#Egypt deports 100 #Gaza-bound female activists
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Egypt deported Friday dozens of women activists, who had flown in to Cairo but been barred from entering the country in their bid to reach the neighboring Gaza Strip, an airport official said. About 100 women, most of them from Europe and the United States, had hoped to enter the Palestinian enclave through Egypt’s #Rafah border crossing to celebrate International Women’s Day on Saturday. Eleven women were sent back to Istanbul, another 22 to Paris and six to Frankfurt, the official said. read more