Egypt Government

When Will They Stop Insulting Us?

Alaa Al Aswany | Posted 05.28.2012

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As much as it is an insult to our national dignity, the scandal over the sudden departure of the foreign defendants in the NGO case makes us face up to an important fact: Hosni Mubarak has fallen but the system he set up is still governing Egypt.

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Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Mulls Run For Presidency

AP | MAGGIE MICHAEL | Posted 05.22.2012

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CAIRO -- The Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's most powerful political group, said Wednesday it is considering running its own candidate in upcoming preside...

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Egypt Can Rise to the Historical Occasion But It Must Choose Wisely

Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 05.05.2012

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Neither the Egyptian people nor the international community should expect a velvet transition from dictatorship to democracy. But the new government in Cairo should work to smooth the transitional process and shorten the period of chaos and instability.

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Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Wants Government Sacked

AP | SARAH EL DEEB | Posted 04.10.2012

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CAIRO — Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood called Thursday on the ruling generals to sack the military-appointed government, saying it has failed to man...

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Egyptian Protesters Demand Military Step-Down

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI | Posted 04.06.2012

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CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's military rulers were facing mounting pressure on two fronts Sunday, with a fourth day of violent street protests ...

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Egypt's Economy Suffers With Latest Outbreak Of Political Violence

AP | By TAREK EL-TABLAWY | Posted 11.26.2011

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CAIRO -- Drivers passing Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo curse the protesters. On radio shows, callers question whether the youth activists and other...

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Time for Tahrir 2.0

Sarah Leah Whitson | Posted 01.11.2012

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Distressing signals from Egypt indicate it has veered off course from the freedom and democracy goals of Tahrir Square.

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Will Billionaire Art Collector Be Egypt's Next President?

Posted 10.29.2011

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Naguib Sawiris is the second richest man in Egypt, right behind his father and just ahead of his younger brother. He used to work his father's company...

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Poll: Egyptians Don't Want Theocracy

Posted 08.07.2011

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By Adelle M. Banks c. 2011 Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) Four months after the fall of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, a new Gallup sur...

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Egyptian Soldiers Beat Protesters In Deadly Raid, Anger Flares

AP | By MAGGIE MICHAEL | Posted 06.09.2011

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CAIRO -- Demonstrators burned cars and barricaded themselves with barbed wire in Cairo's central Tahrir Square, demanding the resignation of the milit...

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The Obstacle To Religious Tolerance In Egypt

Asma Uddin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Copts and Baha'is in Egypt firmly hold that the violence and persecution they have faced is as much a result of government action as it is from extremist religious sentiment.

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Does the New Dawn in Egypt Require a New Framework for U.S.-Middle East Relations?

John L. Esposito | Posted 05.25.2011

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The uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt have revealed a broad-based, pro-democracy movement that is not driven by a single ideology or by religious extremists. What has occurred is not an attempt at an Islamist takeover, but a broad-based call.

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Egypt Protests: Books On Uprisings And Revolts

newyorker.com | Posted by Jon Lee Anderson | Posted 05.25.2011

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We asked Jon Lee Anderson, who has been blogging about the uprisings in the Middle East on News Desk, to recommend some titles that might shed light o...

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Egyptians Band Together To Protect Library As Violence Escalates

GalleyCat | Jason Boog | Posted 05.25.2011

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Earlier this week, Bibliotheca Alexandrina director Ismail Serageldin wrote a short letter explaining that Egyptian youth were protecting the librarie...

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Hackers Attack Egyptian Government Sites

AP | PETER SVENSSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Hacker activists started attacking Egyptian government websites on Wednesday, apparently taking them offline soon after the country r...

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Egypt's New Government Announced On State TV

The Huffington Post/AP | MAGGIE MICHAEL and HAMZA HENDAWI | Posted 05.25.2011

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CAIRO -- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak swore in a new Cabinet on Monday, replacing one dissolved as a concession to unprecedented anti-government p...

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Democratization in the Arab World: Extraordinary or Dangerous?

Mohsin Mohi-Ud Din | Posted 05.25.2011

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Successful democracy is attainable when equality is high or assets are mobile. Egypt has neither.

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Obama Proposed Cutting Funding To Promote Democracy In Egypt

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK -- President Obama's historic speech at Cairo University galvanized millions of people across the Arab world with its inspiring message of pe...

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New Egypt Government Coming, But Mubarak Won't Step Down

Posted 05.25.2011

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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak acknowledged his citizens' discontent and attempted to defuse the crisis in Egypt Friday night by announcing that a n...

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