What a great week! Well, at least for an Egyptian living in New York. Several young Egyptian activists who helped plan the protests and were prominent participants in the revolution that toppled the 30-year-regime of former President Hosni Mubarak were … read more
The decision comes as Egypt seeks to chart a new foreign policy course, in the wake of the uprising that saw the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak, that could strain its warm relationship with the United States and its ties with … read more
Thousands of Muslim demonstrators gathered in front St. Mark’s Cathedral in Cairo, vowing not to leave until they know the whereabouts of Coptic women, especially Camilia Shehata, who allegedly converted to Islam but are held against their will by the … read more
Fourteen people traveling to a cemetery were killed Friday in Egypt when a minibus slid off a ferry into the Nile River. The dead were all residents of the village of Beni Haydar, al-Masry al-Youm reported. Twenty bus passengers, all … read more
Egypt is preparing to open the Rafah crossing with Gaza for the first time since Hamas seized control of the Strip in 2007, Cairo said Thursday, in order to “put an end to Palestinian suffering”. Also Thursday, four Palestinians were … read more
The U.S. Embassy in Cairo has resumed normal operations and the State Department is lifting the “ordered departure” status for its non-emergency staff there, according to a travel alert issued Thursday. “Given the continuing improvements since the January 25 Revolution, … read more
After two months of silence, CBS News correspondent Lara Logan has returned to work and she describes in an interview Sunday with “60 Minutes” the sexual assault she endured. Logan and her crew were reporting in Cairo’s Tahrir Square about … read more
In spite of the apparent calm in Egypt after the historic “overthrow” of the Mubarak regime, travel, a major source of income for the country, has not recovered. While some cruise lines have reinstated Egypt as a port of call, … read more
As former officials go on trial for ordering the killing of protesters, some Egyptians still lack confidence in the ruling military, reports the BBC’s Leana Hosea in Cairo. Egypt’s Supreme Military Council has promised that those responsible for abuses of … read more
The ruling Egyptian authority announced that it started handing responsibility to a new security agency, government sources said. The Egyptian Interior Ministry dissolved the country’s notorious State Security Investigations Service in March. Protesters had stormed the offices of the SSIS … read more