Essam Tarek woke on Thursday morning when a bomb blast, targeting the Egyptian Interior Minister’s convoy, shook his neighborhood, in Cairo’s suburban Nasr City area. “I went to the balcony and I saw cars full of fire and …
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Egyptian Military Crackdown Leads to Arrest of American Citizen
In its efforts to suppress the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s military-backed government has begun arresting foreigners — including at least one American — accused of supporting the opposition
Viewpoint: Egypt No Longer Matters
It’s time for Washington to recognize that Cairo is not the center of the Arab world
Turmoil in Egypt: TIME Journalist Gets Caught in Cairo’s Latest Day of Rage
There was a crackle of gunfire. Birdshot hit the buildings overhead and the crowd of demonstrators on Cairo’s 15 May Bridge took off running from the shots. I felt a dull object hit my back. It was a brake disk from a car. …
Cairo Counts Its Dead After Egypt’s Crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood
The official death toll climbed to 638 nationwide on Thursday in the Egyptian government’s violent crackdown on protest encampments organized by supporters of deposed President Mohamed Morsi, making it the single deadliest …
Egypt’s Military Cracks Down on Muslim Brotherhood: Will Chaos Follow Killings?
Wednesday’s long-anticipated move by Egyptian security forces to violently clear a pair of Muslim Brotherhood protest sites in the capital was aimed at ending an impasse that had politically crippled the country. But the …
Egypt’s Crisis: Ramadan Heat Cools Tensions in Cairo, for Now
With the onset of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Egypt‘s explosive political crisis—which this week saw pitched street battles and dozens killed—has settled down to a slightly less volatile simmer. In what has become a …
Egypt’s Way Forward: New Transition Plan Draws Immediate Fire
Amid a political crisis where nothing important seems to happen before 10 p.m., the timing of interim Egyptian President Adly Mansour’s constitutional declaration — just past midnight early Tuesday morning — was par for the …
An Elected President Has Been Deposed: Egypt’s Party Looks Premature
Coups don’t have a history of turning out well, and the one that deposed Mohamed Morsi probably won’t be an exception
Cairo Protesters Demand New Egyptian Revolution
Hundreds of thousands urge that President Mohamed Morsi to step down after just one year in office
Egypt’s Morsi Faces Political D-Day One Year After Being Sworn in as President
Sunday will mark the one-year anniversary of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi’s inauguration. It will be met not by celebration but by nationwide anxiety and large-scale — possibly violent — protests. Egypt’s opposition …
Qatar’s Leadership Shake-Up: Powerful Emir to Step Down for 33-Year-Old Son
Residents of Qatar can finally stop holding their breath. On Monday evening, the nation’s official Qatar News Agency announced that on Tuesday morning Qatar’s Emir Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, 61, will address the nation …
No Laughing Matter
The arrest of a popular Egyptian satirist bodes ill for the revolution