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Salman Rushdie receives award in rare appearance at New York event

Author, who was stabbed at a literary event last year, gets lifetime disturbing the peace award and standing ovation

The Guardian - US

‘We are hardly alive’: posts from Gaza cause tears at the Palestine festival of literature

Featuring contributions from poets, novelists and a Nobel laureate, this highly charged night – interrupted by updates from Gaza in real time – marked the suffering on both sides of the conflict

The Guardian - UK

Theft, cover up and a corrosive culture: the inside story of the crisis at the British Museum

There are calls for wholesale change as the ‘museum of the world’ seeks to rebuild a reputation in tatters

Evening Standard

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Jailed Egypt dissident was 'near death' on hunger strike: family

Cairo (AFP) - Jailed British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah was "near" to death behind bars, his family told AFP Thursday after the first family visit since he ended a seven-month long hunger strike.

AFP

Egypt dissident Abdel Fattah's family demands proof of life

Cairo (AFP) - The family of Egypt's jailed dissident Alaa Abdel Fattah, who is refusing food and water, demanded information on his health Wednesday amid what they said were "rumours of force-feeding".

AFP

Confirm ‘proof of life’ family urges UK government as Egyptian Briton enters second day of water strike

Alaa Abd El-Fatteh aunt said she fears the British government will be ‘fobbed off’ by Egypt

The Independent UK

British Museum urged to drop BP sponsor deal for Egypt exhibition

Brian Eno, Ahdaf Soueif and Miriam Margolyes sign open letter about exhibition opening shortly before Cop27

The Guardian - UK

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Farewell, moonlit nights on the floating houses of the Nile

Work has begun to remove the iconic houseboats immortalised in the novels of Naguib Mahfouz. Sayyed Mahmoud goes exploring

The Independent UK

Cairo's historic Nile River houseboats removed in govt push

An Egyptian government push to remove the string of houseboats that dot Cairo’s Nile River banks has seen their numbers dwindle from several dozen to just a handful

The Independent UK

Cairo's floating heritage risks being towed away by grand projects

Cairo (AFP) - Dozens of vibrantly coloured floating homes have for decades dotted the banks of the River Nile, rare havens of leafy seclusion in the Egyptian capital's hustle and bustle -- but maybe not for much longer.

AFP

Britain must end its silence on Egyptian hunger striker Alaa Abd El Fattah, family demand

‘Time is running out’ for Egyptian blogger and activist who was given UK citizenship last year

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