Mon 7 May 2012

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<p>أحمد سعد أبو دومة ، ناشط حركة 6 إبريل ، المتهم بالإعتداء على قوات الأمن ، و إصابة ضابطين أثناء تأدية عملهما خلال مسيرة&nbsp; 3 مايو ، محاصر بأفراد الأمن المركزي ، قبيل دخوله قاعة محكمة جنح قصر النيل , 8 مايو 2010 , في أولى جلسات محاكمته ، انتهت الجلسة بالـتأجيل .</p>
12 Apr 2012
Freed activist Ahmed Douma speaks of detention, new revolution
Blogger and activist Ahmed Douma has been detained by security forces multiple times and was released from his most recent detention on Monday. He had been remanded to custody for 30 days pending investigations into the violence that...
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<p>Febe Armanios</p>
20 Mar 2012
Q&A with Febe Armanios: On the history of Coptic leadership
It is hard for Egyptians to imagine a Coptic Church and papacy without the late Shenouda III, both because his 40-year leadership was the only one they had ever known, and because of the far-reaching changes he made in the church’s...
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<p>File photo of Islamic presidential hopeful Hazem abu Ismail</p>
19 Feb 2012
Abu Ismail: Consensus candidate a conspiracy against Egyptians
Al-Masry Al-Youm met with presidential hopeful Hazem Salah Abu Ismail, who expounded on his criticism of political deals surrounding presidential candidates and his positioning as an Islamist candidate in the map of political support from...
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<p>Central Security Forces raid NGO the National Democratic Institute in Dokki on 29 December.</p>
04 Feb 2012
NDI Egypt director says the organization will continue work
When public prosecutors and gun-wielding Central Security Forces stormed the Cairo office of the National Democratic Institute (NDI) in late December, they spent hours rummaging through the office, took some files and equipment, and...
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<p>Anti-military rule protestors demonstrate at Tahrir square in Cairo, December 2, 2011. Egypt awaited the delayed publication of results for the opening phase of its first elections since the overthrow of veteran president Hosni Mubarak which are expected to confirm an Islamist sweep.</p>
22 Jan 2012
Q&A with Asef Bayat: 'Not yet a full-fledged revolution'
Asef Bayat, a professor of sociology and Middle Eastern studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who previously taught at the American University in Cairo, has been studying social movements and revolutions in the Middle...
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<p>Noam Chomsky, Harvard University Professor Emeritus of Linguistics, social commentator and political activist</p> <p><br /><br /> &nbsp;</p>
28 Dec 2011
Q&A Noam Chomsky: Dictatorships, US relations & state propaganda
A darling of the left, Noam Chomsky is well-known for his articulate criticisms of US foreign policy. The American intellectual takes special interest in how the US coddles authoritarian regimes under threat, in particular when political...
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<p>Nour Party chairman Emad Eddin Abdel Ghaffour.</p>
11 Dec 2011
Nour Party chairman tries to ease fears
A visit to the Maadi headquarters of the Salafi Nour Party instantly contradicts some stereotypes of the ultraconservative Islamic movement. At the reception area, two bearded young men dressed in modern clothes show no hostility toward a...
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<p>File photo of Chief Editor of al-Wafd newspaper Osama Heikal.</p>
26 Nov 2011
Q & A with the Information Minister: State TV is not immune to making mistakes
Al-Masry Al-Youm sat with Minister of Information Osama Heikal in an interview conducted in conjunction with New Yorker magazine. The interview took place before the recent events in Tahrir Square and before the resignation...
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<p>Damietta residents protesting against Agrium in 2008</p>
14 Nov 2011
Q&A: Damietta security chief on current crisis
Protests continue in the Damietta area after a man was killed yesterday and several injured in clashes with military forces triying to disperse popular protests against a fertilizer factory in the area. Citizens have been blocking roads...
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<p>File photo of presidential hopeful, Mohamed Selim al-Awa, during an interview with Al-Masry Al-Youm, 1 October, 2011.</p>
13 Nov 2011
Q&A: Islamist presidential candidate on Egypt's future
Last month, Mohamed Selim al-Awa, a moderate 69-year-old Islamist intellectual, announced the temporary suspension of his presidential campaign to protest the slow transition timetable set by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF...
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