Category: ALEXANDRIA
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16 Killed in Bombing at St Mark’s Cathedral in Alexandria
A bomb has exploded near St. Mark Coptic Cathedral in Alexandria, just hours after another bombing at St George’s in Tanta. According to initial reports, the bomb struck outside the Cathedral, killing 16 people and injuring 41 others. Al-Ahram reports that a high-ranking police officer was killed when he intercepted a suicide bomber outside the Cathedral.…
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Searching for Life Quality? Cairo, Alexandria Just Made It to Africa’s Top 10 Cities
According to a Swiss study published Tuesday, Egypt’s Mediterranean city of Alexandria comes third while the capital Cairo ranks seventh when it comes to quality of life in Africa. Surveying 100 capitals and major urban centres in Africa, the research body Communaute d’Etudes pour l’Amenagement du Territoire at the Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne…
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Mostafa el-Abbadi, Champion of Alexandria’s Resurrected Library, Dies at 88
Mostafa A. H. el-Abbadi, a Cambridge-educated historian of Greco-Roman antiquity and the soft-spoken visionary behind the revival of the Great Library of Alexandria in Egypt, died on Feb. 13 in Alexandria. He was 88. His daughter, Dr. Mohga el-Abbadi, said the cause was heart failure. Professor Abbadi’s dream of a new library — a modern…
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Alexandria: locals adapt to floods as coastal waters inch closer
“Before we were flooded a couple of years ago, we didn’t imagine the water could reach this level,” said cafe manager Samir Gaber, gesturing at a cluster of tables overlooking the Mediterranean. Gaber has managed the Latino cafe in Alexandria for six years, during which time the business has had to adapt to increasingly dramatic…