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EGYPT - Feb. 17 - Protests On Scarf Ban.


About 4000 university students stage fresh protests against the French Parliament's approval of a law banning the Muslim Muslim (mŭz`lĭm) [Arab.,=one who surrenders (himself to God), an agent form of the verb of which Islam is a verbal noun], one who has embraced Islam, a follower of Muhammad.  head scarf from state schools at the University of Kafr Al-Sheikh in the Nile Delta Coordinates:

The Nile Delta (Arabic:دلتا النيل) is the delta formed in Northern Egypt where the Nile River spreads
 and the university of Ain Shams Ain Shams or Ein Shams (عين شمس ˁAyn Šams) is a suburb of Cairo, Egypt. The name means "eye of the sun" in Arabic, with reference to the fact that Ain Shams is built on top of the ancient city of Heliopolis, once the spiritual  in northern Cairo.
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Publication:APS Diplomat Recorder
Date:Feb 21, 2004
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