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Mount Sinai: A Sacred Landscape Disfigured by a Megatourism Project

By World Heritage Watch – Press Release – Berlin and London – An Egyptian Megaproject is Destroying the St Katherine Area, a UNESCO World Heritage.High in the remote mountains of the Sinai [...]

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Activist Jailed for a Decade in Egypt Is Released

By WSJ- British-Egyptian Alaa Abdel-Fattah’s writing and acts of protest made him an icon of the country’s revolution Egypt’s president on Monday pardoned a British-Egyptian pro-democracy [...]

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How a tourism mega project threatens Egypt’s UNESCO candidate

By Sarantis Michalopoulos – EURACTIV – One Greek MEP says Cairo is undermining the very organisation it seeks to lead Greek politicians make no secret of their opposition to a resort [...]

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Family of ‘Disappeared’ Coptic Woman Face Renewed Detentions

The Minya Prosecution renewed, on September 21 the detention for 15 days of seven Copts who had been arrested on September 17, 2025, while standing in front of the Minya Security Directorate [...]

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U.S. Senate Amendment Seeks Conditional Suspension of Syria Sanctions

Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) have introduced a bipartisan amendment (SA 3889) to the 2026 defense authorization bill that would suspend U.S. sanctions on Syria under [...]

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Plans spark fury as bulldozers invade site where Moses received Ten Commandments

By The New York Post – They view it as a plague of Egypt. For centuries, Mount Sinai has been a mecca for worshippers and tourists hoping to experience traditional Bedouin culture. Now, the [...]

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Between Cairo and Athens: Who Will Write the Next Chapter in St. Catherine’s History?

By Alpheratz – (Rana Mamdouh, Sameh Laboudi, Shihab Tarek) – Between a judicial ruling that confiscates its historical lands and a Greek law that extends authority over its assets and [...]

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One of the world’s most sacred places is being turned into a luxury mega-resort

By BBC News – Yolande Knell – For years, visitors would venture up Mount Sinai with a Bedouin guide to watch the sunrise over the pristine, rocky landscape or go on other Bedouin-led [...]

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Inside the ancient Orthodox monastery in Sinai that Egypt wants to confiscate

By Sarantis Michalopoulos Euractiv  – Euractiv gained rare access to the monastery, where monks expressed deep anxiety over the future. Saint Catherine, EGYPT – At the foot [...]

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The monks’ revolution: St. Catherine’s battle for independence

By Nada Arafat – Mada Masr On the evening of August 26, at the foot of Jabal Moussa in the heart of South Sinai, St. Catherine’s Monastery descended into turmoil. From inside its walls, [...]