Nov 26 Watch Egyptians Debate Accountability for Democratically Elected Presidents Egyptians Debate Accountability for Democratically-Elected Presidents… Continue watching
Nov 26 Watch Egyptian Protests Persist as Morsi Defends Powers Free From Judicial Review Protests in Egypt continued this week as Egyptians demanded President Mohammed Morsi withdraw his decree granting him broad powers free from judicial review. Ray Suarez reports on the state of politics in Egypt in light of Morsi's decree, as secular… Continue watching
Nov 23 Watch As Egypt’s Constitution Waits in Limbo, Mohammed Morsi Takes More Power As Egypt's Constitution Waits in Limbo, Mohamed Morsi's Grabs More Power… Continue watching
Aug 13 Watch Egyptian President Morsi Rejects Previous Limits on Presidential Power Egyptian President Morsi Rejects Previous Limits on Presidential Power… Continue watching
Aug 13 Watch President Morsi Ousts Egypt’s Defense Minister, Rewrites Power Restrictions After attacks on Egyptian border patrol left 16 guards dead, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi moved decisively to consolidate government power. He announced the retirement of defense minister Mohamed Hussein Tantawi and other top military leaders, many of whom served under… Continue watching
Jun 18 Watch After Parliament Dissolved, Egyptian Generals Put on ‘Charm Offensive’ After Parliament Dissolved, Egyptian Generals Put on 'Charm Offensive'… Continue watching
Jun 15 Watch Egypt Politics ‘Entering New, Dangerous Period’ More than 200 policemen were deployed outside Egypt's parliament Friday after a court nullified recent elections. Jeffrey Brown and Harvard University professor Tarek Masoud discuss the dashed hopes of the Egyptian people as voters head to the polls this weekend… Continue watching
May 25 Watch What a Muslim Brotherhood Win in Egypt Could Mean for U.S. Two of the most-polarizing candidates for Egypt's presidency might face off in a runoff after a partial vote count Friday in the country's first free presidential election. Jeffrey Brown and McClatchy reporter Nancy Youssef discuss the candidates, Ahmed Shafiq of… Continue watching
Apr 03 Watch Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Bid: Why the Turnaround? In Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood and other conservative Islamic political parties have advanced candidates for the upcoming presidential election. Margaret Warner and Harvard's Tarek Masoud explore the implications for the political and social life of post-revolution Egypt. Continue watching
Oct 03 Watch As Violence in Syria Escalates, Will Many ‘Fence Sitters’ Back Opposition? Word of a violent weekend assault on the city of Rastan by Syrian security forces prompted protests in several other cities across the country on Monday. Ray Suarez discusses the recent increase in violence with NPR's Deborah Amos, reporting from… Continue watching