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Egyptian police, military break up Tahrir Square demonstrations
Witnesses say military made it clear that there would be limits to further dissent by beating protesters and tearing down their tents
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Getting tougher, Egyptian troops beat protesters
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After overthrowing their own rulers, Egyptians, Tunisians rush to aid of embattled Libyans
CAIRO – Having successfully toppled their own autocratic rulers, Egyptian and Tunisians are rushing to the aid of their Libyan neighbours with hastily organized blood drives, field hospitals and convoys of food and medicine.
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After overthrowing their own rulers, Egyptians, Tunisians rush to aid of embattled Libyans
CAIRO – Having successfully toppled their own autocratic rulers, Egyptian and Tunisians are rushing to the aid of their Libyan neighbours with hastily organized blood drives, field hospitals and convoys of food and medicine.
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Video: Huckabee: Obama respected Egyptian protesters more than Tea Party
Former Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-Ark.) told CBS News’ John Dickerson there was a disparity in the way President Obama addressed protesters in Egypt, and within the Tea Party. “There was mockery of people in the Tea Party but the people who were marching in Egypt, we celebrate your being willing to stand up for your beliefs. What about the people in America who were standing up for their beliefs? Do …
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Libyan protests deserve more attention in media
In light of news headlines and Twitter trends these past few months, I have to say that I am highly disappointed with the American media’s coverage of the protests in Egypt, Tunisia and now in Libya.
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Let Egypt tell U.S. how to help, expert suggests
The United States should refrain from telling Egyptians what to do now that a broad coalition of protesters has toppled the regime of Hosni Mubarak, that country’s longtime strongman, a Middle East expert contends.
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(PRWEB) February 22, 2005

Thousands of protesters have gathered outside Cairo University forming the largest demonstration against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo Egypt. Thousands of riot police were placed outside and surrounded the demonstrators at Cairo University to control the protesters who chanted “No to Mubarak” with signs of the word “kefaya” means enough.

The arrest of opposition Leader Ayman Nour of AlGhad party “ means party of tomorrow” have been a changing point to the Egypt American relationship and the American administration have expressed concern over his arrest requesting his release, that lead to the cancellation of the G8 conference for democracy which was scheduled 3rd March in cairo.

Opposition to Mr Mubarak seeking a fifth six-year term or grooming his son Gamal to succeed him are building up. Earlier this month, there was another protest in Cairo calling for an end to Mr Mubarak’s political dominance and for constitutional change which would allow free presidential elections The protesters from the Egyptian Movement for Change are calling for multi-candidate free presidential elections next Oct 2005.

“There is a widespread feeling that there is no use of betting on the regime’s promises of reform, in light of the monopoly of authority and wealth, and ignoring the chronic problems which are gripping the country,” the group said in a statement.

The website http://www.egyptelection.com/ has been launched to cover all the news for Egypt election and the run for its economical, political and social reform before presidential elections.

Mr Mubarak, 76, has been in power for nearly 24 years since the assassination of former President Anwar Sadat 1981, Under the Egyptian system, parliament nominates a single presidential candidate, whom the public can accept or decline in a referendum.

http://www.egyptelection.com/ covers news for Egypt, Middle East and around the World and focus on the Egyptian election, Egypt*culture, Egypt history, Egypt business, Egypt travel, Egypt industry, Egypt tourism, Egypt investment, Egypt education, ancient Egypt, Egypt politics, Egypt Health, Egypt guide, Egypt economy, Egypt directories, Egypt Government connecting the Egyptian people to the rest of the world and opening up opportunities for world business exchange through the site’s b2b and business directory.

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(PRWEB) September 24, 2005

This is an exciting time for the artist as she has made her first visit to Egypt as part of ‘Crossing Cultures’, a three year British Council and Bristol City Council creative project involving young people, teachers and artists in Egypt and the UK from the cities of Cairo, Alexandria and Bristol.

The first video conference between the two countries has taken place and the Egyptian team recently visited Bristol to develop the project further. The Bristol team are due to visit Alexandria in spring 2006.

Heather has been fascinated by Egyptian culture since early childhood visits to museums and feels privileged to have been invited to visit the country for the first time especially for a work related project.

The artists work has been exhibited widely around the UK and pieces have been shown as far afield as New York and Tokyo. She won first prize in the Millfield Open exhibition in 2001 and received an Arts & Business New Partners award in 2004 with City Inn, Bristol.

Also in October an exhibition of the work of one of the Egyptian artists, Nasser Elssamadisy will be taking place at The Art Gym, Bristol.

Listing Details: Heather Tweed, Solo Exhibition, Paintworks, Bath Road, Bristol, BS4 3EH

Exhibition Open: Fri 7th – Sun 9th October, 12pm – 6pm

Bocobar till 10pm Fri & Sat, Sun 4pm

Opening night:Thurs 6th October from 7pm

PO Box 48, Clevedon, Bristol, BS21 7LQ

admission free

Supported by Paintworks, The Bristol Wine Company and Bocabar

The Artists recent work, developed since the Anubis Other World Tour series of exhibitions began in June 1997, features Anubis, the Ancient Egyptian God of the Afterlife, in a variety of contemporary guises and settings.These witty , haunting and captivating tableaux explore the jackal, wolf and lupine qualities evident in the world of the dream, nightmare and collective unconscious.

Press please contact 01275 872111 mob: 07931 810858 .

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Interactive performance of Sahara Shimmer at Families Explore Egypt, Corning Museum of Glass

Corning, NY (Vocus) January 5, 2010

On Sunday, January 17, from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., kids and adults alike can explore Egyptian glass and culture at Families Explore: Egypt, a free, educational and fun event at The Corning Museum of Glass.

The following activities run throughout the day, unless otherwise noted, and are included in Museum admission:

    Write in hieroglyphics
    Make a mineral mosaic
    Play the Egyptian game, Senat
    Build a block pyramid and decorate a mummy case
    Make an amulet for mummification and create an Egyptian collar
    Taste food from Egypt (free sample sizes) (12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. only)
    See Egyptian dance by Sahara Shimmer (1:30 p.m.)
    Go on an Egyptian glass tour of the Glass Collection Galleries (2:00 p.m.)

The Family Exploration series encourages children and their families to explore the various cultures, ideas and stories surrounding the Museum’s glass objects. A different culture or theme is featured each time.

Families who attend will receive a “passport,” which they can bring to subsequent Family Exploration events to receive stamps. Those who collect six stamps during the year will enjoy a special gift from the Museum’s GlassMarket.

All activities are included in the price of admission. Admission to the Museum is free for kids and teens 19 and under; admission for accompanying adults is $ 14.00 each. Area residents (who live in zip codes beginning with 148, 149, and 169) pay only $ 6.00. Adults can become Admission Only Members: pay admission once, sign up, and enjoy free admission through December 31, 2010.

There is no additional cost for Family Exploration activities. Please call Kristy Bartenstein at

(607) 974-3306 for further details.

The next Family Exploration event will focus on India, and will take place on February 21.

The Corning Museum of Glass (www.cmog.org) is home to the world’s most comprehensive and celebrated collection of glass, with more than 45,000 objects reflecting 3,500 years of glassmaking history. An independent, non-profit, educational institution, the Museum is dedicated to the art, history, science, research and exhibition of glass. The Museum is open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Kids and teens, 19 and under, receive free admission.

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Brooklyn Museum Presents To Live Forever: Art and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt

Brooklyn, NY (PRWEB) January 8, 2010

Through more than one hundred objects drawn from the Brooklyn Museum’s world-renowned holdings of ancient Egyptian art, including some of the greatest masterworks of the Egyptian artistic heritage, To Live Forever explores the Egyptians’ beliefs about life and death and the afterlife, the process of mummification, the conduct of a funeral, and the different types of tombs—answering questions at the core of the public’s fascination with ancient Egypt. The exhibition will be on view February 12 through May 2, 2010.

One of the primary cultural tenets through thousands of years of ancient Egyptian civilization was a belief in the afterlife and the view that death was an enemy that could be vanquished. To Live Forever features objects that illustrate a range of strategies the ancient Egyptians developed to defeat death. It examines mummification and the rituals performed in the tomb to assist the deceased in defying death, and reveals what the Egyptians believed they would find in the next world. In addition, the exhibition contrasts how the rich and the poor prepared for the hereafter. The economics of the funeral are examined, including how the poor tried to imitate the costly appearance of the grave goods of the rich in order to ensure a better place in the afterlife.

Each section of the exhibition contains funeral equipment for the rich, the middle class, and the poor. The visitor will be able to compare finely painted wood and stone coffins made for the rich with the clay coffins the poor made for themselves, masterfully worked granite vessels with clay vessels painted to imitate granite, and gold jewelry created for the nobles with faience amulets fashioned from a man-made turquoise substitute. Objects on view include the Bird Lady—one of the oldest preserved statues from all Egyptian history and a signature Brooklyn Museum object; a painted limestone relief of Queen Neferu; a gilded, glass, and faience mummy cartonnage of a woman; the elaborately painted shroud of Neferhotep; a gilded mummy mask of a man, and a gold amulet representing the human soul.

Edward Bleiberg, Curator of Egyptian Art at the Brooklyn Museum, has organized the exhibition. He has authored the accompanying catalogue, which also includes an essay by the scholar Kathlyn M. Cooney; the catalogue is published by the Brooklyn Museum in association with D. Giles Ltd., London. The recipient of an M.A. and Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Toronto, Dr. Bleiberg is the author of several books and scholarly articles, among them the exhibition catalogues Jewish Life in Ancient Egypt and Tree of Paradise,both for shows at the Brooklyn Museum.

The Brooklyn Museum galleries of ancient Egyptian art contain more than 1,200 objects ranging from Predynastic times through the reign of Cleopatra. The collection, noted for its scope, artistic quality, and historical significance, was begun in the early twentieth century through Museum excavations and the support of collectors who donated works and entire collections. The collection of Charles Edwin Wilbour, formed in the nineteenth century and donated to the Museum between 1916 and 1947, and an endowment given by the Wilbour family in 1931, further strengthened the Museum’s holdings.

To Live Forever is organized by the Brooklyn Museum. Having traveled to four museums as part of a nationwide tour that began in the summer of 2008, the exhibition now comes back for a showing at its home institution. The tour will then resume, continuing through the fall of 2011 and taking the exhibition to an additional five venues.

To Live Forever: Art and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt is organized by Edward Bleiberg, Curator of EgyptianArt, Brooklyn Museum.

The exhibition is supported by the Brooklyn Museum’s Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund.

Additional support is provided by Fred and Diana Elghanayan and other generous donors.

The accompanying catalogue is supported by a Brooklyn Museum publications endowment established by the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

TOUR

Brooklyn Museum, New York, February 12–May 2, 2010

Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, June 6–September 12, 2010

San Antonio Museum of Art, Texas, October 15, 2010–January 9, 2011

Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida, February 12–May 8, 2011

Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, June 11–September 4, 2011

Frist Center for Visual Arts, Nashville, Tennessee, October 6–January 7, 2012

http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/

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Egypt says finds fourth stolen Pharaonic treasure
CAIRO – Egyptian antiquities authorities have recovered a statue of the renegade Pharaoh Akhenaten that was stolen along with eight other items during protests that brought down President Hosni Mubarak.
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Egypt revolution death toll at 365
Around 365 people have been killed and about 5,500 wounded in the Egyptian revolution that led to the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak, Egypt’s health minister says.
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ANALYSIS – Southeast Asia offers lessons, warnings for Egypt
MANILA/JAKARTA (Reuters) – A dictator who has ruled for a generation with the backing of the United States is suddenly forced from office and a population keen to throw off the shackles of authoritarianism looks to embrace democracy.
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Coverage Alert for Egypt Civil Unrest from Travel Insured International

East Hartford, CT (Vocus/PRWEB) February 02, 2011

Travel Insured policy holders who purchased coverage prior to January 28th and whose itineraries include Egypt may be eligible for Trip Cancellation, Trip Interruption or Trip Delay benefits. Please refer to the specific terms and conditions of the specific policy purchased as eligibility for coverage varies based upon the specific policy form, terms, conditions and exclusions. For insured passengers who purchased Cancel for Any Reason coverage, we remind you that cancellations must be made 48 or more hours prior to scheduled departure and payment is limited to 75% of the non-refundable trip cost up to the stated policy maximum limit.

Travel Insured offers all of our customers’ immediate access to our Assistance Services for emergency travel arrangements and concierge service. Insured clients who purchased our Worldwide Trip Protector Gold policy may also be eligible for Political Evacuation Coverage (only applicable for policies purchase on or after April 29, 2010).

Travel Insured is closely monitoring the situation. We advise our customers to change/adjust their travel schedules as best they can. The situation may change quickly, so please continue to check with your travel supplier and with us at Travel Insured at 1-800-243-3174.

Travel Insured International (http://www.travelinsured.com) is based in East Hartford, Connecticut. Coverage is underwritten by Arch Insurance Company (a Missouri corporation, NAIC #11150) with offices located in Jersey City, NJ. Not all insurance products or coverage are available in all jurisdictions. Coverage is subject to actual policy language.

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