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Cairo, Feb 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The wife of ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has confessed in her memoirs about an attempt to commit suicide when she knew she would be arrested for corruption,. “May 13, 2011, was the ‘darkest’ day of my life. Whe
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Syria's first lady has a UK passport – that doesn't make her good | Nesrine Malik
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British-born Asma al-Assad has come out in support of her husband's oppression of his people – but why are we surprised? Asma al-Assad 'signed up to act as fig leaf', to soften the image of her husband, Syria's president Bashar al-Assad. Photograph: Migu
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Suzanne Mubarak, wife of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, smiles at the Presidential Palace in Cairo in this February 5, 2008 file photo. An Egyptian prosecutor will end the detention of former first lady Suzanne Mubarak once she pays bail and returns... View Photo »
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The quota system is unconstitutional; it is a kind of racial discrimination which is criminalised by the law. The quota was introduced to parliamentary life just to please Suzanne Mubarak (wife of the former president) who at the time wanted to be seen as a strong advocate of women and their political, ...
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With a tumultuous year behind it, Egypt is bracing for a fresh start - but this new democracy carries some old baggage, including the classic challenge of the marginalisation of the country's women. With conservative groups such as Salafists and the Musl
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CAIRO, February 7 (RIA Novosti) – The wife of ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Suzanne, confessed in her memoirs about an attempt to commit suicide when she knew she would be arrested for corruption, EGYnews said on Tuesday. “May 13, 2011, was th
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According to an Iraqi news agency, Nakhelnews, Suzanne Mubarak sent a letter to Queen Elizabeth demanding to create a situation through which ousted Egyptian president could be taken into hospitals in London for treatment. The letter, which was sent to t
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Suzanne Mubarak, wife of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, smiles at the Presidential Palace in Cairo in this February 5, 2008 file photo. The wife of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak relinquished some of her assets to the state on May 16, 2011... View Photo »
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What has people so angry is that women got better divorce and custody deals through ‘Suzanne’s laws,’ and you see a lot of people wanting to throw the baby out with the bath water. They want to say that because Suzanne Mubarak co-opted the whole women’s agenda, anything to do with women and women’s righ...
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Ain Sukhna is stunningly beautiful. After a two-hour drive east from Cairo through the featureless desert, the road rolls toward the steel blue waters of the Gulf of Suez. Nestled beneath ocher-colored hills, the town is a string of industrial buildings,
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Editor's Note: Steven A. Cook is the Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. The following is an excerpt from his new book, The Struggle for Egypt: From Nasser to Tahrir Square. By Steven Cook , For
About Suzanne Mubarak
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Suzanne Mubarak (birth name Suzanne Saleh Sabet or Thabet) (Arabic: سوزان مبارك) (born February 28, 1941) is married to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and is the first lady of Egypt. The daughter of an Egyptian doctor and a Welsh nurse Lily May Palmer, her grandmother is a relative of Jehan Sadat. Full Article
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Suzanne Mubarak, wife of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, smiles at the Presidential Palace in Cairo in this February 5, 2008 file photo. The wife of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak relinquished some of her assets to the state on May 16, 2011 days after anti-corruption...
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Egyptian First Lady Suzanne Mubarak attends a news conference before the opening ceremony of the international conference on "Women Defending Peace" in Geneva in this November 22, 2004 file photo. Egypt's anti-graft agency said on May 13, 2011 it had ordered former President Hosni...
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Egypt's First Lady Suzanne Mubarak smiles as she arrives for the Stop Human Trafficking Now forum in Luxor, southern Egypt, in this December 11, 2010 file photo. Egypt's anti-graft agency said on May 13, 2011 it had ordered former President Hosni Mubarak and his wife detained as part of...
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French president François Mitterrand (2ndL) welcomes French Prime minister Jacques chirac (L), arriving for a State dinner in the honor of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak (2ndR) and his wife Suzanne Mubarak (R), on December 10, 1986, at Elysee Palace in Paris, during his three-day official...
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A March 29, 2006 file photo of Egypt's First Lady Suzanne Mubarak and her sons Gamal (C) and Alaa (R) stand under a tent as they wait for the fourth total solar eclipse of the 21st century in Sallum, on the border with Libya in northwestern Egypt. The sons of Egypt's former president...
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An Egyptian man holds a caricature picture of deposed President Hosni Mubarak with Arabic word reading, "search me," during a rally in Tahrir square in Cairo, Egypt Friday May 13, 2011. Egyptian authorities have ordered the detention of Suzanne Mubarak, wife of deposed President Hosni...
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Suzanne Mubarak, wife of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, smiles at the Presidential Palace in Cairo in this February 5, 2008 file photo. The wife of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak relinquished some of her assets to the state on May 16, 2011 days after anti-corruption...
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