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Is the Brotherhood feigning a feud with the women's council?

25 Mar 2013
A face-off between the Muslim Brotherhood and the National Council for Women (NCW) over a newly ratified United Nations declaration has raised more flags around the Brotherhood’s attitude toward women’s rights. Unexpectedly, it...
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A day at the Moqattam clashes

23 Mar 2013
  Over the past 26 months, Egyptians have protested in public squares, outside state-run institutions and, more than once, at the gates of the presidential palace; each new setting bringing with it an escalation in dissatisfaction,...
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There and back again: Egyptian workers remember their time in Iraq

21 Mar 2013
The invasion of Iraq in 2003 was a devastating day for Samir Shahin, even though more than a decade has passed since his time there. “Not just me — all Egyptians who lived there felt the same,” Shahin, a 55-year-old who...
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Brotherhood headquarters proves to be dangerous territory for protesters

21 Mar 2013
At the highest point in Cairo, in the suburb of Moqattam, stands the headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood, the party currently at the pinnacle of Egypt’s political pyramid. On Saturday afternoon, roads surrounding the...
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Children of the revolution: Youth wage street battles

14 Mar 2013
As the firing of a tear gas canister signaled the renewal of clashes on Qasr al-Nil Bridge, two 15-year-olds stood close to the front line in their school uniforms and backpacks. They didn’t budge, even as passers-by ran away from...
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Abu Ismail builds on support by launching a new party in a turbulent political scene

File photo of Islamic presidential hopeful Hazem abu Ismail
14 Mar 2013
Salafi preacher and former presidential hopeful Hazem Salah Abu Ismail has raised a flag and is calling on the masses to follow suit. With his newly launched party, aptly dubbed Raya — Arabic for flag — Abu Ismail seeks to...
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Divisions among police result in intermittent ‘strike’ action

Police officers shut down the Qasr al-Nil police station to demand the resignation of Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim.
13 Mar 2013
  On Sunday afternoon, Mohamed Emeira, investigations assistant at Qasr al-Nil Police Station, stood some 500 meters from ongoing clashes between protesters and Central Security Forces on the Nile Corniche. He began organizing police...
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Judicial committee proves military violations, presidency remains tightlipped

Chief of Staff of the Egyptian armed forces Sami Annan (L) attends the Coptic Christmas midnight mass at Abbassiya Cathedral, Cairo, January 6, 2012. A massive plan to protect Egyptian churches swung into action ahead of the Christmas eve mass lead by Pope Shenuda III in Cairo's Abbassiya Cathedral, with Islamist leaders attending for the first time.
11 Mar 2013
    A report issued by a judicial fact-finding committee appointed by President Mohamed Morsy last June has proved serious violations of protesters' civil and political rights were carried out by Egypt’s military rulers...
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Years after deadly rockslide, Duweiqa residents still await relocation

Impact of the destruction left by the collapse rocks in Duweiqa on September 6, 2008, where huge stone blocks collapsed on dozens of houses Bazbp Bakhit in the Jura region Manshit-Nasser rockslide east of Cairo, which led to the occurrence of a large number of dead and wounded by this painful incident.
11 Mar 2013
Gamal Ramadan knocks against a bedroom wall and parts of it break off, setting free some cockroaches that were nesting inside. The walls around his house are corroded and frail, as a result of the groundwater that is constantly seeping...
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Violence against activists becomes more systematic, observers say

11 Mar 2013
Reports released by human rights organizations over the past months say that the targeting of activists and deliberate murder of civilians inside and outside detention facilities have been on the rise since President Mohamed Morsy was...
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