Apr 28 Watch News Wrap: Egyptian court sentences hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood supporters to death By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, the spiritual head of the Muslim Brotherhood and 682 others were sentenced to death by an Egyptian court in the second mass sentencing in two months for violent rioting last year. Also, New York Rep. Continue watching
Apr 28 Fifty royal mummies unearthed in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings By Justin Scuiletti The remains, which included those of newborn babies, princes and princesses, are believed to date back to the 18th Pharaonic dynasty. Wooden coffins and death masks, dating from 1567 to 1085 BC, were found beside the mummies, Ibrahim said to… Continue reading
Apr 03 Watch 12:04 New play depicts drama of Mideast peacemaking at ‘Camp David’ By Anne Azzi Davenport Continue watching
Mar 29 Two sentenced to death in Egypt for rooftop murders By Kayla Ruble A judge in Egypt sentenced two men to death on Saturday for murders that took place during pro-Morsi demonstrations last year in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria. Continue reading
Mar 25 Watch Dissent in Egypt persists despite government’s mass trials, death sentences By PBS News Hour In a crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood, their supporters and other dissenters, an Egyptian court put 638 suspected Islamists on trial for murder or attempted murder during riots last year. A day earlier, more than 500 suspected supporters of ousted… Continue watching
Mar 24 Watch News Wrap: Egyptian court issues death sentences to 529 Morsi supporters By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 24 529 Morsi supporters sentenced to death in Egypt By Justin Scuiletti An Egyptian court sentenced 529 supporters of ousted president Mohammed Morsi to death Monday for murdering a police officer, among other charges, in relation to an attack on a police station in August 2013. Continue reading
Mar 05 Watch Protesters, human rights groups demand release of Al-Jazeera journalists on trial in Egypt By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 24 Filmmakers record a revolution in Oscar nominated ‘The Square’ By Morgan Till From the earliest days of Egypt's uprising in 2011, director Jehane Noujaim, producer Karim Amer and their team shouldered cameras on the streets of Cairo as a revolution unfolded. The famous "18 days" -- centered on central Cairo's Tahrir Square… Continue reading