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Questions abound about SpongeBob and his satirical take on Egypt

The cartoon character and his undersea city have been recreated online with a political script - but who's really behind the Facebook groups that started the trend?

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Dubai's Parkin to expand into Bahrain and Egypt

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The Middle Eastern journeys that inspired Agatha Christie's greatest mysteries

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How a tribal chief's house became a boutique hotel on Egypt's Red Sea

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Gulf states push to break Iran deadlock and reopen Hormuz

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‘It was a disaster’: Egypt women's team reaches tipping point after Wafcon flop

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The exterior view of the excavated tomb at the Theban Necropolis. Proyecto dos cero nueve / Jose Miguel Barrios Mufrege

How burial trends in an Ancient Egyptian tomb changed over hundreds of years

Placement of mummified bodies inside the Theban Necropolis have symbolic and practical implications

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Egypt erupts in fury over Ethiopia's plans for three more Nile dams

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Israel condemned for obstructing peace effort in Gaza

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Archaeologists may have found Egypt’s lost city of Masn

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Salah debuts as substitute during 'sad and difficult' draw for Trabzonspor

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How the grisly trade in mummified body parts has created a modern 'mummy’s curse'

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Egypt considering issues around joining regional defence pact

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Mohamed Salah of Trabzonspor during the Turkish Super Lig match against Kasimpasa at the Recep Tayyip Erdogan Stadium in Istanbul. Getty Images

Salah debuts as substitute during 'sad and difficult' draw for Trabzonspor

Super Lig side open campaign with 1-1 draw against Kasimpasa

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How the grisly trade in mummified body parts has created a modern 'mummy’s curse'

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Egypt considering issues around joining regional defence pact

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Helium cylinder explosion in Cairo mall kills three

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