I visited the Cairo office of the Activists News Association on Monday and talked with the founders of the group. Rami Jarrah is a Syrian national who grew up in London [...]
Syrian exiles are building a global network of activists to spread the news about what’s happening on the ground in Syria. They want to help inform the debate in the international community about possible intervention. We will hear from some Syrian activists based in the Egyptian capital, Cairo.
In a special series, The World’s Ben Gilbert reports on how the rise of Islamist parties in post-Mubarak Egypt might impact the country’s delicate balance of religions and its political landscape.
Coptic Christians in Egypt had a degree of protection during the reign of Hosni Mubarak, but now that Islamist parties dominate the new parliament, Egypt’s Copts are feeling increasingly vulnerable.
The World’s Ben Gilbert has the second part in his series on the role of Islamists in Egypt a year after the departure of president Hosni Mubarak. In this report he focuses on Egypt’s conservative Islamic movement, the Salafis.
Relations between the US and Egypt seem to be in crisis. State-run papers there have been running headlines that America is trying to spread anarchy, to prevent the emergence of true democracy in Egypt, to suit Israel’s agenda.
Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Dr. Mohammed Salim al-Awa who is a devout Muslim and a prospective candidate for president of Egypt. He says Islamists don’t hate the United States but America needs to realize it’s not the only big player in the Middle East.
Blood, blood and blood are the subjects of this cartoon slideshow about Syria. Cartoonists around the globe are responding to the blood being spilled in the violent crackdown on demonstrators — especially in the Syrian city of Homs. Bashar al-Assad is the villain and the images are graphic, in your face, and unsubtle.
Saturday marks the one year anniversary of President Hosni Mubarak’s downfall in Egypt. Since then the military has controlled the government and members of the Muslim Brotherhood control Parliament.
The relationship between Egypt and Washington isn’t the only thing that is uncertain in Egypt right now. The political situation has lead to a growing fear of foreigners, and as Julia Simon reports from Cairo it’s coming from the state.
Magdi Abdelhadi dissects the unrest that was sparked off Wednesday night when a brawl after a soccer match in Port Said left 74 people dead.
Marco Werman talks with reporter Ursula Lindsey in Cairo about reaction there, after clashes at a soccer stadium yesterday in the city of Port Said left more than 70 people dead.
James Dorsey’s blog The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer looks at the intersection of soccer and politics. Dorsey’s been scribbling furiously since the terrible violence in Port Said.
The Egyptian Prime Minister, Kamal al-Ganzouri, has announced that the board of the Egyptian Football Association has been sacked and all its members placed under investigation.
Egyptians are not the only ones demanding human rights in a new Egypt. Another group is also seeking protective rights in Egypt – foreign domestic workers.
