Egypt’s Bloody Sunday | by Mariz Tadros

Egypt’s Bloody Sunday | by Mariz Tadros

At first, it looked like a repeat of the worst state brutality during the January 25 uprisings that unseated the ex-president of Egypt, Husni Mubarak: On Sunday, October 9, security forces deployed tear gas, live bullets and armored vehicles in an effort to disperse...
Egypt’s Intense Election Eve | by Nate Wright

Egypt’s Intense Election Eve | by Nate Wright

Residents of Cairo’s Darb al-Ahmar neighborhood have gathered at a streetside café on a late October Friday night to get their first glimpse of a political party founded by revolutionary activists. Men play backgammon and sip from their glasses of tea as members of...
Military vs people power | by Carl Finamore

Military vs people power | by Carl Finamore

Egyptians immediately recognised vivid symbolism few others understood in the soccer riot that broke out recently in the coastal city of Port Said. First, the killing of 74 Ultras, fans of the Cairo team Al-Ahly, occurred on the 1 February one-year anniversary of the...

Morsi wins Egypt’s presidential election

Muslim Brotherhood candidate declared the official winner with 13.2 million votes in second round. The Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohammed Morsi has officially won Egypt’s presidential election and will be the country’s next president, the electoral...