The Egyptian developments aren’t American backed, but a Saudi-backed military coup. Many of the ruling establishment are Saudi puppets and they could end up with the same fate as the Muslim Brotherhood, says RT contributor Afshin Rattansi. RT: … read more
Hassan El-Banna, whose religious zeal and activism spurred him to establish the Muslim Brotherhood more than eight decades ago, is said to have regretted in the twilight of his rich life the group’s deviation from its original course by mixing … read more
In response to public demand, Egypt’s military leader AbdelFattah ElSissy ousted President Mohamed Morsi after one year in office and appointed Adly Mansour as the interim president, vowing that the Supreme Council of Armed Forces will not play a political … read more
It was not supposed to turn out this way: Only a year after Egyptians freely elected Mohamed Mursi as their president for a four-year term, he was removed by a military decree. This sets in motion a “road map” for … read more
Social Affairs and Insurance Minister Nagwa Khalil has called on her ministry’s central department for legal affairs to address prosecutors over the outcome of investigations into violence outside the Muslim Brotherhood’s headquarters in Moqattam on Monday. Khalil told the state-run … read more
99.3 percent of Egyptian women have faced sexual harassment – according to a study by UN Women. This may be hard to believe for those who have not visited Egypt but as an Egyptian woman, I can assure that this … read more
Observers are shocked. They do not understand as they watch millions of Egyptians marching in protest, in every major city in Egypt, against President Mohammed Morsi. In Cairo alone, some estimated the number of protesters to be 5 to 7 … read more
Egypt’s bitter split over who should be ruling the country exploded into violent clashes in the streets of Cairo and elsewhere on Friday as masses of demonstrators celebrating the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi battled crowds of Islamists who wanted … read more
Because the Muslim Brotherhood is the largest international Islamist movement, the ouster of Egypt’s Brotherhood-led government has implications for the broader Arab and Muslim world. The military coup, which followed days of mass protests in the streets of Egypt, will … read more
Egypt’s Tamarod movement succeeded in its attempt to pressure the Egyptian military to expel former President Mohammed Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood-led government from office. Now the question is whether Tamarod and the other elements of the former opposition can … read more