Violence flared across Egypt as supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood, the party of ex-President Mohamed Morsi, clashed with the opposition
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Egypt’s Crisis Signals the Unraveling of Yet Another Arab Nation-State
When British and French diplomats sat down to draw the boundaries of the modern Middle East, one country required no ruler and compass to define it. People lived in Egypt 10,000 years before the birth of Christ. The specific …
‘The Day the Revolution Died’: Amid Protests, Egypt’s Military Makes Its Move
Here is what experts, journalists and local bloggers are saying about the situation in Egypt
Cairo Protesters Demand New Egyptian Revolution
Hundreds of thousands urge that President Mohamed Morsi to step down after just one year in office
In Egypt, Protests and Clashes Follow Morsi’s Ouster
The Egyptian military stepped in July 3 to remove the country’s democratically elected, though increasingly unpopular, President Mohamed Morsi. As his opponents celebrated, his outraged supporters, including the Muslim …
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 …
The Saga of Sinai: A Neglected Hotspot Egypt’s Morsi Must Not Let Explode
Egypt’s newspapers and multiple nightly public affairs shows this week brimmed with breathless coverage of a host of hot-button issues. There was President Mohamed Morsi’s dramatic decision to close the Syrian embassy. There …
After Sectarian Violence, Coptic Pope Takes On Egypt’s President
It would be unfair and inaccurate to say that Egypt’s Muslim-Christian problems started with the January 2011 revolution. After all, Coptic Christian churches in Egypt were hit in two separate deadly attacks in the final 14 …
Egyptian Copts Mourn and Riot in Cairo
The grim specter of sectarian violence hovers once more over Egypt after a weekend of deadly riots involving Egyptian Copts in Cairo, which followed the funerals of Copts killed in clashes with Muslims in a town north of the …
No Laughing Matter
The arrest of a popular Egyptian satirist bodes ill for the revolution
Groundhog Day in Cairo: A Brutal Video Raises the Political Stakes in Egypt
Anger and outrage grow after a man is videotaped stripped and beaten in front of the besieged presidential palace
Revolt of Egypt’s Canal Cities: An Ill Omen for Morsi
The three major cities on the Suez Canal have always been political harbingers. What does the tumult in their streets mean for the Egyptian President
From Bad to Worse: Economic Woes May Compound Egypt’s Pain
The bad news for Egypt is that the deadly turmoil that has gripped the streets of some of the country’s main cities since last Friday threatens to grow worse in the months ahead. That’s because President Mohamed Morsi’s plans …