Aug 20 Watch How Much Does Foreign Money Affect Leverage in Egypt? How Much Does Foreign Money Matter Affect Leverage in Egypt?… Continue watching
Aug 20 Watch Egyptian Authorities Charge Muslim Brotherhood Leader With Inciting Violence Mohammed Badie, leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, was arrested on charges of inciting violence in reaction to the ouster of former President Morsi. Meanwhile, as the United States and European Union ponder military aid to Egypt, Gulf allies like Saudi… Continue watching
Aug 19 Watch Egyptian Ambassador: Objective of Crackdown ‘Wasn’t to Use Massive Force’ Egyptian Ambassador: Objective of Crackdown 'Wasn't to Use Massive Force'… Continue watching
Aug 19 Watch Egyptians Angry at Muslim Brotherhood Have Muted Reaction to Mubarak News Egyptians Angry at Muslim Brotherhood Have Muted Reaction to Mubarak News… Continue watching
Aug 19 Is a Fractured Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt’s Future? By News Desk Bernard Haykel, Professor of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University, joins Hari Sreenivasan to examine the continuing unrest in Egypt. Professor Haykel, an expert on regional politics and culture, stresses that Egypt's influence over its neighbors should not… Continue reading
Aug 19 Coptic Christians make an ‘easy target’ in Egypt’s unrest By Larisa Epatko While thousands of Egyptians in Cairo rejoiced over President Mohammed Morsi's overthrow in July, others were concerned about possible reprisals against the country's minority Coptic Christians. Continue reading
Aug 19 Watch Egyptian Court Says Former Leader Mubarak May Be Released From Prison More than a month after President Morsi was ousted by the military, an Egyptian court ruled that it no longer had grounds to hold Hosni Mubarak, the former Egyptian leader who was detained in 2011 on charges of corruption. Jeffrey… Continue watching
Aug 18 Watch Civilian Patrols Complicate Crisis in Egypt Civilian Patrols Complicate Crisis in Egypt… Continue watching
Aug 18 The Long-Term Significance of the Muslim Brotherhood EmbedVideo(7179, 482, 304); Editor's note | Starting Sept. 7, the PBS NewsHour is expanding its family, adding a "PBS NewsHour Weekend" newscast on Saturdays and Sundays. The 30-minute show will be anchored by NewsHour senior correspondent… Continue reading
Aug 17 Civilian Patrols Complicate Cairo Crisis By News Desk // Maria Abi-Habib, roving Middle East correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, joins Hari Sreenivasan from Cairo via Skype. Abi-Habib looks at the growing number of neighborhood civilian "committees" patrolling the streets, a trend born of a… Continue reading