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An American humanitarian worker goes on trial in Cairo. What’s next for Aya...
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Obama leaves complicated legacy in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria
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Egypt’s el-Sissi to meet Trump in Washington in early April
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Trump looks to reboot bilateral ties with Egypt
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Trump welcomes Egyptian president to the White House
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Palm Sunday bombings, claimed by ISIS, kill dozens in Egypt
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Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview. President Donald Trump has pledged to pursue an "America First" strategy both at home and internationally, but recent events in the Middle...
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News from the front, is how this 1941 meeting of the Town Hall Club and Cercle Français could be characterized. With World War Two raging, a representative of the Free French fighting in Africa has...
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American aid worker expected to walk free after three years in Egyptian prison
Aya Hijazi and her husband Mohamed Hassanein, founders of Belady, an NGO that promotes a better life for street children, talk inside a holding cell in Cairo, Egypt. Picture taken March 23, 2017. Photo...
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Trump has embraced autocratic leaders without hesitation
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American aid worker returns to U.S. after being detained in Egypt for three...
Aya Hijazi, founder of Belady, an NGO that promotes a better life for street children, sits reading a book inside a holding cell in Cairo, Egypt. Picture taken March 23, 2017, about a month before she...
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Late last week, Egyptian-American aid worker Aya Hijazi was released from the Egyptian jail where she had been imprisoned for three years due to charges of child abuse connected to her charity for...
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Around the world, advocates for human rights say we are facing a crisis: A crackdown on dissent.In Egypt, there's been a recent crackdown on human rights, including reports of extrajudicial killings....
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For this New Sounds show, listen to music redolent of the near East, with echoes of Turkey, Israel, Armenia, Persia and Egypt. Hear music from the French-born Klezmer clarinetist Yom, and his record...
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