In Pictures: Clashes return to Tahrir Square
The street clashes, the most serious since Mubarak stepped down on February 11 ... takes cover during clashes with riot police near the ministry of interior [Mohamed Abd El-Ghany/Reuters] Protesters are seen in front of smoke burning from a destroyed ...
Egyptian military head praises activist youth
(AP Photo/Amr Nabil) — AP Egyptians chant slogans and hold posters of Omar Abd El Rahman, imprisoned in the United ... Egypt's temporary military rulers purge the remnants of Hosni Mubarak's deposed regime. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) — AP CAIRO — The ...
Tale of two ports strains Iraq-Kuwait ties
The Gulf ports dispute is straining ties because Baghdad fears Kuwait's Mubarak port not only threatens competition ... two decades to build a large new deep-water port on the Khawr Abd Allah waterway -- opposite Bubiyan island, where Kuwait is building ...
Wisconsin and Egypt: A tale of two uprisings
The central demand from earlier in the year, the overthrow of Mubarak, is no longer relevant ... For example, blogger and activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah created what is called the #TweetNadwa, nadwa being the Arabic word for "seminar" or "study group."
Egypt's Democratic Jihadists?
Abd al Ghani's dissertation, however ... Whether others will follow its model or not in the post-Mubarak era is yet to be determined. Egypt was the birthplace of modern Jihadism. But after Mubarak, it may also be its graveyard. Dr. Omar Ashour is a ...
Arab Spring hardening into summer of stalemates
(AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File) — AP FILE - In this June 14 ... a nod to protesters' calls for the hanging of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, as they gather in Tahrir Square, the focal point of the Egyptian uprising, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday.
Libyan leader says former Arab League chief "employee" of Qatar
Al-Qadhafi spoke about Egyptian political history from Gamal Abd-al-Nasir to Husni Mubarak. He blamed Anwar al-Sadat for legalizing political parties which were banned by his predecessor, Gamal Abd-al-Nasir. He said Anwar al-Sadat's Egypt and pos-Sadat's ...