Four Egyptian pharmaceutical students who filmed their own semi-nude version of the viral craze video “Harlem Shake” have been arrested for violating the nation’s strict indecency laws.
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Did King Tutankhamen Die From Epilepsy?
A British surgeon has a new theory about the life and death of Egypt’s most famous pharaoh
Egyptian Immigrant Wants to be Reclassified as Black
Mostafa Hefny feels he’s been black his whole life. The U.S. government doesn’t agree.
Egyptian Lawmaker Resigns After Nose-Job Scandal
A conservative Egyptian lawmaker resigned from parliament Monday after his claims that he’d been brutally beaten turned out to be fabrications to cover up his recent nose job.
Anwar al-Balkimy represented the Al-Nour party, …
#Overused: The Most Popular Twitter Hashtags of 2011
Which hashtags were #winning in 2011?
Arab Spring, NBA Lockout Top Twitter’s 2011 Standout Stories
If a news event happened in 2011, but nobody tweeted about it, did it actually happen?
Catfight: Man Plans to Battle Lion in an Effort to Boost Egypt’s Tourist Industry
Forget bullfighting. In the animal entertainment sector, lion fighting is the hot new commodity.
Massive Statue of King Tut’s Grandfather Unearthed
Good news from Egypt: A 13-meter-long carving of Amenhotep III, granddaddy of the more famous Tutankhamun, has resurfaced.
Relics Returned: Cairo Museum Regains Four Looted Objects
Four objects previously missing from the Cairo Museum in Egypt found their way back home.
New Protests in Egypt: Activists to Picket Cairo Zoo for Animal Rights
The Egyptian uprising was enough to wrestle a dictator from his long-held post and bring shadows of democracy to a Middle Eastern nation. But can people power also be utilized to elicit support for an animal-rights movement?
More Than 1,000 Relics Remain Missing After Mass Egyptian Uprising
Egyptian officials revealed that since the political uprising in January, more than 1,000 Egyptian artifacts have gone missing.
African Leaders, Stay Off Facebook: Number of Fans Correlated With Regime Instability
In a wacky little study, Ethan Zuckerman of Harvard University’s Beckman Center for Internet and Society found having more followers on Facebook was directly proportional to regime instability for leaders on the African continent.