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Protester in Cairo's Tahrir Square. Photo by Mohamed Hossam/AFP/Getty Images. Despite the removal of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak and the start of his trial earlier this month, the organizers of the protest movement that led to the government's ouster are seeking more. Charles Sennott, co ...
... you, as we just heard voices from Cairo say, a lot of Egyptians thought this would never happen. How big a moment is this for Egypt, and in what way? TAREK MASOUD, Harvard University: Oh, this is a really huge moment, I think, for Egypt and I think for the ...
A supporter of Hosni Mubarak holds up his picture on the first day of his trial. Photo by Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images The trial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak began Wednesday as pro- and anti-Mubarak protesters rallied outside the temporary courtroom -- a sign of the country's ...
... taking shape. Five political parties have received licenses, including two Islamic parties -- one of which is the Muslim Brotherhood -- and three secular parties: the Free Egyptians, the Justice Party and the Egyptian Social Democrats, said Sabra. In the meantime, it's no surprise that the military council and protesters are ...
After months of agitation by protesters, Egypt's former President Mubarak and two sons will stand trial on charges of murder, attempted murder and abuse of power. Margaret Warner discusses how the legal action could shape Egypt's transition with Arab Reform Bulletin's Michele Dunne and Georgetown University's Samer Shehata.
Egypt's former leader Hosni Mubarak and two of his sons will face trial -- with a potential death sentence -- for the killing of civilians in protests earlier this year that ultimately led to Mubarak's resignation, Egypt's public prosecutor announced Tuesday. Mubarak, 82, left office on Feb. 11 after ...
... of Egyptians: 45 percent approve of his response, 52 percent disapprove. Corruption, lack of democracy and lack of economic prosperity have all weighed heavily on Egyptians in recent years, the survey found. Improving economic conditions rated as a very important priority for Egypt going forward by 82 percent of respondents ...
The last time I saw Mona Makram-Ebeid, she was sitting in the overstuffed opulence of a hotel cafe in Cairo, enjoying a cigarette with Newsweek's Paris bureau chief, Christopher Dickey, and a famed Egyptian writer. It was Day 13 of the Egypt uprising. President Hosni Mubarak was still ...
... collected, culled, and analyzed millions of Egypt-related conversations across numerous social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter and the very popular Masrawy web portal in Egypt. Read the News Group analysis here. Some of the findings: “Social media is a key driver, was game changer in Egypt primarily because it ...
News Group International, a Dubai based-news and information company, analyzed social media from and revolving around the Egypt uprising in Tahrir Square in January and Feb 2011. They discovered a new conversation rising, growing larger all the time and asking Arab people all over the Middle East and North ...
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