Egypt’s Never-Ending Revolution
Since January 25, Egypt has witnessed an unprecedented wave of nationwide protests which have left more than 60 people dead. The country remains in a state of lawlessness. The protests,...
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Will Egyptians Put an End to Morsi’s Power Grab?
Last week, Egypt’s elected president Mohamed Morsi gave himself more power than even deposed president Hosni Mubarak had under decades of military dictatorship. Morsi, a form...
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Do Americans Dare Trust Egypt’s President Morsi?
The dramatic attacks on the U.S. embassy in Cairo capped off a summer in which Egypt has already seen its greatest political developments in 150 years. The first democratic elections since 1950 b...
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Egypt and the Rule of Law
Last week, Egypt’s administrative court tried to invalidate the assembly charged with drafting the country’s first constitution since protesters overthrew president Hosni Mubarak over...
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Islamist’s Win in Egypt Leaves US Uncertain
Egyptians celebrated Sunday the election of their country's first freely elected president - Mohammed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood, who becomes the first Islamist head of state of the Ara...
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Compromise is Inevitable in Egypt
Egypt’s historic presidential election will not settle the future of the country in one fell swoop, but it traces the contours of a new regime in which the key political actors may ultimate...
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A Little Egyptology
In Egypt over the weekend there was an election, more or less. And a coup — sort of. At least that’s what I took away from a discussion we had here at the...
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Two Villages, Two Egyptian Views
SHARQIYYA GOVERNORATE, Egypt—Only nine miles of rutted pavement separates the villages of Mubasher and Edwa, but the ideological division they represent has nearly split Egyptian politics i...
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Egypt’s Future Uncertain as Mubarak’s Health Worsens
With Egypt soon to head into the final round of its first presidential elections, deposed dictator Hosni Mubarak looks to be on his last legs. Though a court recently sentenced him to life in pri...
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A Second-Best President for Egypt
This week, Egyptians will elect a president for the first time in their history. Since 1953, the year in which Egypt became a republic, the country’s presidents have been no more than milit...
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Mubarak’s Old Stalwarts Vie for Supremacy
In late May, Egyptians will vote in the first free presidential election in their history. But despite parliamentary elections and other inklings of democracy, the forces of the old dictatorship...
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Egypt in Transition
Today Egyptians celebrate the first anniversary of the uprising that ended three decades of authoritarian rule under Hosni Mubarak. In its rocky aftermath, the army took control, but the transiti...
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Is Egypt Flying Apart at the Seams?
Egypt has seen an alarming rise in violence this past week between protesters and security forces — a stark illustration that the army has botched the country’s political transition....
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Egypt’s Military Must Step Aside
With only days left before Egyptians are to vote in their first elections since the fall of Hosni Mubarak, thousands of protesters spanning every political ideology, from secular to Islamist, hav...
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Egypt’s Next Big Moment
With only days left before Egyptians are expected to vote in their first elections since the fall of president...
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9/11 and Arab Democracy
Beyond catastrophe and mourning, September 11th had unforeseen consequences in the Arab world, especially in my home country of Egypt. The attacks of that day, by citizens of America’s key...
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The Way Forward for Egypt
Egypt’s deposed former president Hosni Mubarak made his first appearance in his trial in Cairo today. On Monday, Mubarak’s former subordinates in the military retook Ca...
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New FDD Iran Human Rights Project to Serve as Resource for Policy Makers
Press Release March 21, 2011 CONTACT: Susan Firey (202) [email protected] New FDD Iran Human Rights Project to Serve as Resource for Policy MakersThe Project Holds Tehran Accountable for Record of Abuse Washington, D.C. –The
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Uniting Egypt’s Opposition
Americans have proven remarkably sympathetic to Egypt’s protests, which are now entering their third week. But in trying to make sense of a complex situation, most commentators have glossed...
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Has Mubarak Already Won?
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has learned a few things during his 30 years in power. One of them is how to divide those who oppose him. In recent days, he has done this masterfully, and has re...