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Egyptian TV bans parts of show parodizing former regime officials

Egyptian TV bans parts of show parodizing former regime officials

Egypt's state-run TV has refused to air parts of a sitcom that parodize officials from the regime of former President…
Brotherhood-led political alliance on verge of collapse

Brotherhood-led political alliance on verge of collapse

The Democratic Alliance for Egypt, a massive political coalition formed in early June to heal the rift between Islamists and…
Mubarak’s trial: The view from outside

Mubarak’s trial: The view from outside

As people around Egypt watched the second day of the history-making trial of former President Hosni Mubarak on television screens…
As Mubarak trial adjourns, lawyers for martyrs express optimism

As Mubarak trial adjourns, lawyers for martyrs express optimism

In the second session of the criminal prosecution of Hosni Mubarak today, the judge, Ahmad Refaat, joined the former president’s…
April 6 Youth Movement faces internal challenges

April 6 Youth Movement faces internal challenges

When one of Egypt’s best-known pro-democracy movements split recently, many feared the event might signal a major blow for Egypt’s…
Activists and presidential hopefuls condemn Asmaa Mahfouz arrest

Activists and presidential hopefuls condemn Asmaa Mahfouz arrest

Presidential hopefuls joined various revolutionary groups on Sunday in condemning the referral of activist Asmaa Mahfouz to a military court,…
New law to free workers’ syndicates from state control

New law to free workers’ syndicates from state control

Labor activists are keenly anticipating a new law on labor syndicates, a draft of which has apparently been completed and…
International arbitration plays key role in gas deal, Egypt’s future

International arbitration plays key role in gas deal, Egypt’s future

In violation of international agreements, natural gas has not flowed for months across the Sinai desert through the pipeline that…
Al-Azhar torn between secularists and Islamists

Al-Azhar torn between secularists and Islamists

Despite ongoing feuds over the identity of the state in post-Mubarak Egypt, both secularists and Islamists have recently agreed on…
Mubarak loyalists bring old state-run media ethos to the web

Mubarak loyalists bring old state-run media ethos to the web

There is a part of the internet that will forever remain 24 January 2011, and much of it lurks on…
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