The complete online text of Egypt (La Mort de Philae) by Pierre Loti.

The French novelist Pierre Loti (1850-1923) is noted for his picturesque romances, abounding in descriptions of the exotic spots he visited in a lifetime of travel. Pierre Loti was born Julien Viaud at Rochefort on Jan. 14, 1850, to Protestant parents. D...

Pierre Loti was the most popular travel writer of his day. From the lands he visited during his career as a naval officer, which took him to virtually every corner of the globe, he quarried a large body of novels, short stories, and travelogues. The exot...

La genese de l'expedition franco-britannique de 1956 en Egypte, by Jean-Yves Bernard. Paris, Publications de la Sorbonne, 2003. 414 pp. 25,00 Euros (cloth). Following Israel's attack on Egypt in October 1956, British and French military forces intervened in the conflict with the...

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Egyptian police sealed Gaza's border with huge metal spikes and shipping containers Sunday, restoring a tight blockade after a breach that allowed hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to cross freely for 12 days.Gaza's Hamas rulers are demanding new border arrangements that would give it a...

Egypt rebuked Iran's president on Monday for claiming his state is "a nuclear country" _ a comment that touched a nerve among Iran's neighbors in the Middle East.Iran has consistently denied it seeks to build nuclear weapons, saying it aims to use its nuclear technology...