Profile: Egypt's Tamarod protest movement
Tamarod is a new grassroots protest movement in Egypt that has been behind the recent nationwide protests against President Mohammed Morsi, a year after he took office. The group, whose name means...
View ArticleThousands gather for anti-Morsi protests in Egypt
Thousands of protesters opposing Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi have gathered on Cairo’s Tahrir Square ahead of mass rallies. Many fear the protests could turn deadly. Waving Egyptian flags as...
View ArticleEgyptian Christian to U.S.: Quit helping Muslims
An Egyptian Christian human rights activist is so fed up with the American government assisting the Muslim Brotherhood that he believes the U.S. ambassador should be recalled. As protesters prepare...
View ArticleFrom Egypt petition drive, a new grassroot wave
Click photo to enlarge FILE - In this file photo taken Wednesday, June 26, 2013, an Egyptian man holds a banner with an Arabic word Tamarod, or "Rebel," a campaign calling for the ouster of Egyptian...
View ArticleState Department trained Egypt protest activist
JERUSALEM – A group that is one of the main youth movements helping to organize the anti-government protests planned for Egypt this weekend participated in a 2008 U.S. State Department-sponsored...
View ArticleEgyptian coup could hurt Iran
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View ArticleEgypt's Revolution Stalls in Divide-and-Conquer Politics
By CHARLES LEVINSON and MATT BRADLEY CAIRO—Early Friday, 16 months after ousting former President Hosni Mubarak from power, Egypt's young revolutionaries huddled with leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood,...
View ArticleSignature campaign on Egypt's streets tests Morsi
Click photo to enlarge In this Sunday, June 2, 2013 photo, an Egyptian woman signs a petition for Tamarod, Arabic for "rebel", a campaign calling for the ouster of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi and...
View ArticleEgypt's Summer of Discontent
Due to a moribund economy, fuel and food shortages, and a lack of political opportunities, Egypt faces a tumultuous summer, and conditions will likely continue to deteriorate thereafter. While...
View ArticleWill Western nations turn their back on Egypt’s Islamist President?
CAIRO - The West seems to be re-examining its huge support for the Egypt’s Islamist President Mohamed Morsi as opposition accuses Brotherhood of pursuing a policy similar to that of the former regime...
View ArticleObama online gurus trained Turkey protest leaders
JERUSALEM – The directors of a youth movement helping to lead the anti-government protests rocking Turkey participated in a 2009 U.S. State Department-sponsored training summit on how to use social...
View ArticleEgypt's Tamarod and the military united for now
Egypt's Tamarod movement mobilized thousands and paved the way for the coup against Mohammed Morsi. They depend on the support of the military, but will the alliance last? A handful of Egyptians...
View ArticleUN urges Egyptian factions to engage in dialogue as clashes leave more than...
Two Egyptians were killed and 28 wounded yesterday as UN secretary general Ban Ki-Moon condemned violence against supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi after 80 people died in weekend clashes...
View ArticleUN urges Egyptian factions to engage in dialogue
Two Egyptians were killed and 28 wounded yesterday as UN secretary general Ban Ki-Moon condemned violence against supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi after 80 people died in weekend clashes...
View ArticleEgyptian military opens new chapter of fear
Ahmed Maher is a founder of the April 6 Youth Movement, an Egyptian activist group. This spring, I participated in the grass-roots “Tamarod” campaign organized to protest the government of Egyptian...
View ArticleEgypt army crackdown splits Morsi opponents
The army-led ouster of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on July 3 has fallen short of its stated goal to shield Egypt from unrest and political crisis, as the country suffered from its worst violence...
View ArticleEgypt crackdown: Five things to know
SHARECONNECTTWEETCOMMENTEMAILMORE What is the Tamarod movement? Tamarod, which means "rebel," is a coalition of Egyptians that includes liberals, secularists and union organizers whooppose the...
View ArticleLeading activist says Egypt revolution back at square one
CAIRO (Reuters) - Ahmed Maher's April 6 movement helped lead the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak in 2011. With Mubarak now out of jail, he says the revolution is back to square one, and could take...
View ArticleNew Egypt appointments so far going to advocates of military rule
CAIRO Transitional Egyptian President Adly Mansour, named by the Egyptian military to lead the country after it ousted Mohammed Morsi from office, announced several key appointments Sunday, all of whom...
View ArticleEgypt's Rebels Who Lost Their Cause?
Can the bizarre political alliance between anti-Morsi rebels and the Egyptian military last, especially as Tamarod turns on the army's biggest benefactor, the United States? Tamarod is the Arabic for...
View ArticleEgypt: Revolution Revisited
At various times over the past two years, People & Power has filmed with a key group of pro-democracy activists involved in the 2011 Egyptian uprising and its aftermath. The predominantly secular...
View ArticleEgypt’s ‘revolution’ is over as people accept imposition of military rule
CAIRO — Three months after the Egyptian military ousted the country’s first democratically elected president, Egypt now resembles the kind of police state whose oppressive policies gave rise to an...
View ArticleEgypt jails Brotherhood women, orders activist arrests
Cairo (AFP) - Egyptian authorities Wednesday jailed 14 women said to be Muslim Brotherhood members for 11 years, and ordered the arrest of two leading activists for demonstrating against a disputed...
View Article>Icons of Egypt's protest movement imprisoned
CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court handed down prison sentences to three of the country's most prominent youth activists Sunday in the first use of a controversial new protest law, a harsh warning to the...
View ArticleIcons of Egypt’s protest movement imprisoned
CAIRO — An Egyptian court handed down prison sentences to three of the country’s most prominent youth activists Sunday in the first use of a controversial new protest law, a harsh warning to the...
View ArticleEgypt court jails anti-Mubarak activists for 3 years
Cairo (AFP) - An Egyptian court on Sunday sentenced three activists who spearheaded the 2011 uprising against Hosni Mubarak to three years in jail for organising an unlicensed protest, judicial...
View ArticleIcons of Egypt's protest movement imprisoned
SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press= CAIRO (AP) â An Egyptian court handed down prison sentences to three of the country's most prominent youth activists Sunday in the first use of a controversial new...
View ArticleTrudy Rubin: Three years later, the hope of Tahrir Square revolt is gone
Last weekend marked the third anniversary of the Tahrir Square revolt in Egypt. It's hard to recall the incredible exhilaration of those days, which I witnessed firsthand: Facebook-savvy activists...
View ArticleIn Egypt, Arab Spring Gives Way To Military Winter
ASSOCIATED PRESS Egyptian plainclothes policemen arrest a supporter of Egypt's ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi during clashes in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Jan. 3, 2014. Dozens of Muslim...
View ArticleHamas next Mideast domino to fall?
TEL AVIV – Hamas is growing increasingly concerned about the prospects of its future rule in the Gaza Strip following the ouster in July of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood....
View ArticleHamas operatives arrested with explosives in Cairo
TEL AVIV — Seven members of Hamas were arrested in Cairo after being caught with explosive-laden cars meant to be used in a series of attacks in Egypt, according to a senior Egyptian intelligence...
View ArticleTrudy Rubin: Three years later, hope of Tahrir Square gone
Last weekend marked the third anniversary of the Tahrir Square revolt in Egypt. It’s hard to recall the incredible exhilaration of those days, which I witnessed firsthand: Facebook-savvy activists...
View ArticleThe hope of Tahrir Square revolt is gone
Last weekend marked the third anniversary of the Tahrir Square revolt in Egypt. It’s hard to recall the incredible exhilaration of those days, when Facebook-savvy activists rallied millions to the...
View Article3 years later, hope of Tahrir Square revolt is gone
Last weekend marked the third anniversary of the Tahrir Square revolt in Egypt. It’s hard to recall the incredible exhilaration of those days, which I witnessed firsthand: Facebook-savvy activists...
View ArticleEgypt's liberals pressing for democracy after coup
Click photo to enlarge FILE - This Saturday, July 6, 2013 file image released by the office of the Egyptian Presidency shows Tamarod opposition leaders from left, Hassan Shahin, Mohammed Abdel-Aziz...
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