#Egypt

Whew here we go. Lots of folks are upset about this choice. A thread about Cleopatra, and her ethnicity/ “look”, and why this is considered controversial 1/? (FWIW: I’m an
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You know what really pisses me off?There are people out there who actually do breed young girls into prostitution. This happens right here in egypt, not in some faraway landWhat
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*heavy sigh* I feel the fight that's about to happen coming on and I am already ready to scream.Cuz some folks are gonna be like: but Cleopatra was Black this
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Mena Abdelaziz, a 17 year old girl in Egypt has been raped by Mazen Ibrahem [@mazenibrahem77 on instagram] and he’s threatening to kill her if she doesn’t tell call his
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Who want to boycott France•Islamist #Iran•Islamist #Turkey•Islamists in Arab world•Even #Egypt’s Al-Azhar is joining Islamist camp feeding inaccurate info to youthMuslims shouldn’t fall into Islamist trap.#boycottfranceproducts
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About creating spaces outside the gatekeeping of mainstream journals as a a key way to decolonise research; I am sharing this #thread on the travelling interview series: #TalkingBack : #AfricanFeminisms
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A thread on the intertwined cultural histories of Belgian diplomacy in Egypt and former prime minister of Congo, Patrice Lumumba. 1/11 Stamp of the United Arab Republic displaying Lumumba. After
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Bernie's Judaism was confusing and uncomfortable to many. Some were eager to paint him as a "fake jew" (??), but he clearly stood for the values that we celebrate tonight:
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On March 29, @AbiyAhmedAli announced the successful delivery of #coronavirus supplies from @JackMaand @AlibabaGroup to the African continent. But, according to two officials at @AfricaCDC and @PMEthiopia the materials never
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Question for Black Hebrew Israelites: if you’re so Jewish, then why don’t you practice Judaism ? Why don’t you keep convenants with G-d? Why aren’t you an organized religion? Why
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OK HERE WE GO: A virtual tour of Egypt's extraordinary archaeological and heritage sites, in 3D, courtesy of @TourismandAntiq as promised. Lets start with the sites of Cairo and Saqqara,
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Unpopular opinion: Rami Malek playing a pharaoh is *still* racist. Egypt's history can be divided in 6 great periods. The 1st being the predynastic period (speaks for itself) and the
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*The Egyptologist has entered the chat room* Sit down a spell, y'all. I need to talk about this viral video, and give you some context. Been working in Egypt for
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COLORS of PORPHYRYRhyolite porphyry = porfido rosso laterizio (Italian name).Guarried at the Wadi Abu Gerida quarry, Eastern Desert, Egypt, first time used during the Roman period.It's a less commonly used
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in what world is mauretania in the middle east this is just like people who claim ohio is in the mid west this middle east includes kazakhstan??? now we go
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A thread about the DNA (as well as cranial and dental) evidence that shows that Egyptians are overwhelmingly indigenous. 1) this one is the easiestNational Geographic Genographic project that concludes
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