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Ten days have passed since the commemoration of last year’s Mohamed Mahmoud clashes, but the area surrounding Tahrir Square remains the scene of a battlefield. Images of wounded children being rushed to field hospitals, thick white clouds of...
Renowned television host Lamis al-Hadidi created a brouhaha across the airwaves this week when she said she had eyewitness accounts of tents being set up in the border towns of North Sinai to house Palestinians fleeing the violence of Gaza.
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Located in the midst of a favorable spot in the Nile, the Qursaya Island was the spot chosen by hundreds of activists back in 2007 to spend their New Year’s Eve. The event was a way to raise awareness about the embattled island, whose...
On 19 November 2011, all hell broke loose in Mohamed Mahmoud Street, which juts east from Tahrir Square.
Security forces brutally dispersed a sit-in of about 200 relatives of those injured or killed during the revolution earlier that year, along...
The revolution continues, or so they say. For many, the reasons to stage a revolution remain: social inequality, police repression, and corruption deeply embedded in the system.
But the masses, who flooded the streets in January and February last...
Sunday’s front pages are covered with headlines about President Mohamed Morsy’s separate “talks” with Amr Moussa, Hamdeen Sabbahi and Abdel Moneim Abouel Fotouh. The former presidential candidates discussed the first draft of...
Many among the ranks of opposition forces consider the Constituent Assembly to be dominated by Islamists. Far from a reflection of the aspirations of all strata of Egyptian society, they say, the draft constitution published last week is bent toward...
Draft articles proposed by the Constituent Assembly, the body drafting Egypt’s constitution, seek to guarantee that President Mohamed Morsy completes his four-year presidential term, some argue based on the latest version of the document.
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The news dominating Sunday’s papers revolves around Abdel Meguid Mahmoud, who walks out of a meeting with President Mohamed Morsy “victorious” as he retains his position as public prosecutor, despite the president’s attempt...
An anti-Brotherhood vibe prevailed in Tahrir Square on Friday evening, following clashes between members of the group and other protesters throughout the day.
Protesters in the square appear to have driven out the Muslim Brotherhood youth with whom...
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