Posts Tagged: Tahrir Square
Egyptian Mummies Paraded Through Cairo on Way to New Museum
A grand parade conveyed 22 ancient Egyptian royal mummies in special capsules across the capital Cairo on Saturday to a new museum home where they...
Defying Crackdown, Hundreds of Iraqis Protest for Third Day
Hundreds of Iraqi protesters remained in Baghdad's central Tahrir Square on Sunday, defying a bloody crackdown that killed scores over the weekend and an overnight...
Small But Rare Protests in Egypt After Online Call for Dissent
Hundreds protested in central Cairo and several other Egyptian cities late on Friday against President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, responding to an online call for a...
We Could Have Seen Europe’s Muslim Rape Crisis Coming
In the aftermath of the New Year's Eve's mass rapes of European women by Muslim refugees, the questions have been repeated: Should we have known this kind...
Hebrew-Speaking Egyptians Embrace New Role in Revolution 2.0 (VIDEO)
The military coup in Egypt has given Israelis a chance to witness a revolution of a different sort in their neighboring country: fluency in the...
Egypt Military Fears 10,000 Unaccounted for Weapons Since 2011
An SIG Pro semi-automatic pistol. Photo: Augustas Didžgalvis. Egyptian military officials fear that 10,000 weapons, mostly small arms, have gone missing since the uprisings of...
Morsi Removed, Muslim Brotherhood Down…But is it Out?
After millions of Egyptians took to the streets to protest the Muslim Brotherhood's Islamic rule, the Egyptian military, under the command of General...
Government, Military Set to Square Off in Egypt Showdown
The deadline given by Egypt's military to President Mohamed Morsi for reaching a resolution over political unrest in the country is quickly approaching, with news...
Hundreds of Thousands Protest in Egypt, Demand Morsi’s Exit
JNS.org - Hundreds of thousands of Egyptians gathered around Cairo's Tahrir Square on Sunday to urge Islamist President Mohamed Morsi to step down. "It's the same...
140,000 Canisters of U.S. Teargas to Egypt’s Morsi
The Egyptian publication Al-Masry Al-Youm reports that the U.S. government has supplied five containers carrying 140,000 teargas canisters to Egypt's Interior Ministry. It further reports...
Egyptian Military Signals Impatience With Muslim Brotherhood
Fox News - Egypt's powerful military is showing signs of growing impatience with the country's Islamist leaders, indirectly criticizing their policies and issuing...
Welcome to Obama’s Parallel Universe
Now that he has been safely re-elected, Barack Obama's personal foreign and defense views no longer pose any risk to him in domestic political terms. Unfortunately, however,...
Egypt’s Palace Coup
If even Time magazine realizes that in Egypt, "The Military Shows Egypt Who's Boss," one figures that the memo has finally been read by the...
Egypt’s ‘Economic Woes’ Distract From Religious Extremist Reality
As the one-year anniversary of Egypt's Tahrir Square uprising came and went, many commentators felt obliged to wax positive about the revolution in...
