Modern Orient News Today

Israel has said it wants to retake control of the border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip. The Egyptians are opposed and say this will hurt their working relationship on the border.

Three ethnologists – a Finn, a German and a Swiss – set out to research the laws of love in Egypt. Their work shows one thing above all else: love is an obsession in the land of the Nile – and quite complicated too. By Iris Mostegel

Tensions between the two neighboring North African countries have been growing, and Algeria's rhetoric points towards an armed conflict. Analysts however doubt that an escalation is imminent.