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- ↑ Wednesday’s papers: New ministers appointed and Maghrabi’s detention extended, Al-Masry Al-Youm , 23 February 2011
- ↑ Egypt swears in new ministers, Islamists dismiss, Reuters , 22 February 201
- ↑ Egyptian cabinet: The old, the new and the unknown, Bassem Abo al-Abass and Michael Gunn, Ahram Online , 24 February 2011
- ↑ Board of Directors Archived 28 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine CBE
- ↑ Egyptian Mission to the UN Archived 9 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine