Read more Egypt stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/2913/egypt.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:04:20 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74259/arab-singers-monkey-lyric-enrages-nubians.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEgypt's 2 million-strong black community has been outraged by a Lebanese pop song that refers to them as monkeys. The song by Haifa Wehbe, one of the Arab's world's biggest stars, includes a child singing: "Where is my teddy bear and the Nubian monkey?" Nubian lawyers have filed an official...http://www.newser.com/story/74259/arab-singers-monkey-lyric-enrages-nubians.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Nov 2009 1:44:56 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73776/first-us-citizen-sues-feds-for-rendition.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA New Jersey man yesterday became the first US citizen to sue the federal government for "rendition," the extrajudicial transfer of terrorism suspects between countries. Arrested in Kenya in 2007, Amir Meshal was secretly flown to Somalia, then to Ethiopia, where he claims US agents repeatedly threatened him with "torture,...http://www.newser.com/story/73776/first-us-citizen-sues-feds-for-rendition.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Nov 2009 9:06:33 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70591/death-penalty-for-virginity-faking-kit-egypt-scholar.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn Egyptian scholar wants the death penalty for anyone importing a device that helps women fake virginity—claiming it violates Islamic law by spreading perversion in society. The gadget releases a liquid that looks like blood, allowing a new bride to make it appear her hymen has been ruptured. The...http://www.newser.com/story/70591/death-penalty-for-virginity-faking-kit-egypt-scholar.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 29 Sep 2009 21:00:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69827/egypt-kills-all-pigs-but-pigs-eat-all-trash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen the Egyptian government decided to kill all of Cairo’s pigs last spring in a pre-emptive measure to combat swine flu, they apparently forgot that the pigs performed a vital function in a city with poor public services: eating trash, the New York Times reports. The zabaleen, Cairo’s Christian minority,...http://www.newser.com/story/69827/egypt-kills-all-pigs-but-pigs-eat-all-trash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 20 Sep 2009 12:48:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69643/egypt-delays-school-opening-to-combat-swine-flu.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFears of a swine flu outbreak have moved the Egyptian government to delay the start of the school year at state-run schools and universities by at least 1 week, the BBC reports. Government-run schools had been set to begin school the last week of September; they will now open Oct....http://www.newser.com/story/69643/egypt-delays-school-opening-to-combat-swine-flu.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 17 Sep 2009 13:09:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67215/obama-egypts-mubarak-click-at-dc-meeting.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA meeting today between President Obama and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak signaled a thaw in relations between the two countries, the New York Times reports. Obama also spoke of “positive steps” that “could help to jump-start an effective process on all sides” in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Mubarak, meanwhile, said...http://www.newser.com/story/67215/obama-egypts-mubarak-click-at-dc-meeting.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 18 Aug 2009 15:45:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66437/sadat-daughter-fumes-over-hollywood-slight.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagI Love You, Man 's friendly title clearly wasn’t directed at former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat—whose namesake in the movie is a dog. Now the popular leader’s daughter is suing DreamWorks for the affront, the AP reports. “This has caused serious psychological and moral damages to the plaintiff, as...http://www.newser.com/story/66437/sadat-daughter-fumes-over-hollywood-slight.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 08 Aug 2009 17:43:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63692/thousands-in-egypt-mourn-headscarf-martyr.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThousands gathered in Alexandria today for the funeral of Marwa Sherbini, a pregnant Egyptian woman killed in a German courtroom last week by a man convicted of insulting her religion, the AP reports. Sherbini, 32, was stabbed 18 times by a man identified only as Axel W, 28. They were...http://www.newser.com/story/63692/thousands-in-egypt-mourn-headscarf-martyr.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 06 Jul 2009 16:11:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61028/obama-deftly-makes-pitch-for-muslim-womens-rights.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama skillfully made the case for women's rights in the Muslim world during his Cairo speech today with the help of the hijab, or head scarf, writes Tracy Clark-Flory in Salon. "I reject the view of some in the West that a woman who chooses to cover her hair...http://www.newser.com/story/61028/obama-deftly-makes-pitch-for-muslim-womens-rights.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 04 Jun 2009 19:04:31 CDT