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El Tanbura's music is fit for the Pharaohs

10.06.09
Egyptian group El Tanbura personally connected with their audience and turned a museum concert into a party.... more

Obama opens a ‘new page’ in Middle East

05.06.09
Barack Obama was praised for opening a “new page” in relations with the Middle East in a “remarkable” keynote speech to the Muslim world in Cairo... more

Barack Obama lands in Egypt

04.06.09
President Barack Obama flew into Egypt today where he will deliver a high-profile speech aimed at building bridges with the Muslim world... more

WORLD: Obama pleads with Muslim world for a ‘new beginning’

04.06.09
Barack Obama used his Muslim heritage to call for an end to the “cycle of suspicion and discord” between the United States and the Islamic world... more

How Britain blew its chance with the Muslim world

21.05.09
In March, just before President Obama's visit to London, the US embassy called my office at the Al Jazeera English bureau in London... more

Morpurgo: War Horse is a story I had to write

31.03.09
As the award-winning adaptation of his Great War novel transfers to the West End, Michael Morpurgo pays tribute to the eight million noble beasts that perished in the trenches.... more

French school party hit by blast in Cairo market

23.02.09
A schoolgirl was killed and 17 of her classmates injured when a bomb ripped through a crowded café in Cairo... more

Families flee in panic as Israeli forces shell Gaza tower blocks

15.01.09
Thousands of people in Gaza City are reported to be fleeing their homes as Israeli troops advanced deeper into crowded residential areas in a new military effort... more

Tanks roll into heart of Gaza

13.01.09
Israeli forces pushed deeper into Gaza City amid reports of some of the most fierce fighting so far in its war against Hamas... more

Reservists go into Gaza as hopes rise of end to conflict

12.01.09
Thousands of Israeli reservists were sent into Gaza despite signs of a slight decline in the intensity of the fighting and renewed hopes the conflict could be entering its final stages... more

Family of 7 killed as Israel sets out to split Gaza City from rest of territory

05.01.09
A family of seven was reported killed while a further three Palestinian children died after being hit by an Israeli tank shell as fighting continued to rage in Gaza... more

Don’t be bugged by these encroachers

26.11.08
Cockroaches in London have the good grace to keep out of sight. Usually.... more

Mummified boy inspires art

20.05.08
The mummified body of a boy who died nearly 2,000 years ago is on show in London in an artwork where modern science meets ancient burial rituals... more

BP, Shell, RWE in Egypt tie-up

20.03.08
BP, Shell and RWE agree to spend £475m on oil and gas exploration off the coast of Egypt... more

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