CAIRO — The once outlawed Muslim Brotherhood said Saturday its new political party will contest half of the seats in Egypt's parliamentary elect...
Hoda Osman | Posted 04.30.2011 | New York
What a great week! Well, at least for an Egyptian living in New York. Several young Egyptian activists who helped plan the protests and were prominent participants in the revolution were here this week.
AP | MATTI FRIEDMAN | Posted 04.29.2011 | World
JERUSALEM — Egypt's announcement that it will open a key border crossing with the Palestinian Gaza Strip within days sparked concern in Israel o...
Posted 04.28.2011 | Religion
By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) A religious freedom watchdog panel has added Egypt to its list of the worst violators of re...
Posted 04.27.2011 | World
CAIRO (Reuters) – For decades, authoritarian rule and police brutality ensured the only voice heard from Egypt was that of its leaders. Since po...
Mario Almonte | Posted 04.26.2011 | Media
For many decades, journalists have died, been imprisoned or murdered in pursuit of their stories. Do they fly in the face of danger and pay the price for their recklessness, or for their passion?
AP | Posted 04.27.2011 | World
CAIRO — One of Egypt's most feared government ministers on Tuesday pleaded innocent to charges of ordering the killing of unarmed protesters dur...
Posted 04.25.2011 | Impact
It’s been quite a year for Wael Ghonim, the Google marketing executive who became an icon for the Egyptian revolution: he was kidnapped by security ...
Scott MacLeod | Posted 04.25.2011 | World
Obama's approach to the Middle East is hopelessly adrift. He is hesitant to truly embrace the Arab freedom movements and failing to lead Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations.
John Bridgeland | Posted 04.21.2011 | World
Three young Egyptian women spoke movingly this morning about their part in Egypt's revolution. Americans should listen to their voices to understand what's at stake across Northern Africa.
Rich Siegel | Posted 04.20.2011 | Religion
The telling of the Exodus and the prophecy of Moses is told countless times in the Quran. In fact, Moses is revered in Islam as one of the greatest men of all time.
Ben Cole | Posted 04.20.2011 | Technology
Technology has not only made it possible for people around the world to peer into lives and circumstances across the globe, it's made many worldwide events impossible to ignore.
AP | Posted 04.19.2011 | World
CAIRO — Egypt's financial oversight body says the former president of Egypt and his family have amassed wealth beyond their means in the form of...
Ty McCormick | Posted 04.13.2011 | World
Revolution or no revolution, Egypt has a long way to go before freedom of expression, religious tolerance, and human rights gain widespread acceptance.
AP | By SARAH EL DEEB | Posted 04.13.2011 | World
CAIRO -- Egypt's prosecutor general announced Wednesday the 15-day detention of the country's former president, pending inquiries into accusations of ...
Posted 04.12.2011 | World
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's former President Hosni Mubarak received a summons to appear before a Cairo court for questioning and special security is be...
Avi Spiegel | Posted 04.11.2011 | World
The limited intervention in Libya averted a humanitarian disaster, but it also killed the Arab Spring.
Posted 04.10.2011 | World
CAIRO (Reuters) - Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, breaking a two-month silence, said Sunday that accusations of corruption against his famil...
Michelle Chen | Posted 04.04.2011 | Politics
The foreign intervention in the rebellion in Libya has clouded the rosy vision of nonviolent, youth-led uprisings that had enchanted activists around the world.
Hoda Osman | Posted 04.01.2011 | World
On Saturday Egyptians got their first taste of democracy when 18 million voters headed to the polling stations. Many were voting for the very first time. Smiles were abundant.
John Jackson | Posted 03.30.2011 | Impact
Srdja Popovic, a former Otpor leader and Founder of CANVAS will be speaking at Columbia University next week on the strategy and organization of non-violent revolution.
Posted 03.30.2011 | World
A new video aims to tell the story of the revolutions and protests rocking the Middle East and North Africa through the porcine protagonists of Angry ...
Jeffrey Sachs | Posted 03.30.2011 | World
There can be no doubt about the core of the revolutions sweeping North Africa and the Middle East. As John F. Kennedy said in another context 50 years ago, the torch is being passed to a new generation.
Mirette Bahgat | Posted 03.29.2011 | World
I'm not in a position to say my culture is better than another other culture, and I understand that the feelings I have right now may change. But regardless of that, I can't stop myself from thinking about the true meaning of freedom.
Courtney C. Radsch | Posted 03.29.2011 | World
Twitter, the microblog people love to hate, turned 5 this week. Twitter is probably most famous for the celebrities and politicians that use it to com...
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AP | MAGGIE MICHAEL | Posted 04.30.2011 | World