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Egyptians Mark First Anniversary Of 'Friday Of Rage'

AP | SARAH EL DEEB and AYA BATRAWY | Posted 01.27.2012 | World

CAIRO — Muslim Brotherhood supporters and secular protesters hurled bottles and rocks at each other and got into fistfights in Cairo's Tahrir Sq...

The Movers Of Egypt's Revolution

Posted 01.25.2012 | World

Thousands of Egyptians gathered at Cairo's Tahrir Square on Wednesday to celebrate the first anniversary of the country's revolution. On January 25, 2...

#january25 One Year Later: Social Media & Politics 3.0

Rory O'Connor | Posted 01.25.2012 | Media

Rory O'Connor

One year ago, a revolution began in Egypt that still reverberates there. What, if anything, did it all have to do with the rise of social media?

Egypt's Tinderbox Economy - and Looming Economic Crisis

Bryan Balin | Posted 01.25.2012 | World

Bryan Balin

Egypt's three main sources of hard currency have been badly affected by the instability caused by revolution and the recent slowdown in global economic activity. If the drawdown of foreign reserves continues Egypt has roughly three months before it must devalue its currency.

PHOTOS: Tahrir Square Now And Then

Posted 01.25.2012 | World

Exactly one year ago on January 25, 2011, thousands headed to Cairo's Tahrir Square. Inspired by recent events in Tunisia, demonstrators protested aga...

'The Army, The People...'

Posted 01.25.2012 | World

By Charles M. Sennott, GlobalPost One year into Egypt's unfinished revolution, fateful questions loom here in the most populous nation in the...

Hosni Mubarak's Tumultuous Year In Pictures (PHOTOS)

Posted 01.25.2012 | World

"Down with Mubarak!" One year ago today, on January 25, 2011, thousands of Egyptians filled Tahrir Square and univocally demanded the resignation ...

Egyptians Gather In Tahrir Square To Mark First Anniversary Of Uprising

AP | MAGGIE MICHAEL and SARAH EL DEEB | Posted 01.26.2012 | World

By MAGGIE MICHAEL and SARAH EL DEEB, Associated Press CAIRO -- Tens of thousands of Egyptians rallied Wednesday to mark the first anniversary of th...

Egypt's Economic Crisis: Where Are the Promised Billions and What Will It Take for Investors to Return?

Carina Kamel | Posted 01.25.2012 | World

Carina Kamel

Alarm bells are ringing inside Egypt and outside as the country faces an economic crisis nearly one year after the revolution.

Egyptian Leader Lifts Emergency Laws, Except For 'Thugs'

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI | Posted 01.25.2012 | World

CAIRO — Egypt's military ruler on Tuesday decreed a partial lifting of the nation's hated emergency laws, an apparent attempt to ease criticism ...

The Eyes of Tahrir

Robin Wright | Posted 01.24.2012 | World

Robin Wright

A year after Egypt's feisty uprising challenged decades of autocratic rule, the most striking thing about the protesters still at Cairo's Tahrir Square is the plethora of eye-patches.

Egypt Suspends Soccer Matches in Anticipation of Protest Anniversary Clashes

James Dorsey | Posted 01.23.2012 | World

James Dorsey

Fears of renewed clashes this week are reinforced by a growing sense that the militant soccer fans' raison d'etre increasingly has become their deep-seated hatred of the police and the Central Security Force rather than a political vision for the future of Egypt.

Lara Logan's Harrowing Confession About Assault

The Huffington Post | Rebecca Shapiro | Posted 01.23.2012 | Media

In a new interview with New York Daily News, CBS News correspondent Lara Logan discussed how she has moved on from the brutal attacks she sustained wh...

Defense Argues For Mubarak's Acquittal: Leader 'Technically Still President'

AP | Posted 01.22.2012 | World

CAIRO -- Hosni Mubarak's lawyer concluded his defense on Sunday, arguing that the ousted leader should be acquitted of criminal charges because he is ...

Egypt's Entrepreneurs See New Dawn Post-Revolution

Reuters | Posted 01.18.2012 | Small Business

(Reuters - By Andrew Torchia) - Two months after mass protests ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak last February, Ahmed Essam resigned from his jo...

Egypt's Military Ruler Issues Warning Ahead of Uprising Anniversary

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI | Posted 01.19.2012 | World

CAIRO — Egypt's military ruler has stepped up a media campaign against activists ahead of next week's anniversary of the uprising that toppled H...

What Sparked Egypt's Revolution?

Posted 01.11.2012 | World

Unemployment and poverty alone did not spark Egypt's revolution, according to a recent survey carried out by the Abu Dhabi Gallup Center. Egyptia...

The Isolated Whirlpool of Tahrir

Farah Jassat | Posted 01.10.2012 | World

Farah Jassat

Outside of Tahrir, the vying narratives and propaganda wars make it hard for the ordinary Egyptian to navigate the political scene.

20 Big Ideas for 2012, Part Two

Don Tapscott | Posted 01.10.2012 | Business

Don Tapscott

What will happen in 2012? In the spirit of the aphorism "The future is not something to be predicted, it's something to be achieved," let me suggest 20 transformations.

Christmas in Cairo: Is There a Place for Non-Muslims and Liberals in the New Egypt?

Carina Kamel | Posted 01.10.2012 | World

Carina Kamel

One of the biggest changes in Egypt this Christmas was that the perceived threat of Islamism is now all the more real as the once-banned Muslim Brotherhood are poised to control parliament.

UN Special Rapporteur, Richard Falk, Talks About Palestine's Bid for Statehood (Part 2)

Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 01.09.2012 | Politics

Kathleen Wells, J.D.

If I remember correctly, didn't President Bush, the father, at one point make an appeal to the American people on television?

Mubarak Helicoptered In To Court As Trial Resumes

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI | Posted 01.03.2012 | World

CAIRO — The trial of Hosni Mubarak resumed Monday amid speculation that a recent acquittal of policemen tried in the killings of protesters coul...

On State Violence, the Cost of Escalation, and Egypt's Descent Into Chaos

Kurt J. Werthmuller | Posted 12.23.2011 | World

Kurt J. Werthmuller

The violence in and around Cairo's Tahrir Square between military police and an increasingly belligerent core of protestors, has been particularly ugly. U.S. policy makers must use their leverage and speak out.

Reclaiming the Revolution: Women in Cairo Refuse to Be Sidelined

Anushay Hossain | Posted 12.21.2011 | World

Anushay Hossain

What Egyptian women are showing us today is truly revolutionary because they are refusing to be sidelined in determining the future of their country. They were and are a part of Egypt's revolution.

Best of TEDTalks 2011, #4: Inside the Egyptian Revolution

Wael Ghonim | Posted 01.07.2012 | Technology

Wael Ghonim

2011-12-21-waelwaetedted.jpgSomething Egyptians have proven to be true is that the power of the people is much stronger than the people in power.