Category: EGYPT
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Egypt, EU launch new phase of strategic partnership: Foreign ministry
The agreement — which has been under negotiation since February 2016 — would frame the country’s relationship with European institutions over the next three years. In an official statement, foreign ministry spokesperson Ahmed Abu Zeid said Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and his European counterparts have compiled a document of each side’s priorities, to guide further…
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Searching for Life Quality? Cairo, Alexandria Just Made It to Africa’s Top 10 Cities
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 (EPFL) looked at seven categories: society, housing, spatial development, infrastructure, environment, governance and economy. “I wish this was true, but it’s difficult to understand how Cairo that has been, for example,…
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Egyptian researchers turn shrimp shells into biodegradable plastic
Six months into their two-year project, the research team has managed to create a thin, clear prototype using chitosan, a material found in the shells of many crustaceans. “If commercialised, this could really help us decrease our waste… and it could help us improve our food exports because the plastic has antimicrobial and antibacterial properties,”…
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Mostafa el-Abbadi, Champion of Alexandria’s Resurrected Library, Dies at 88
His daughter, Dr. Mohga el-Abbadi, said the cause was heart failure. Professor Abbadi’s dream of a new library — a modern version of the magnificent center of learning of ancient times — could be traced to 1972, when, as a scholar at the University of Alexandria, he concluded a lecture with an impassioned challenge. “At…