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While the Egyptian Army troops were being hailed as major heroes for siding with the protesters and effectively refusing to engage in violent acts against those demonstrating for democracy in Egypt, on March 9th things suddenly changed when soldiers..
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CAIRO, Feb 10 (Reuters) - The Egyptian government resisted growing pressure on Thursday from key ally the United States and from a still energetic popular protest...
made popular Feb 10 2011
The protests in Cairo are now in their third week, and despite everything that has happened in the furious, violent yet ultimately hopeful 15 days in the Egyptian...
made popular Feb 9 2011
Cairo, Egypt (CNN) — Egypt’s vice president said the massive calls for President Hosni Mubarak’s ouster are disrespectful to the country as a mass of...
made popular Feb 9 2011
CAIRO — President Hosni Mubarak struck back at his opponents, unleashing waves of his supporters armed with clubs, rocks, knives and firebombs in a concerted assault...
made popular Feb 3 2011
CAIRO — Hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood supporters protested outside vote counting stations, scuffling with police and denouncing what they called widespread fraud in...
made popular Nov 29 2010
Protests have continued during the night over the conduct of Sunday’s Egyptian parliamentary elections, which the opposition claimed were marred by fraud.
made popular Nov 29 2010
CAIRO — Egyptians went to the polls on Sunday to vote in a parliamentary election that seemed to unroll according to a wearily familiar script: scattered violence,...
made popular Nov 29 2010
Reporting from Cairo —
After decades of war, ruin and dashed aspirations, southern Sudan moved a step closer to independence Monday as thousands registered to vote in...
made popular Nov 16 2010
One muezzin for 16million people?
If you’ve ever been in an Islamic capital during the call or prayer (or al-azhan) you likely begin by hearing the muezzin...
made popular Aug 16 2010
Egyptian archaeologists on Thursday unveiled a newly-unearthed double tomb with vivid wall paintings in the ancient necropolis of Saqqara near Cairo, saying it could be...
made popular Jul 9 2010
Nobel Peace laureate Mohamed ElBaradei, former head of the UN nuclear watchdog, is awaited in Cairo as police warn his supporters not to mark the homecoming of a...
made popular Feb 19 2010
For the past few days, Egyptians from all over - both Christian and Muslim - have gathered around one corner of the Nile. Why the spectacle? No, no, Mubarack has not...
made popular Dec 17 2009
Algeria’s team bus was attacked by stone-throwing fans in Cairo on Thursday ahead of Saturday’s highly-charged World Cup qualifier against Egypt, police officials...
made popular Nov 14 2009
The director general of the organization of the Islamic conference, Allal Rachdi, said on Tuesday in Cairo that trade between the members of the organization reached...
made popular Oct 26 2009
I recently wrote about how Westerns often overstated the importance of Egypt’s al-Azhar University - the most authoritative voice in Sunni Islam. al-Azhar, which...
made popular Oct 15 2009
Western commentators on Islam and the Middle East often overstate the importance of al-Azhar University in Cairo. The oldest educational institution in Islam and...
made popular Oct 14 2009
One thing that has always dismayed be whenever I travel to Tunisia is how little regard establishments such as restaurants, hotels, etc... have for Tunisian clients....
made popular Aug 10 2009
Several Palestinian factions have accepted, in principle, to a ceasefire with Israel.
made popular Apr 30 2008
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New evidence of a sick, deprived population working under harsh conditions contradicts earlier images of wealth and abundance from the art records of the ancient...
made popular Mar 29 2008
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates arrives at Cairo’s international airport, Monday May 4, 2009, the first stop on a Mideast tour that will include Saudi Arabia. Gates is on a delicate mission, seeking to reassure U.S. allies in the Persian Gulf...
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