Egypt: Revolution, turmoil impact on pop culture
By
Hamza Hendawi
| January 3, 2014 - 7:05am
Egypt's dizzying ride over the past three years since the toppling of autocratic Hosni Mubarak has not only shaken up the country's politics. It has revolutionized its pop culture scene, from language to music and...
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Al-Qaida leader calls for attacks inside US
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Maamoun Youssef
| September 14, 2013 - 5:12am
Al-Qaida's leader on Friday marked the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks by calling on Muslims to strike inside the...
World
Thousands of Tunisians call on gov't to resign
By
Bouazza Ben Bouazza
| August 25, 2013 - 7:15am
Thousands of Tunisians demonstrated yesterday night in front of their national assembly kicking off a week of planned protests to call for the resignation of the Islamist-led government.
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Egypt court orders release of Mubarak
By
Sarah El Deeb
| August 22, 2013 - 2:32am
An Egyptian court ordered yesterday the release of ousted President Hosni Mubarak, but it is not yet clear if the ailing ex-leader will walk free after over two years in detention, officials said.
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Egypt: Islamists hit Christian churches
By
Hamza Hendawi
| August 18, 2013 - 3:00pm
After torching a Franciscan school, Islamists paraded three nuns on the streets like "prisoners of war" before a Muslim woman offered them refuge. Two other women working at the school were sexually harassed and...
World
Thousands protest government at Tunisia funeral
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Bouazza Ben Bouazza and Paul Schemm
| July 28, 2013 - 2:01am
Thousands of protesters chanting anti-government slogans joined a funeral march to lay to rest an assassinated Tunisian opposition...
World
Egypt orders arrest of Muslim Brotherhood leader
By
Maggie Michael
| July 11, 2013 - 4:04am
Authorities escalated their crackdown yesterday on the Muslim Brotherhood, ordering the arrest of its top leader for inciting...
World
Egypt army kills at least 50 in Cairo clashes
By
Maggie Michael and Sarah El Deeb
| July 9, 2013 - 5:26pm
Egypt was rocked by its deadliest day since its Islamist president was toppled by the military, with more than 50 of his supporters...
World
Crisis alert level 2 raised over Egypt - DFA
By
Louis Bacani
| July 9, 2013 - 3:15pm
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has raised crisis alert level 2 over Egypt where social and political tensions continue...
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Egypt overthrow shakes Islamists in the region
By
Paul Schemm
| July 8, 2013 - 6:25am
The military's overthrow of Mohammed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood's fall from power in Egypt have sent Islamist parties around the region scrambling to preserve gains made in the Middle East and North Africa...
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