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Morsy faces multiple challenges with increasing opposition
Egypt
December 5, 2012
Morsy faces multiple challenges with increasing opposition
Thousands marched to the presidential palace in Heliopolis Tuesday, chanting against President Mohamed Morsy, demanding a retraction of the constitutional…
Sunday’s papers: Morsy supporters fill the streets
Egypt
December 2, 2012
Sunday’s papers: Morsy supporters fill the streets
Sunday’s front pages report on the large pro-Mohamed Morsy protests staged Saturday, as opposition voices in Tahrir Square and elsewhere…
Morsy’s men: Sharia as an ambition, stability as an end
Egypt
December 2, 2012
Morsy’s men: Sharia as an ambition, stability as an end
Egypt witnessed a large protest by Islamist forces on Saturday, which they dubbed the day of “Sharia and legitimacy.” The…
Update: Morsy supporters take to streets, one killed by falling tree
Egypt
December 1, 2012
Update: Morsy supporters take to streets, one killed by falling tree
Thousands of people have gathered outside Cairo University in the largest show of support for President Mohamed Morsy since his…
Brothers and comrades in street politics
Egypt
November 30, 2012
Brothers and comrades in street politics
Islamists led by the ruling Muslim Brotherhood announced Thursday night that they would move their rally Saturday from Tahrir Square…
Not a monolith: Different faces of the judiciary react to Morsy’s declaration
Egypt
November 28, 2012
Not a monolith: Different faces of the judiciary react to Morsy’s declaration
Chants of “down with the regime” echoed Saturday through the halls of the Judges Club, whose general assembly rejected President…
The president’s new powers
Egypt
November 23, 2012
The president’s new powers
President Mohamed Morsy has often celebrated the fact that he has seldom used his legislative powers, using that fact as…
Assiut train collision deemed avoidable, if not for neglect and state failure
Egypt
November 20, 2012
Assiut train collision deemed avoidable, if not for neglect and state failure
The remains on the railway tracks at the entrance of Mandara in Assiut Governorate spoke of the unthinkable tragedy that…
Without a prayer: Law and street combine to prevent church building, stoke sectarianism
Egypt
November 16, 2012
Without a prayer: Law and street combine to prevent church building, stoke sectarianism
On Sunday, Ahmed Omar, a bearded Muslim resident of Queen Suzanne Street in Shubra al-Kheima, walked past a patch of…
Porn ban unrealistic and worrying, experts say
Egypt
November 9, 2012
Porn ban unrealistic and worrying, experts say
On Wednesday, the general prosecutor ordered the relevant authorities to enforce a court ruling banning pornographic websites that was…