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Egypt
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Defence
1/1/2023 1:31:07 PM
The Islamic State jihadist group said Saturday that it had carried out a deadly attack on an Egyptian police checkpoint in the Suez Canal city of Ismailia the previous day.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
12/31/2022 1:55:04 PM
The Abu Dhabi Festival premiered on Friday their big production of the Symphony of Three: Peace, Love, Tolerance, featuring Egyptian Islamic chanter Mahmoud ElTohamy along with over 300 musicians from 200 nationalities.
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World
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Region
12/30/2022 1:19:29 PM
A militant rocket attack in eastern Syria on Friday targeted a bus with oil industry employees, killing at least 10, the government said. To the north, Syrian Kurdish-led forces announced they arrested 52 militants in an operation against the Islamic State group's sleeper cells.
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Antiquities
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Islamic
12/29/2022 6:06:00 PM
Visitors of the Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo’s Babul Khalq area can enjoy three temporary exhibitions throughout January as the museum celebrates its 119th anniversary.
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World
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Region
12/29/2022 1:23:18 PM
Syrian Kurdish-led forces said Thursday they had launched an offensive against Islamic State group fighters, days after jihadist gunmen launched a deadly prison attack.
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Egypt
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Society
12/28/2022 10:59:00 PM
Egypt announced the launch of the 'Ahlan Ramadan' fairs countrywide on the first of January - three months before the start of the Islamic holy month - to provide basic commodities at affordable prices for all citizens.
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World
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Region
12/28/2022 11:11:03 AM
More than 100 days of protests in Iran have shattered taboos and shaken the ideological pillars of the Islamic republic in a push for change that has defied a fierce crackdown.
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World
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International
12/27/2022 11:36:47 PM
The UN Security Council on Tuesday decried increasing restrictions on women's rights in Afghanistan, urging the country's Taliban rulers to reverse them immediately.
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World
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Region
12/26/2022 4:25:12 PM
Iran on Monday blasted Britain's "non-constructive role" a day after the Islamic republic announced the arrest of a UK-linked "network" involved in the three-month protests sparked by Mahsa Amini's death.
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World
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Region
12/26/2022 3:48:01 PM
Six members of Kurdish-led security forces and two jihadists were killed Monday in a failed Islamic State group assault near a prison for extremists in northern Syria, a war monitor said.
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World
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International
12/26/2022 2:44:54 PM
The top UN official in Kabul met with a Taliban government minister in Afghanistan's capital on Monday, following a decision by the country's new rulers to bar women from working for non-governmental organizations, the UN mission said.
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World
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International
12/24/2022 6:05:24 PM
The Taliban government on Saturday ordered all foreign and domestic non-governmental groups in Afghanistan to suspend employing women, allegedly because some female employees didn't wear the Islamic headscarf correctly.
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Arts & Culture
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Visual Art
12/23/2022 7:49:11 PM
Saudi Arabia took the opportunity presented by the first Islamic Consultative Meeting in Morocco, which kicked off Wednesday, to showcase its culture, by presenting displays on historical coins and traditional coffee.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
12/23/2022 6:45:03 PM
Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Ahmed El-Tayyeb has called for the Taliban to reconsider their decision to ban Afghan women from accessing university education, saying the decision contradicts Sharia (Islamic law).
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World
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Region
12/21/2022 6:10:47 PM
Iran's foreign minister said Wednesday he held a 'friendly conversation' with his Saudi counterpart in Jordan, despite Tehran's repeated accusations that Riyadh has fanned months-long protests in the Islamic republic.
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Egypt
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Society
12/21/2022 3:18:54 PM
Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly has cancelled the Hajj (annual Islamic pilgrimage) at the expense of the Egyptian state for the second year in a row.
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World
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Region
12/15/2022 5:09:03 PM
Iran condemned the European Union on Thursday for imposing new sanctions on the Islamic republic over its response to protests sparked by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini.
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World
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Region
12/11/2022 6:28:58 PM
American forces on Sunday killed two Islamic State militants in eastern Syria in a helicopter raid, US Central Command said in a statement.
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World
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Africa
12/10/2022 8:05:17 PM
German aid worker Jorg Lange was freed Saturday more than four and a half years after Islamic extremists kidnapped him in the West African country of Niger, according to Help, the German aid organization where he works.
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World
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International
12/9/2022 6:01:07 PM
Turkey's Islamic-rooted ruling party on Friday submitted a constitutional amendment to parliament enshrining women's right to wear headscarves at work and in daily life, reviving a hugely divisive issue in the officially secular state.
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