Officials say the four were arrested after reportedly meeting with the former ruling party that’s since been labeled a terrorist organization
Muslim Brotherhood
Egypt’s Military-Backed Rulers Brand Muslim Brotherhood ‘Terrorist’ and Extend Crackdown
A number of bomb attacks mark a new dark phase in Egypt, where the military-backed government has deepened its crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood, labeling the Islamist organization a terrorist group
Egypt Declares Muslim Brotherhood a Terrorist Group
The move gives the regime more legal authority to suppress the group
Egypt Says Morsi To Face Conspiracy Trial
Mohammed Morsi accused of revealing state secrets with the intent of carrying out terrorist operations
Egypt Police Disperse Protests With Water Cannons
First enforcement of controversial law banning unauthorized demonstrations
Egypt’s Lonely Shiites Struggle for Rights, No Matter the Regime in Charge
For most of modern Egypt’s history, Taher Al-Hashimi has seen his community neglected at best, suppressed and hunted at worst. “We were persecuted under [former President Hosni] Mubarak and under [former President Mohammed] …
Egypt Calls an End to State of Emergency
The government says it will abide by a court ruling issue Tuesday
Oscar-Worthy Documentary Shows How Egypt’s Revolution Fell Apart
When it happened, Egypt’s February 2011 revolution seemed an epochal global event. If Cairo was not the birthplace of the Arab Spring, it was its apogee. The people of the Arab world’s most populous, most important nation, …
There Are Two Egypts and They Hate Each Other
Egypt’s latest spasm of violence over the weekend—which led to at least 57 deaths and 400 injured—confirmed the troubled nation’s new reality: The emergence of two distinct, opposed Egypts that hate each other.
One Egypt …
Six Egyptian Soldiers Killed as Violence Roils Country
Militants killed the soldiers near the Suez Canal, and a state-owned TV station in Cairo was attacked
Egyptian Authorities ‘Beat Up’ Ohio State Grad in Cairo Prison
An Egyptian-American activist arrested in August claims in a letter smuggled from prison that Egyptian security personnel beat him, denied him medical attention and joked about killing detainees.
Dual citizen Mohamed Soltan, a …
Qatar Haunted by Its Decision to Back the Arab Spring’s Islamists
As far as snubs go, Egypt’s precipitous return of $2 billion in aid from Qatar earlier this week couldn’t have been any clearer. Then Egypt’s Civil Aviation Ministry turned down a Qatar Airways request to increase the …
Egypt Bans the Muslim Brotherhood, but the Islamists Are Not Finished
When President Hosni Mubarak was ousted from power in February 2011, it kicked off an extended (and some would argue well-deserved) victory lap for the Muslim Brotherhood. After decades in the shadows — alternately tolerated …