ALEXANDRIA

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April 9, 2017

16 Killed in Bombing at St Mark’s Cathedral in Alexandria

A bomb has exploded near St. Mark Coptic Cathedral in Alexandria, just hours after another bombing at St George’s in Tanta. According to initial reports, the […]
March 12, 2017

Searching for Life Quality? Cairo, Alexandria Just Made It to Africa’s Top 10 Cities

According to a Swiss study published Tuesday, Egypt’s Mediterranean city of Alexandria comes third while the capital Cairo ranks seventh when it comes to quality of […]
March 2, 2017

Mostafa el-Abbadi, Champion of Alexandria’s Resurrected Library, Dies at 88

Mostafa A. H. el-Abbadi, a Cambridge-educated historian of Greco-Roman antiquity and the soft-spoken visionary behind the revival of the Great Library of Alexandria in Egypt, died […]
January 24, 2017

Alexandria: locals adapt to floods as coastal waters inch closer

“Before we were flooded a couple of years ago, we didn’t imagine the water could reach this level,” said cafe manager Samir Gaber, gesturing at a […]