Articles
Egypt’s Mubarak Talks for 1st Time Since Detention
(CAIRO) — In his first comments to the media since he was detained more than two years ago, Egypt's ousted leader Hosni Mubarak said he is dismayed at the...
Mubarak Appears in Egyptian Court for Retrial
(CAIRO) — Hosni Mubarak waved to his supporters from inside a defendant's cage on Saturday after being wheeled into a Cairo courtroom for the first session of...
Egypt Prosecutor Orders New Mubarak Investigation
(CAIRO) — Egypt's state news agency says the country's top prosecutor has ordered a new investigation into corruption allegations against ousted President Hosni...
Police Blamed in Egypt Revolt Deaths
(CAIRO) — The highest-level inquiry into the deaths of nearly 900 protesters in Egypt's uprising has concluded that police were behind nearly all the...
Egypt’s Army Intervenes in Port Said Clashes
PORT SAID, Egypt (AP) — The military intervened in clashes between thousands of protesters and police in a restive Egyptian canal city on Sunday, the latest in a...
Egyptians Protest on Anniversary of Mubarak’s Fall
(CAIRO) — Security forces sprayed protesters with water hoses and tear gas outside the presidential palace as Egyptians marked the second anniversary of the fall...
Mubarak’s New Trial: How Egyptian Politics Will Weave Its Way Into It
The June 2012 verdict was widely seen as flawed but will a new trial bring more clarity? Or just more political maneuvering?
Morsy’s Gaza Challenge: How New Can the New Egypt Afford to Be?
The Egyptian president has denounced the Israeli attack and recalled Cairo's ambassador to Tel Aviv. But Mubarak did as much in the past. Will the Muslim...
Shades of Mubarak: Egyptian Journalists Chafe Under Media Controls
Sabah Hamamou recalls hoping for the best and giving Mohamed Morsy the benefit of the doubt when the longtime Muslim Brotherhood official became Egypt’s...
The Death of Omar Suleiman: Man of Shadows Slips into the Dark
The Egyptian dictatorship's spy chief leaves behind a subterranean legacy of fear and brutality as well as questions over what state secrets he takes to the...
‘Clinically Dead’? How Many Kinds of Dead Are There?
On Tuesday, Egyptian news reports declared ousted and imprisoned president Hosni Mubarak “clinically dead” after suffering a stroke and requiring artificial...
Mubarak's Conviction in Egypt: A Game of Smoke and Mirrors?
In a rundown maze of slums with electrical wires and laundry tangled across Cairo's mustard sky, Umm Mohammed, 55, put her hands to her face and fell silently to...
Egypt’s Revolutionaries Return to Tahrir Square, but Their Protests Are Flailing
Exasperated by their failure to shape events in their country since last year’s ouster of President Hosni Mubarak, thousands of Egyptian revolutionaries were...
Egypt: The Presidential Candidate Who Came in From the Cold
The conspiracies are coming true. At least that's how many Egyptians say they feel after a week of political surprises that have upset a list of frontrunners and...
As Violence Roils Cairo's Streets, What Does Egypt's Junta Want?
The clashes that killed at least 24 Egyptians and wounded scores more on Sunday will have deepened suspicions over the intentions of the country's military...
Curse of the Mubarak Trial: A Pestilence of Lawyers
Judge Ahmed Refaat was clearly not happy. He spent much of Monday's court hearing in the trial of ex-President Hosni Mubarak trying to get the lawyers to behave...
Egypt's Mubarak on Trial: Pay Attention to the Men Behind the Curtain
Only a madman would have predicted, even nine months ago, that Egyptian TV's ramadan special, this year, would be the trial of Hosni Mubarak. It's a compelling...
The Dictator in His Cage: Hosni Mubarak Goes on Trial in Egypt
For many of the Egyptians who participated in the uprising that toppled former President Hosni Mubarak in February, there was something cathartic about seeing...
Will Egypt's Military Hijack its Revolution?
Turkey, with its pluralistic democracy and booming economy under the stewardship of a moderate Islamist party, is hailed as the model for post-Mubarak Egypt by...
Egypt's Protesters Struggle on, Having Dislodged Mubarak but Not His Regime
It may be midsummer in Egypt, but Cairo's Tahrir Square has recaptured some of the heady spirit of the "Arab Spring" that brought down President Hosni Mubarak...
