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Arab Spring

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World Feb 11

10 years after the Arab Spring, democracy remains elusive in Egypt

By Nick Schifrin, Ali Rogin

World Sep 27

People gather in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt September 20, 2019. Photo by REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
Egypt police seal off Tahrir Square amid calls for protest

The demonstrations erupted over corruption allegations leveled earlier this month against the military and el-Sissi by an Egyptian businessman living in self-imposed exile who said he had worked with the military for 15 years.

By Associated Press

World Jan 14

Tunisia, shaken by protests, marks 7 years since revolution

A coalition of political parties and associations called for peaceful protests over price hikes on the anniversary of its revolution.

By Bouazza Ben Bouazza, Associated Press

Nation Sep 17

New Yorkers revisit Occupy Wall Street on its fifth anniversary

People gathered in Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan on Saturday, exactly five years after Occupy Wall Street began, describing how a small encampment spread to cities across the country.

By Corinne Segal, Arlene Lormestoire

World Jul 13

Egyptian dissenters forcibly disappeared and tortured, Amnesty says

Hundreds of Egyptians, including students and children, have disappeared and been tortured under the guise of counterterrorism, according to an Amnesty International report released Wednesday.

By Kassia Halcli

Mar 30

Watch 9:46
Task force tackles how U.S. can support vulnerable Middle East

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There have been tectonic and tragic shifts across the Middle East and North Africa in the five years since the beginning of the Arab Spring movement, with hundreds of thousands dead and millions more displaced. To examine the role America…

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Mar 23

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Finding friendship in the wreckage of war and revolution

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After his last deployment to Afghanistan, decorated Marine veteran and writer Elliot Ackerman went to report on the civil war in Syria. What he found was friendship and a shared disillusion over the hopes of revolution. In this essay, Ackerman…

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Feb 12

Watch 9:32
Can Egyptian women start a revolution against sexual violence?

By PBS NewsHour

In Tahrir Square, the center of the Egyptian revolution five years ago, women safely joined men to protest for a new future. But that moment soon ended; hundreds, even thousands of female protesters were sexually assaulted. In some cases, activists…

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Feb 11

Watch 7:52
Has justice taken a backseat to civil order in Egypt’s courts?

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Egypt’s judiciary, once renowned as fiercely independent, now faces criticism for the harsh and lengthy imprisonment of political prisoners under the leadership of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Special correspondent Nick Schifrin talks with one family who have tirelessly fought for…

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Feb 10

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Egypt’s opposition forcibly muted five years since revolution

By PBS NewsHour

Five years after the revolution that toppled the government, Egypt has yet to achieve the movement’s democratic ideals. But there are no more protests because protests are illegal. Freedom of speech curtailed, McCarthy-esque fear pervades under President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, with…

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