Ahead of the Muslim festival of Eid Al-Adha, Egyptian journalist Refa'at Rashad decried the massive slaughter of sheep and calves for the holiday feast, a practice which, he said, destabilizes the Egyptian meat and dairy market and causes a sharp rise in the price of these commodities. Writing in his column in the Al-Watan daily, he questioned the custom whereby each and every
A series of media articles from Israel s largest Muslim nation neighbor Egypt provide a window into anti-Israel sentiments within the Arab country, as well as to scarce objections to Egypt s Journalist Syndicate voting unanimously to extend its ban on
The shocking punitive action by the Journalists Syndicate comes against the background of a more than forty-year-old peace agreement between Israel and Egypt.
The Netflix docudrama series "Queen Cleopatra" recently sparked an uproar in Egypt because it stars a black actress in the role of Cleopatra. Many Egyptians, including officials and journalists, accused the series of "falsifying" Egyptian history by portraying Cleopatra as African when she was in fact Macedonian and therefore "light-skinned with Hellenic features." Against