CAIRO – Egypt's outgoing interim president issued a decree making dishonoring the Egyptian flag or not standing for the national anthem a criminal offense, punishable by sentences of up to one year in ...

CAIRO – Egypt's interim government decided Wednesday that insulting the flag and refusing to stand for the national anthem is an offense punishable by law. The decree follows a media fracas sparked by ...

Egypt's national hospitals now offer a mandatory musical interlude each morning at 8: the national anthem, “My Homeland,” plays on intercoms. After that comes the Hippocratic oath. The obligatory ...

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s outgoing interim president issued a decree making dishonoring the Egyptian flag or not standing for the national anthem a criminal offense, punishable by sentences of up to one ...

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