Italian Guardia Costiera (Coast Guard) boat in the Italian Pelagie Island of Lampedusa on Aug. 1, 2020.

By Jack Dutton

In Bristol, reporting on Middle East business, climate change, AI, tech

Regional View

Meet Egypt’s new foreign, defense, finance ministers after cabinet shuffle

A composite image shows Egypt's new Foreign Minister Badr Abdel-Aty (L) and new Finance Minister Ahmed Kouchouk (R).

Analysis

Climate change, overreliance on Israeli gas add to Egypt's power crisis

The sun sets behind high voltage transmission towers (electricity pylons) along a highway in El-Shorouk, a satellite city about 47 kilometers outside the city center of Cairo, on July 24, 2023.

Rosaleen Carroll

By Jack Dutton, Rosaleen Carroll

Climate crisis stokes growing challenges amid Middle East economic diversification drives

TOPSHOT - Smoke billows as an Egyptian farmer burns hay stubbles in Qaliubia, some 40 kms north of Cairo, on October 23, 2006. The post-harvest burning suffocates Cairo, one of the most polluted cities in the world. AFP PHOTO/KHALED DESOUKI (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP) (Photo by KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Mohammed Magdy

In Berlin, reporting on Egyptian politics

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Salwa Samir

In Giza, reporting on politics

Nada Shaker

In Cairo, reporting on culture

TOPSHOT - This video grab from AFPTV shows an aerial view of destroyed buildings in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on April 22, 2024 amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory between Israel and them militant group Hamas. Israel pulled its ground forces from Khan Yunis on April 7 after carrying out what it called a "precise and limited operation" at the Nasser Medical Complex, one of the biggest hospitals in the Palestinian territory. (Photo by AFPTV / AFP) (Photo by -/AFPTV/AFP via Getty

Regional View

For the day after, a 3-phase Gaza plan toward a two-state solution

The stark options before Israelis and Palestinians today are to continue to fight each other or to agree on a plan to achieve the timely fulfillment of a two-state solution.

An undated image of the Risky Boys.

Egyptian fashion enthusiasts create urban fashion runways

A group of four Egyptian male models has been holding pop-up photo shoots and catwalks on popular Cairo streets in order to create a fresh, accessible approach to fashion.

Nada Shaker

By Nada Shaker

In Cairo, reporting on culture

PAU BARRENA/AFP via Getty Images

Regional View

Huawei launches Egypt public cloud service as China ties grow

Last September, Huawei announced that it would pump $430 million into North Africa to build the firm's first cloud center there as well as train thousands of developers and tech specialists.

A general view shows coffee beans as an Egyptian man makes coffee for German tourists at traditional cafe on the banks of the Nile River in Aswan, some 900 kilometers south of Cairo on March 13, 2016.

How climate change could make Egypt's coffee cultivation a reality

One Egyptian experiment has successfully cultivated coffee beans, but analysts believe environmental factors are still unfavorable for localizing this crop.

Ayah Aman

By Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Displaced Palestinians practice their hobbies at the beach in southern Gaza's Rafah near the border with Egypt on April 11, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP) (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED/AFP via Getty Images)

As Gaza rift deepens, will Egypt abandon 1979 peace deal with Israel?

Egypt was the first Arab country to sign a peace agreement with Israel and has been a key mediator in negotiations to reach a cease-fire in Gaza.

Mohamed Sabry

By Mohamed Sabry

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (R) leaves the State Department after meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the US State Department in Washington, on March 25, 2024.

Quick Take

Israel sends Shin Bet delegation to Egypt as Netanyahu, Gallant clash

The split in the Israeli cabinet came as Hamas claimed an attack that targeted Israeli troops with a projectile in Gaza City and as its leader Ismail Haniyeh rejected any settlement that excludes the group from power in Gaza after the war.

A man checks his mobile phone standing next to his camel while waiting for tourists at the Giza Pyramids Necropolis on the outskirts of Giza on April 30, 2024. (Photo by Jewel SAMAD / AFP) (Photo by JEWEL SAMAD/AFP via Getty Images)

Quick Take

Mysterious structure at Egypt’s pyramids could be undiscovered tomb

The l-shaped structure was discovered at Giza’s Western Cemetery, known as a burial place for royal family members in ancient Egypt.

Egyptian army soldiers man an infantry fighting vehicle deployed near the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing

Egypt outraged over Israeli takeover of Rafah crossing but shows restraint

Egypt has condemned the Israeli takeover of the Rafah border crossing and warned that it derails the efforts to reach a comprehensive truce in the Gaza Strip.

Beatrice Farhat

By Beatrice Farhat

In Beirut, reporting on regional news, culture, conflict

Christian worshippers are sprinkled with holy water during the Palm Sunday service, marking the start of Holy Week for Orthodox Christians, at the Coptic Orthodox Monastery of Simon the Tanner, also known as the Cave Church, in the eastern hillside Mokkatam district of Cairo on April 28, 2024. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP) (Photo by KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Quick Take

Egypt's Copts warn of surging violence as houses torched

Egypt’s Coptic Christian community has long faced sectarian violence and attacks by ISIS and other groups.

US Ambassador David M. Satterfield (L), Special Adviser, Coordinator for Iraq, Ambassador Richard J. Griffin (C), Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Diplomatic Security and Director of the Office of Foreign Missions, and William H. Moser (R), Deputy Assistant Secretary for Logistics Management, testify before the House House Oversight and Government Reform full Committee hearing on "Private Security Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan," focusing on the mission and performance of Blackwater USA and its affiliate

David Satterfield to step down as US envoy for Gaza aid

Satterfield will be replaced by Lise Grande, the president and CEO of the Washington-based US Institute of Peace, and is expected to stay on as a senior adviser.

Elizabeth Hagedorn

By Elizabeth Hagedorn

In Washington, reporting on diplomacy, regional politics, human rights

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Quick Take

Turkey’s FM to visit Qatar as regional diplomacy seeks to contain Iran-Israel tension

Turkey says its flurry of diplomatic activity is aimed at bringing the Gaza war back into focus amid the Israel-Iran escalation.

von der Leyen/Sisi

Quick Take

EU releases another $1.06B to Egypt to boost fragile economy

The European Union's latest package of support for the North African country's economic recovery follows an $8 billion deal announced March 17.