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Omar al-Naghy

Omar al-Naghy is a journalist and media researcher. He worked at several newspapers and news websites, including al-Masri al-Yaum, Addustour and Masrawy, in addition to working as editorial secretary at Etfarag.com.

Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, visit the el-Alamein war cemetery, northwest of Egypt March 24, 2006. The royals visited the cemetery to honour Commonwealth servicemen who lost their lives during a pivotal battle of the Second World War. REUTERS/Khaled Desouki/Pool - RTR17L27

Could cemeteries resurrect Egypt's tourism industry?

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The light of dawn shines on the statues of Pharaoh Ramses II (R) and Amun, the God of Light (L), in the inner sanctum of the temple of Abu Simbel, located at the upper reaches of the Nile in Aswan, around 1264 km (785 miles) south of Cairo February 22, 2014. The axis of the temple was designed so as to allow the rays of the sun to shine into the inner sanctuary only on Ramses II's birthday and his coronation. A militant Islamist group has warned tourists to leaveEgypt and threatened to attack any who stay a

An ancient Egyptian mystery draws tourists to King Ramses II statue

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A four wheel drive vehicle crosses the sand dunes in the late afternoon sun near the Egyptian western desert oasis of Siwa. A four wheel drive vehicle crosses the sand dunes in the late afternoon sun near Egypt's western desert oasis of Siwa on February 3, 2002. HIGH RESOLUTION FILE BLIFE REUTERS/Aladin Abdel Naby REUTERS BOOKS ON THE ROAD BOOK - RTR13V9

Who are Egypt’s Amazighs?

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A view showing the 2,500-year-old ruins of Shally, the old city
standing above the new city known as Siwa, at the edge of the western
desert February 4, 2002. The oasis has about 230 hot and cold mainly
fresh water springs, and several large lakes scattered around the area,
which is a popular destination for tourists on desert safari trips.
REUTERS/Aladin Abdel Naby

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Tourists drawn to hot springs, natural beauty of Egypt's remote Siwa Oasis

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SUEZ, EGYPT - AUGUST 06: The Mahrousa pulls away from the dock at during the opening ceremony of the new Suez Canal expansion including a new 35km (22 mile) channel on August 6, 2015 in Suez, Egypt. The new channel of the Suez Canal was finished in a year at a cost of 8 billion USD and is designed to increase the speed and capacity of ships. The new branch is being celebrated as a major nationalist project. (Photo by David Degner/Getty Images).

Sisi sails into Suez on swanky yacht

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Champions to the rescue! Superheroes roam the streets of Egypt

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Men carry out cleaning work at Al-Azhar Mosque, in the old Islamic area of Cairo May 8, 2014. As the Egyptian state presses its crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood, the man expected to become president has deployed a new weapon in the battle with the Islamists: his own vision of Islam. Sisi, the former army chief who deposed the Brotherhood's Mohamed Mursi and is expected to be elected president later this month, has cast himself as a defender of religion and taken aim at the doctrinal foundations of Islami

Cairo's heritage sites threatened with demolition

Omar al-Naghy