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Expert warns of potential devastating flood from Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam turbine stoppage

Abbas Sharaki, Professor of Geology and Water Resources at Cairo University, stated that the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) poses a threat to the security of Egypt and Sudan due to its massive reservoir and its location in a geologically challenging area. In statements made on Al Hadath TV, Sharaki added that Ethiopia had stored …

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Egypt Independent July 4, 2025

A top global health expert’s message to graduates: Kick the tires

Maria Van Kerkhove speaks at a World Health Organization press conference. The public face of WHO at over 250 briefings

NPR NEWS May 23, 2025

Why I wrote an expert report against the UK’s classing Hamas as a terror group

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Middle East Eye May 2, 2025

Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam not working, forcing billions of Nile water release towards Egypt: Expert

Egyptian water resources expert Abbas Sharaqi stated that the coming period will witness the flow of enormous quantities of water to both Sudan and Egypt due to Ethiopia opening the gates of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) before the rainy season. Sharaqi, Professor of Geology and Water Resources at Cairo University, explained that the …

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Egypt Independent April 11, 2025

UN expert Ben Saul calls out western states for Gaza international law breaches

UN expert Ben Saul calls out western states for Gaza international law breaches Submitted by Sondos Asem on Wed, 04/09/2025

Middle East Eye April 10, 2025

Hosni Mubarak tried to thwart the reckless construction of the GERD: Expert

The Professor of Geology and Water Resources at the Cairo University Abbas Sharaky said that the US has handed Ethiopia the construction of more than 33 dam projects on the Nile River, one of which is the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Sharaky added that Addis Ababa began implementing these projects in 2010, and former …

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Egypt Independent January 11, 2025

Middle East expert says Assad’s fall a “momentous moment” but there is concern for Syria’s minorities

The Syrian rebels taking Damascus and toppling the country’s President Bashar al-Assad is a “momentous moment” for the Middle East, Firas Maksad, a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, told CNN Sunday. “This is a momentous moment, not just for the Syrian people, but for the people of the Middle East, Lebanese, Palestinians, Syrians, …

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Egypt Independent December 9, 2024

Ethiopia hit by third Earthquake, expert raises dam safety concerns

A third earthquake struck Ethiopia on Sunday with a magnitude of 4.7 on a depth of 10 km, about 570 km from the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and approximately 400 km from the eastern border of the lake. A professor of geology and water resources at Cairo University, Abbas Sharaqi, revealed that the latest …

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Egypt Independent November 7, 2024

The war that Hamas seeks against Israel “has just started,” Middle East expert says

The death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is likely to intensify the years-long insurgency he started against Israel, experts say, with the group changing its methods as its leadership gets decimated. While Israel is fighting a semi-conventional war against Hamas, it fails to understand the fight the group wants, which is “an open-ended insurgency on …

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Egypt Independent October 22, 2024