Egypt Security Forces Disperse Anti-Mubarak Rallies After Closing Tahrir Square

Saturday’s ruling exonerating Mubarak angered many Egyptians, with some relatives of slain protesters, as hundreds took to the streets near Tahrir Square and blocked it to traffic to protest the autocrat’s acquittal and demand “retribution.”

Al Akhbar
By Al Akhbar

Egyptian police dispersed a demonstration in Abdel-Moneim Riyad Square on Friday, held to protest last week's court ruling clearing ousted president Hosni Mubarak of charges that he had conspired to kill protesters in 2011. Police used batons to disperse demonstrators, several of whom were arrested at random, eyewitnesses reported. The

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Bombs Shake Egypt As The Country Comes Under Fire From UN

Egypt has faced a growing Islamist insurgency since July 2013 when the army ousted elected Mursi following mass protests and cracked down hard on his Muslim Brotherhood.

Al Akhbar
By Al Akhbar
Mideast Egypt

Reports: A bomb blast just 100 meters from a Cairo presidential palace wounded a female passer-by early Thursday, just hours after a train bomb killed three people, security officials said. Meanwhile, the UN's top human rights body took Egypt to task Wednesday for a litany of rights abuses, including its crackdown on supporters of ousted

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Troubled Libya Now Faces Dueling Governments

The power grab highlights the lawlessness that has swept Libya since rebels overthrew dictator Moammar Gadhafi in 2011 and later formed powerful militias that successive governments have been unable to tame.

Associated Press
By Associated Press
Mideast Egypt

CAIRO  — Libya's past, Islamist-dominated parliament reconvened Monday and voted to disband the country's current interim government, defying voters who elected its opponents to take over amid ceaseless fighting by rival militias. The power grab highlights the lawlessness that has swept Libya since rebels overthrew dictator Moammar Gadhafi in

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Journalists Hold Global Day Of Action For Detained Al Jazeera Staff

The journalists could face up to 15 years in prison for what many say was the simple act of reporting on the actions of the Egyptian state.

Jacob Chamberlain
By Jacob Chamberlain
ALJ Journ

Journalists around the world took part in a global day of action Thursday in solidarity with a group of Al Jazeera journalists who have been imprisoned in Egypt, accused of terrorism, and scheduled to stand trial on March 5. The journalists could face up to 15 years in prison for what many say was the simple act of reporting on the actions of

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Syrian Beauty Contest Reveals The Heart Of Its Failed Economic Reforms

Bashar’s capitalist-style reforms were not so much about lifting the poor out of poverty, as they were about seeing whom from the middle class could become wealthy.

Norbert Schiller
By Norbert Schiller
Syrian girls competing for Miss Fashion Model, in Damascus, strut their stuff on the catwalk in 2006. (Photo Norbert Schiller)

At the beginning of June 2000, I was on assignment in Egypt’s Western desert illustrating a story about the Valley of the Golden Mummies that had recently been discovered near the Baharyia Oasis. Shortly after the excavation was completed, the Ministry of Antiquities invited the foreign press to attend the opening of the Golden Mummy exhibit at

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In 2013 Egypt, ‘Democracy’ Means ‘Military Rule’

Welcome to Cairo in 2013, where the people are now denouncing the military rule of General al-Sisi.

Louisa Loveluck
By Louisa Loveluck

CAIRO — On a backstreet on the east side of this sprawling city, a ragged crowd chanted in unison: "The people demand the fall of the regime." The small group shouted vociferously, united by a desire to oust a repressive ruler and hasten Egypt's progress to democracy. The “people” have been taking this demand to the streets a lot here in the

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