Nov 21 Watch Egypt Faces ‘Fateful Turning Point’ With Elections in Jeopardy Clashes between police and protesters moved into a third day in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Monday. Ray Suarez discusses the increasingly deadly mix of politics and violence in Egypt with GlobalPost's Charles Sennott. Continue watching
Nov 21 GlobalPost’s ‘Egypt Voices’ Series Looks at All Aspects of Revolution By Larisa Epatko Unless unrest in Cairo delays them, Egypt's military leaders plan to hold parliamentary elections starting Nov. 28 to forge ahead on a planned transition to democracy following the ouster of Hosni Mubarak. Our partners at the international website GlobalPost are… Continue reading
Nov 21 Reporter in Egypt: Contained ‘War Zone’ in Parts of Cairo By Larisa Epatko For a third straight day in Egypt's capital Cairo, police tried to beat back protesters who were flinging rocks and Molotov cocktails, angered by a draft constitution guideline that they say gives the military too much power. Continue reading
Nov 04 Watch Conversation: Syrian-American Rapper Omar Offendum Hip-hop artist Omar Offendum bridges his Middle Eastern roots to his Western upbringing. Continue watching
Oct 31 ‘Wall of Martyrs’ Depicts Egypt’s Fallen in Graffiti Art By Extra DA A graffiti wall in Alexandria, Egypt depicts the faces of Egyptians who died in the country's recent revolution, for which many Egyptians consider them martyrs. Continue reading
Oct 12 Watch Novelist Alaa Al Aswany on Surprising Changes in the Egyptian People Egyptian novelist and dentist Alaa al Aswany speaks with Margret Warner about the surprising changes in political behavior of his countrymen amid the revolution earlier this year, and how the new Egypt is taking shape. Continue watching
Oct 10 Watch After Deadly Clashes, Is Partnership Between Egypt’s People, Military Over? Cairo struggled to return to calm Monday after clashes Sunday between Coptic Christians, Muslims and security forces killed 26 people and wounded more than 500. Ray Suarez discusses the latest violence with The New York Times' David Kirkpatrick, reporting from… Continue watching
Oct 10 New Clashes Erupt in Egypt, Prime Minister Calls for Calm By News Desk An Egyptian woman mourns over the coffins of some of the 24 Coptic Christians killed during overnight clashes. Photo by Mahmud Hams/AFP/Getty Images. 4 p.m. ET | The loss of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who stepped down in February following… Continue reading
Sep 19 Young Photographer Documents Egypt’s Revolution By Extra DA Eighteen-year-old Egyptian student and photographer Yasser Alaa has been documenting his country's recent revolution from behind the lens of a camera, most recently attending protests that sprang up after the country's longtime dictator, Hosni Mubarak, stepped down. Continue reading
Sep 16 Watch Egypt’s Economy Sinks on Heels of Uprising Margaret Warner continues her reporting from Cairo with a look at the economic fallout from the country's revolution. Continue watching