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EGYPT / Death of Faten Hamama, icon of Arab cinema

Egyptian actress Faten Hamama died on Saturday, January 17th at the age of 83. Her film career began at the age of 9 in Mohamed Karim’s “Happy Days”, but in the 1950s it really took off, reaching a peak in the 1970s. She appeared in hundreds of films in many different genres, from romantic comedy …

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EGYPT / Temporary closure of Al Jazeera’s Egyptian branch

Accused of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood in Cairo, Al Jazeera Mubasher-Misrk, the Qatari 24-hour news channel, announced the “temporary” closure of its Egyptian office on December 22nd. It has “temporarily stopped transmitting until the necessary permits are issued for its return to Cairo, in coordination with the Egyptian authorities”, the Doha-based channel announced on its …

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