World Feb 11 10 years after the Arab Spring, democracy remains elusive in Egypt By Nick Schifrin, Ali Rogin
World Sep 27 Egypt police seal off Tahrir Square amid calls for protest The demonstrations erupted over corruption allegations leveled earlier this month against the military and el-Sissi by an Egyptian businessman living in self-imposed exile who said he had worked with the military for 15 years. By Associated Press
World Jan 14 Tunisia, shaken by protests, marks 7 years since revolution A coalition of political parties and associations called for peaceful protests over price hikes on the anniversary of its revolution. By Bouazza Ben Bouazza, Associated Press
Nation Sep 17 New Yorkers revisit Occupy Wall Street on its fifth anniversary People gathered in Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan on Saturday, exactly five years after Occupy Wall Street began, describing how a small encampment spread to cities across the country. By Corinne Segal, Arlene Lormestoire
World Jul 13 Egyptian dissenters forcibly disappeared and tortured, Amnesty says Hundreds of Egyptians, including students and children, have disappeared and been tortured under the guise of counterterrorism, according to an Amnesty International report released Wednesday. By Kassia Halcli
Mar 30 Watch 9:46 Task force tackles how U.S. can support vulnerable Middle East By PBS NewsHour There have been tectonic and tragic shifts across the Middle East and North Africa in the five years since the beginning of the Arab Spring movement, with hundreds of thousands dead and millions more displaced. To examine the role America… Continue watching
Mar 23 Watch 4:40 Finding friendship in the wreckage of war and revolution By PBS NewsHour After his last deployment to Afghanistan, decorated Marine veteran and writer Elliot Ackerman went to report on the civil war in Syria. What he found was friendship and a shared disillusion over the hopes of revolution. In this essay, Ackerman… Continue watching
Feb 12 Watch 9:32 Can Egyptian women start a revolution against sexual violence? By PBS NewsHour In Tahrir Square, the center of the Egyptian revolution five years ago, women safely joined men to protest for a new future. But that moment soon ended; hundreds, even thousands of female protesters were sexually assaulted. In some cases, activists… Continue watching
Feb 11 Watch 7:52 Has justice taken a backseat to civil order in Egypt’s courts? By PBS NewsHour Egypt’s judiciary, once renowned as fiercely independent, now faces criticism for the harsh and lengthy imprisonment of political prisoners under the leadership of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Special correspondent Nick Schifrin talks with one family who have tirelessly fought for… Continue watching
Feb 10 Watch 11:05 Egypt’s opposition forcibly muted five years since revolution By PBS NewsHour Five years after the revolution that toppled the government, Egypt has yet to achieve the movement’s democratic ideals. But there are no more protests because protests are illegal. Freedom of speech curtailed, McCarthy-esque fear pervades under President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, with… Continue watching