Egypt – The Jewish Federation Community News (formerly Jewish Sound)

March 11, 20150

Middle Eastern women use International Women’s Day to call for more rights

By Hanna Rais, The Media Line In Afghanistan, dozens of men marched through the streets wearing head-to-toe sky-blue burkas to show their identific

August 28, 20140

By Uriel Heilman, JTA World News Service (JTA) – Between the war in Gaza and gains by Islamic militants in Iraq, Syria and Libya, there’s plenty of

August 27, 20140

By Linda Gradstein, The Media Line An old Bedouin proverb says, “Me against my brother, me and my brother against my cousin, and me and my cousin a

July 16, 20140

By Linda Gradstein The Media Line Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is in Egypt today in an attempt to push forward a cease-fire betwee

July 15, 20140

(JTA) — Israel and Hamas are fighting their third major conflict in six years, and while some things have stayed the same, the battle lines have also

July 14, 20140

By JTA World News Service WASHINGTON (JTA) — Israel is ready to accept an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire, multiple media reports said, although i

June 11, 20140

By Emily K. Alhadeff, Associate Editor, The Jewish Sound Jean (Mosseri) Naggar was 19 when her family received an expulsion notice. It was 1957 Cai

May 12, 20140

By Rafael Medoff, JTA World News Service WASHINGTON (JTA) -- On the outskirts of Cairo, on a blistering hot afternoon in May 1942, British Army cha