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Final Issue: For a new generation of physicists, change was unwelcome

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This piece was written for Egypt Independent’s final weekly print edition, which was banned from going to press. We offer you our 50th and final edition here. The events depicted in this article are...
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Final Issue: In Egypt, environmental journalists are endangered species

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This piece was written for Egypt Independent's final weekly print edition, which was banned from going to press. We offer you our 50th and final edition here. Two months before word about Egypt Independent’s...
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Meet Egypt’s 14 year old genius and computer programmer Mahmoud Wael

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He was sponsored by Microsoft to complete a series of certificates in computer programming. He is one of the youngest people on the planet qualified to instruct university graduates in the programming language C++. And...
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On Egypt's unique assortment of birds, mammals, reptiles and fish

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To illustrate and provide scientific information about Egypt’s rich biodiversity and animals, the American University in Cairo Press recently published a series of nature foldouts. The foldouts, titled “...
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Air pollution indoors and outdoors high, threaten health and environment

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The average Cairene inhales more than 20 times the acceptable level of air pollution every day, according to the World Health Organization. That means that every Cairo resident’s daily air pollution intake is akin...
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Final Issue: For a new generation of physicists, change was unwelcome
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Final Issue: In Egypt, environmental journalists are endangered species
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Irrigation Ministry: Prevent rice cultivation in deserts
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Meet Egypt’s 14 year old genius and computer programmer Mahmoud Wael
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Long-term global cooling ended in 19th century: study
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On Egypt's unique assortment of birds, mammals, reptiles and fish
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Air pollution indoors and outdoors high, threaten health and environment
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Cairo Climate Talks: Climate change hits nation's poor the hardest
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Farmers say Egypt's wheat crop hopes are 'a dream'
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Scientists find Antarctic ice is melting faster
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OpenOil archive to promote oil and gas industry transparency
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Climate change forcing Egypt to change agriculture practices
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Hesham Za'Zo Minister of Tourism, apologizes to passengers because of delay of their flights resulted from strike of EgyptAir stewards, Cairo International AirPort, 7 September 2012. Passengers attempting to board international EgyptAir flights were left stranded at Cairo airport's Terminal 3 after the impromptu strike almost completely shut down the terminal with the exception of domestic flights.
American actor Sean Penn visits Giza Pyramids with Egyptian actor Khaled el-Nabawy, October 1,2011.
UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova (R) looks in awe at an Ancient Egyptian artifact, Egyptian Museum, Cairo, June 13, 2011. Bokova is on an official visit to Egypt partly in a show of solidarity for Egypt's January 25th Uprising and partly to meet with Egyptian officials on allegedly looted artifacts during uprising.
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