An outpouring of dissent by millions of Egyptians prompted a threat of intervention by the Supreme Military Council. Michele Dunne of the Atlantic Council and Hussein Ibish, a Middle East commentator, join Margaret Warner to discuss the protests, the military's ultimatum and what it all means for Egypt and ...
... The battle is over the identity of this state right now. Since the revolution happened, the forces that we call secular are fighting so that Egypt's identity will not be an Islamic identity, but I insist that Egypt's identity must be Islamic. MARGARET WARNER: Once clear difference from ...
Protesters marched Feb. 6 against the government, saying it hasn't done enough to protect women from violence in Tahrir Square and Mohamed Mahmoud Street in Cairo. Photo by Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters. Tahrir Square in Cairo, the site known around the world for Egypt's historic revolution, has another ...
... As he drives past the graffiti-laden buildings of the city, he talks about his frustrations with slow business and his hopes of a better Egypt for his children. On Friday, PBS NewsHour senior correspondent Margaret Warner explores the state of Egypt's economy two years after the revolution, and ...
PRESIDENT MOHAMMED MORSI, Egyptian: I tell everyone from all colors of the spectrum, my brothers in the different political parties to come, to sit and put in place guarantees that we agree on together to ensure the fairness of the upcoming elections. MARGARET WARNER: But Michele Dunne doubts Morsi sees ...
Egypt's Morsi Hoped Violence Would Burn Out, Instead Spreads to More Cities
... the emergency law put in place will be applied, given the very sensitive history of this in Egypt. What's most important is that the Egyptian government respect the rights of all Egyptians to due process going forward. JEFFREY BROWN: Meanwhile, as thousands of Egyptians attended funerals, the Morsi government ...
... remains in the eyes of many Egyptians a very polarizing document. How does President Morsi plan or hope to overcome that divide? WALEED EL HADDAD, Egyptian Freedom and Justice Party: I would like to say that we have the first constitution in the Egyptian history that Egyptians went to the ...
... election, we can get a majority. If we do that, then we finally would be able to correct the path of the revolution, establish an Egypt that is focused on human dignity, guarantees of freedom. We do need that everybody around the world to stand up and be counted, frankly ...
... Read an unofficial English translation of the draft constitution.) "There's a lot of serious apprehension about this document," said ElBaradei. He added that many Egyptians "do not want the country moving into a theocratic state, or moving from one authoritarian system as of (former Egyptian President Hosni) Mubarak to ...
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