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Palestine 36: Annemarie Jacir’s epic is a lesson in anti-Hollywood history Submitted by Joe Gill on Tue, 11/11/2025 – 14:22

Renowned Egyptologist Zahi Hawass claimed that a new archaeological discovery inside the Great Pyramid of Giza “will rewrite history” and will be announced to the world in 2026, RT reported on Saturday. Speaking at a panel discussion at Sharjah International Book Fair on Saturday, Hawass added, “This great discovery is a new 30-meter-long passageway, detected …
The post Egypt to announce archaeological surprise in 2026 that will ‘rewrite history’: Zahi Hawass appeared first on Egypt Independent.

Former Vice President Dick Cheney died DATE at the age of XX. He is seen here on Nov. 5, 2000,

The email that said the career resource program for women would no longer be part of Google was terse and followed months of eroding support. But the deletion of years of Women Techmakers’ work came as a significant shock to its members. “Everything that I ever hosted and facilitated for Women Techmakers is gone. And …
The post ‘Their history is just erased’: Google drops a key program for boosting women in tech appeared first on Egypt Independent.

Lapid: Israel going through most dangerous political crisis in its history Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid on Monday said the

For over two years, Sudan has endured a brutal civil war which has divided towns and families across the African nation. The conflict, which the UN has labeled the “world’s largest humanitarian disaster,” has claimed the lives of tens of thousands of people, with morgues in the capital of Khartoum reaching their capacity, aid workers …
The post A team uniting a divided nation: War-torn Sudan’s remarkable rise to the precipice of World Cup history appeared first on Egypt Independent.

Sandy Rosenthal, founder of Levees.org, stands in the Flooded House Museum where one of the levees breached in New Orleans

For Ukraine, history is a battlefield. Months before Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his full-scale invasion, he published a brooding, 5,000-word article that made the case for dismantling the country; in his speech to mark the start of Russia’s offensive he reeled off a litany of historical grievances against the West; and months into the …
The post History has often dealt Ukraine a bad hand – here are some parallels and pitfalls appeared first on Egypt Independent.

A powerful earthquake, measuring 8.8 on the Richter scale, struck the coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula in the Far East on Wednesday. The quake caused widespread panic, prompting authorities to issue extensive tsunami warnings for a number of Pacific nations, including Japan, China, and the United States. Dr. Abbas Sharaki, a professor of geology and …
The post Does the sixth strongest earthquake in history pose a threat to Egypt? appeared first on Egypt Independent.