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Arts & Culture
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Visual Art
5/6/2023 11:16:42 AM
Egyptian artist Ibrahim Henetar passed away in early hours of Friday, his son revealed on social media.
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Egypt
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Society
5/5/2023 1:16:26 AM
A bizarre pear emoji has popped up on people’s social media accounts in Egypt in recent weeks, and the word “pear” made top trending words on Twitter in the country.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
5/4/2023 9:52:07 PM
Celebrities in Morocco have launched a social media campaign to highlight violence and discrimination against women, as the North African country mulls reforming its penal code.
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World
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War in Ukraine
4/29/2023 9:35:49 PM
A court in Russia convicted a woman from a Siberian city over social media posts condemning the war in Ukraine and punished her Friday with a steep fine even though both she and the prosecution asked for a prison sentence.
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World
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Region
4/20/2023 2:31:07 PM
A Tunisian investigative judge has ordered that influential Islamist leader Rached Ghannouchi remain in custody, his party said Thursday on its official social media.
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World
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International
4/19/2023 2:40:01 PM
A 24-year-old man who allegedly threw an explosive at Prime Minister Fumio Kishida wanted to be a politician and believed that he was unfairly blocked from running for Japan's parliament by an age requirement, according to media reports and social media posts that appeared to be his.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
4/16/2023 11:20:00 PM
The Ramadan season on the silver screen was packed - as usual during the holy month - with new TV series and mega commercials which dominated on social media and music streaming platforms in Egypt as well as in the Arab World.
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World
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War in Ukraine
4/12/2023 4:15:00 PM
Ukraine promised Wednesday to investigate a gruesome video circulating on social media that purportedly shows the beheading of a Ukrainian soldier.
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World
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International
4/12/2023 11:04:52 AM
Emmanuel Macron's unexpected suggestion that Europe not "follow" US policy on Taiwan is being hailed as a "brilliant decision" this week in China, where state news outlets and social media users are lauding his independence.
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Business
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Tech
4/12/2023 10:48:34 AM
Twitter boss Elon Musk said running the social media network has been "quite a rollercoaster" and acknowledged "many mistakes" along the way, six months after he bought the company for $44 billion.
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World
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International
4/8/2023 2:43:55 PM
A new batch of classified documents surfaced on social media sites on Friday, purporting to reveal American national security secrets from Ukraine to the Middle East to China, catching the Biden administration and the Pentagon off guard.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
3/19/2023 6:17:10 PM
A criminal court in Egypt’s Assiut governorate sentenced a young male to seven years in prison on Sunday for blackmailing 12 girls, demanding illicit relationships with them and threatening them through social media with defamation after fabricating sexually explicit photos.
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Business
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Tech
3/16/2023 10:57:40 PM
TikTok is once again fending off claims that its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, would share user data from its popular video-sharing app with the Chinese government, or push propaganda and misinformation on its behalf.
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Sports
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World
3/13/2023 1:25:58 PM
Southampton defender Kyle Walker-Peters was subjected to racist abuse on his social media account after a Premier League match against Manchester United, with his club saying Monday the “abhorrent” messages have been reported to police,
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World
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Africa
3/9/2023 9:08:07 PM
Amnesty International on Thursday called on Ethiopian authorities to restore access to social media networks including Facebook, TikTok and Youtube as a blockade on some platforms entered its second month.
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Business
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Tech
3/6/2023 7:04:30 PM
Turkey’s competition watchdog said Monday it was fining Twitter owner Elon Musk for taking over the social media platform without first seeking the watchdog's permission.
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Sports
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National Teams
2/24/2023 3:40:57 PM
Egypt U-20 coach Mohamed Gaber told the pre-Senegal game presser on Friday "I do not follow the social media platforms and I only concentrate with the team,” dismissing critics after his team failed to claim a victory in the first two games in the group stage last week.
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Sports
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World
2/20/2023 11:28:17 AM
Tottenham Hotspur called for social media companies and authorities to "take action" after online racist abuse was directed at Son Heung-min following his goal against West Ham on Sunday.
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Business
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Tech
2/18/2023 9:10:27 PM
Twitter users were greeted early Saturday with an ultimatum from the social media app: Subscribe to the platform's new premium service or lose a popular account security feature.
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World
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Africa
2/11/2023 9:56:59 PM
Widespread tensions caused by a rift within Ethiopia's Orthodox Christian church have resulted in the suspension of access to social media platforms including TikTok, Facebook and Telegram.
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