A heady mix of fantasy and sexuality marks the latest book of one of Egypt’s rising literary talents. Sidi Barrani (Saint Barrani), Mohamed Salah El-Azab, Cairo: Dar El-Shorouk, 2010. pp 203 “When my ...

A wave of anger erupted last week in the western coastal city of Sidi Barrani after a police officer shot and killed a resident, Hafeez Hawya Abd Rabbo. Ostensibly, as part of the routine ...

The Egyptian Public Prosecution on Sunday referred a police officer and five civilian suspects to criminal trial over riots at Sidi Barani in Marsa Matrouh governorate, northern Egypt, following a ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. While some relatives of the 14 men who died as they were trying to ...

Jan 1st 1941. Now that I can write legibly I'm putting down as accurately as I can remember an account of the Battle of Sidi Barrani-it is purely from the personal point of view. The action took place ...

At Sidi Barrani, it made the surprise assault which began the collapse of the Italian Empire in Africa, and at Keren helped to storm its strongest bulwark. So it was fitting that it should play a ...

Before World War 2 Mussolini had been busy invading and harassing the populace of Ethiopia. At first the Italian army encountered set backs at the hands of some of the local residents who led the ...

Rome and Naples bubbled joyously one day last week. Marshal Rodolfo Graziani’s “Terribili” legions in Libya had turned terribly on their British attackers and terribly smashed them to bits. They had ...

Jan 1st 1941. Now that I can write legibly I'm putting down as accurately as I can remember an account of the Battle of Sidi Barrani-it is purely from the personal point of view. The action took place ...