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Egyptian Revolution

Joshua Hersh

Egyptian Protesters Face A Bloody Crossroads

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 12.31.2011 | World

Read More: Protests in Egypt, Egypt Protests, Video, Arab Spring, Egypt, Foreign Affairs, Revolution in Egypt, Occupy Parliament, Hosni Mubarak, Egypt Military, Egypt Elections, Violent Revolution, Egyptian Revolution, World News

CAIRO -- On a mild afternoon in mid November, a little more than a week before Egypt was due to begin voting in its first democratic election since th...

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Egypt's Elections and the Revolution Continues...

Bel Trew | Posted 11.30.2011 | UK

Read More: Egypt Protests, Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt Elections, Egypt, Tahrir Square, Egyptian Revolution, Scaf, UK News
Bel Trew

Egypt has seen the initial round of its first supposed 'free and open' elections. Following a week of violence that saw a 120-hour battle between the Egyptian state forces and the protesters on Tahrir, up until the last minute, voters, judges, candidates and journalists weren't sure the elections would go ahead.

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Bread, Freedom, Social Justice: A Report From Egypt

David Weinberger | Posted 11.28.2011 | World

Read More: Egypt Revolution, Egypt Elections, Egypt, Egyptian Revolution, World News
David Weinberger

Here is an email Nagla Rizk sent to a mailing list I'm, on. I'm posting it with her permission. When we stormed the streets last January, we chanted ...

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Egyptians have No Intention of Allowing their Revolution to be Hijacked

Sahar Taman | Posted 11.28.2011 | World

Read More: Egypt Million Man March, Egypt Elections 2011, Egyptian Elections, Tahrir Square, Egyptian Protests, Tahrir Square Protests, Egypt Democracy, Egyptian Revolution, World News
Sahar Taman

It is clear that Egyptians recognize the honor their accomplishment of January has earned them worldwide. They also recognize the responsibility.

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Rule Of Law, Not Rule By Law for Egypt

Sahar Aziz | Posted 11.26.2011 | World

Read More: Egypt Protests, Egypt, Democracy, Rule of Law, Egypt News, Egyptian American Rule of Law Association, Egypt Riots, Egyptian Revolution, Earla, World News
Sahar Aziz

Egypt has a rich legal history that has produced one of the most complex and sophisticated legal systems in the Middle East. But this very system has been one of the strongest tools in the arsenal of Egypt's dictators.

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Something Remarkable Is Happening in Egypt

Firas Al-Atraqchi | Posted 11.25.2011 | World

Read More: Egypt Protests, Cairo, Egypt Revolution, Maspero, Egypt, Tahrir Square, Egypt News, Middle East, American University in Cairo, Maspiro, Egyptian Revolution, Egypt Elections, World News
Firas Al-Atraqchi

There are four stories to be told in Tahrir: tear gas suffocation and death; extreme police brutality; incredible acts of sacrifice, and the foundation of a new social contract.

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Egypt's Stillborn Revolution

Kate Allen | Posted 11.22.2011 | UK

Read More: Cairo, Egypt, Tahrir Square, Amnesty, Kate Allen, Hosni Mubarak, Arab Spring, Egyptian Revolution, Scaf, Uk Impact, UK News
Kate Allen

The army and the people are certainly no longer one. Indeed the euphoria of Egypt's 25 January uprising has been replaced by fears that one repressive rule has simply been replaced with another.

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Joshua Hersh

Egypt Elections: Renewed Street Clashes Pose Dilemma For Popular Muslim Brotherhood

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 11.21.2011 | World

Read More: Video, Arab Spring, Cairo, Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt, Egyptian Elections, Tahrir Square, Egyptian Protests, Hosni Mubarak, Arab Democracy, Egypt Elections, Egyptian Revolution, World News

CAIRO -- For three days, protesters -- mainly young, urban and secular -- have taken to Tahrir Square, the site of the original uprising that ousted d...

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Tahrir Square - The Unfinished Revolution

Imad Mesdoua | Posted 11.22.2011 | UK Politics

Read More: Egypt News, Arab Spring, Egypt, Egypt Riots, Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), Egyptian Revolution, Tahrir Square, UK Politics News
Imad Mesdoua

Many are calling it the unfinished revolution. They would not be entirely wrong. In any case, the defiant spirit of Tahrir, now legendary throughout the world, has returned. This Sunday, tens of thousands of supporters returned to the birthplace of the revolution, Tahrir Square to demand that the transitional Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) immediately hand over power to a civilian government to oversee legislative and presidential elections.

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The Battle for Tahrir

Bel Trew | Posted 11.20.2011 | UK

Read More: Egypt, Arab Spring, Army, Scaf, Cairo, Tahrir, Egyptian Revolution, Alaa, UK News
Bel Trew

As the SCAF has increasingly shown its colours, so the people's demands and chants have changed. The army, no longer perceived as the protectors but instead the new regime, are being held responsible for all violent action against the protesters.

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Getting Away With It: Egypt's Religious Minorities Need The Rule Of Law

Kurt J. Werthmuller | Posted 11.17.2011 | Religion

Read More: Middle East Protests, Egypt, Egypt Coptic Christians, Coptic Christians, Copts, Middle East Christians, Egyptian Revolution, Egypt Protests, Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, Egypt Copts March, Egypt Copts, Copts Attacked, Copts in Egypt, Religion News
Kurt J. Werthmuller

It is still unclear how Egyptian legislation under increasingly Islamist influence might treat the Copts and other religious minorities, but it is an increasingly grim outlook.

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Today's Global Protest and Egypt's Sham Elections

Bel Trew | Posted 11.12.2011 | UK Politics

Read More: Egypt Protests, Occupy London, Egypt, Alaa Abdel Fattah, Egyptian Elections, Occupy Wall Street, Scaf, Egyptian Revolution, UK Politics News
Bel Trew

Today a global protest will take place across 13 cities, from London to New York Paris to Manila, in solidarity with detained Egyptian activist Alaa Abd El Fattah.

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Citizen Journalism Is Booming In Egypt, Despite Serious Risks

Mandy Jenkins | Posted 11.04.2011 | Politics

Read More: Egypt, Offthebus, Middle East, Off the Bus, Citizen Journalism, Egyptian Revolution, Politics News
Mandy Jenkins

Citizen journalism is thriving in Egypt and the Middle East in the wake of the Arab Spring. While the news availability may be spreading, but there are still dire consequences for citizen journalists for writing negative posts about the wrong parties. It's humbling to find how much some are willing to risk.

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Egyptian Elections are Looming but the Revolution Rages on...

Bel Trew | Posted 01.02.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Egypt, Arab Spring, Scaf, Maikel Nabil, Tunisia, Khaled Said, Cairo, Maspero, Tahrir, Mubarak, Libya, Alaa Abd El Fattah, Egyptian Revolution, Uk, Uk World, UK Politics News
Bel Trew

On Sunday, Alaa was detained by the military for supposedly 'stealing military weapons' and 'inciting violence' at Maspero, just days after he spoke at Occupy Oakland in America. Today is Maikel Nabil's 73rd day of hunger strike - he is an activist who was imprisoned for writing a blog entitled: 'The people and the army were never one hand'.

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85 Percent Of Egypt Cruises Docked: Recovery Uncertain

www.reuters.com | Posted 12.19.2011 | Travel

Read More: Nile River, Cruise Industry, Egypt, Global Pulse, Cruises, Nile Cruises, Nile, Egypt Tourism, Egyptian Revolution, Travel News

The newly launched Al-Hambra cruise ship sailed only twice on the Nile before President Hosni Mubarak was toppled in February and has been docked sinc...

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In Conversation With Dr Nawal El Saadawi

Julie Tomlin | Posted 12.17.2011 | UK World

Read More: President Mubarak, Egypt, Feminism, Egyptian Revolution, Tahrir Square, Dr Nawal El Saadawi, UK World News
Julie Tomlin

While for many in the West the revolution in Egypt came out of the blue, for some, like the Egyptian writer and feminist Dr Nawal El Saadawi, the events that took place are the culmination of decades of work and longing for change.

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Tahrir 2011 Reveals Untold Details of Egypt's Revolution

Linda Hassler | Posted 11.25.2011 | Entertainment

Read More: Mohamed El Baradei, Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt, Tahrir Square, Amr Salada, Hosni Mubarak, Tamar Ezzat, International Atomic Energy Agency, Facebook, Ayten Amin, Egyptian Revolution, Entertainment News
Linda Hassler

If you think you already know what happened during the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, think again, and go see this film.

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Will Billionaire Art Collector Be Egypt's Next President?

Posted 10.29.2011 | Arts

Read More: Art, Egypt-Art, Political Parties, Egypt, President of Egypt, Art Patrons, Naguib Sawiris, New Egypt Government, Egypt Government, Christianity, Hosni Mubarak, Muslim, Egyptian Revolution, Arts News

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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America and the Fourth Realignment: A Policy for the New Middle East

Nathan Gonzalez | Posted 10.26.2011 | World

Read More: Egypt, Syria, Tunisia, Revolutions, Libya War, Qadhafi, Yemen, Obama, Bahrain, Egyptian Revolution, Libya Rebels, Clinton, Arab Spring, Muslim Brotherhood, Muammar Gaddafi, Qaddafi, Libya, Libya Protests, World News
Nathan Gonzalez

The year 2011 represents the first time since the birth of the modern Middle East that Western powers are collectively standing with the bulk of Arab public opinion.

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Art Booms After Arab Spring

ARTINFO | Posted 10.20.2011 | Arts

Read More: Egyptian Art, Angry Birds, Art, Artinfo, Egypt, Honsi Mubarak, Egyptian Revolution, Street Art Market, Egypt Street Art Market, Egyptian Art Market, Egypt Street Art, Egypt Art Market, Cairo Art Market, Arts News
ARTINFO

Recently, the news wire service Reuters reported on a prospering art market in Cairo, where work inspired by the uprising earlier this year against fo...

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Does Street Art Really Show A Healthier Cairo?

Travis Korte | Posted 10.01.2011 | Arts

Read More: Pop Art, Street Art, Protest Art, Ganzeer, Middle East, Egyptian Revolution, How to Revolt Cleverly, Politics, Cairo, Egypt, Shepard Fairey, Art, New York Times, Keizer, Mubarak, Slidepollajax, Egypt Revolution, Graffiti, Hosni Mubarak, Arts News
Travis Korte

Last week, the New York Times ran a story titled, "The Maturing of Street Art in Cairo," that linked a move away from simple political slogans to a he...

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The Egyptian Revolution Is Not Over

Marie-Helene Carleton | Posted 09.19.2011 | World

Read More: Egypt Protests, Hosni Mubarak, Egypt Revolution, Egypt, Tahrir Square, Egyptian Revolution, World News
Marie-Helene Carleton

The Egyptian Revolution is not over. In many ways, it has just begun. As Egypt begins its difficult rebirth, the country -- especially its women -- is fighting against the vestiges of power that fear change.

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Nonviolent Revolution Clarified: Five Myths and Realities Behind Egypt's Uprising

Cynthia Boaz | Posted 09.13.2011 | World

Read More: Christians, Egypt, Islam, Civil Resistance, Muslim Brotherhood, Middle East Protests, Tunisia, Terrorism, Nonviolent Movement, Egyptian Protests, Egyptian Revolution, Nonviolence, Arab Spring, Muslims, Nonviolent Action, Democracy Struggles, World News
Cynthia Boaz

At the end of the day, the Egyptian uprising was one of history's most significant nonviolent struggles and that is how history will remember it.

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From Fate to Choice: More Empowered Egyptians

Mirette Bahgat | Posted 09.12.2011 | World

Read More: Egypt Protests, Hajib, Egypt Revolution, Egypt, Tahrir Square, Hosni Mubarak, Mubarak, Egypt Riots, Egypt President Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian Revolution, World News
Mirette Bahgat

Months after the revolution in Egypt, inspiring stories continue to surface that confirm positive progress is still in effect. Egypt is making the tra...

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Egypt Opposition Leader ElBaradei May Not Run For President

AP | By SARAH EL DEEB | Posted 08.12.2011 | World

Read More: Egypt Protests, Elbaradei, Mohamed ElBaradei, Egypt, Egypt President, Egypt News, Hosni Mubarak, Mubarak, Egyptian Revolution, World News

CAIRO -- Egyptian pro-democracy campaigner Mohamed ElBaradei said in a televised interview aired Sunday he is not sure he will run for president, beca...

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