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Champion of the people or a traitor? A new force emerges in southern Gaza

CNN — The photo shows a lean, tanned man in a dark helmet. He’s grasping a rifle and UN vehicles move behind him as he waves through traffic. The man is Yasser Abu Shabab, who says he commands hundreds of armed men known as the Popular Forces to offer protection to international organizations working in …

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Egypt Independent June 9, 2025

Trump is gutting an agency that his daughter once championed

CNN — President Donald Trump is eagerly dismantling an agency that was once championed by his daughter and senior adviser, Ivanka Trump. The work of the US Agency for International Development was important enough to the president that during his 2019 State of the Union address, he unveiled a new key priority within the agency …

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Egypt Independent February 9, 2025

Egypt’s Ali Farag, Hania El Hammamy crowned champions at the JP Morgan Squash Championship

Ali Farag, the world’s top-ranked men’s squash player, and Hania El Hammamy won the JP Morgan Squash Championship for men and women, which was held in New York, USA, from January 23rd to 31st. The prize money was $190,000 for men and the same for women. In the final match, Farag defeated Peruvian Diego Elias …

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Egypt Independent January 31, 2025

Olympic champ Grace Brown seals career with world title

Australian Olympic champion Grace Brown has found the rainbow at the end of her glittering cycling career, racing to the

Australian Associated Press September 23, 2024

Australian ex-cycling champ’s charges confirmed over wife’s death

Prosecutors have confirmed charges against former cycling champion Rohan Dennis over the death of his wife and fellow Olympian Melissa

Australian Associated Press August 7, 2024

Will Egypt’s weightlifting champion Sarah Samir embrace her dream once more?

Egyptian weightlifting champion Sarah Samir is amongst those most hotly anticipated by Olympic fans of Egypt’s many players at this year’s Paris 2024 Olympics, running from July 26 until August 11. The Egyptian delegation is participating with the largest number of players in its history in the Olympic Games with 149 main players and 16 …

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Egypt Independent July 27, 2024

Video: Funeral held for Egyptian rowing champion who died while training in Zamalek

The funeral of the Electricity Rowing Club’s canoe and kayak champion Mohamed Amr Mostafa was held amidst sorrow and outrage at a mosque in his hometown of al-Jalatma in Giza on Sunday, a day after his body was recovered from the Nile River in Zamalek after his boat capsized. As the body left the mosque, …

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Egypt Independent July 22, 2024

Egypt’s squash champion Nour el-Sherbini breaks new record

Egyptian champion Nour el-Sherbini, the world’s current number one in women’s squash, has made a new global achievement after breaking the record set by Australian Michelle Martin. Sherbini has become the third woman player woman to remain at the top of the international ranking, scheduled to be officially announced by the Professional League on June …

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Egypt Independent June 1, 2024