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Prominent Egyptian political activist and acclaimed academic dies at 85
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 8 months agoSaad Eddin Ibrahim, a prominent Egyptian-American academic and pro-democracy activist during the reign of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, died on Friday. Ibrahim's death was announced ...
Alaa Abd el-Fattah, the jailed Egyptian-British dissident on hunger strike
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAlaa Abd el-Fattah, an Egyptian-British software developer and blogger from an activist family who...
Who is Muslim Brotherhood's Badie, once one of Egypt's most powerful men?
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 months agoMohamed Badie, the top leader of Egypt's outlawed Muslim Brotherhood organisation, was once seen as the Khamenei of Egypt and one of the masterminds responsible for the ascend of the organisation ...
Here Are Other Countries That Have Convicted Ex-Leaders
Time via Yahoo News· 1 week agoDonald Trump made U.S. history Thursday as the first former President to be criminally convicted...
Family says Egyptian political activist on Day 80 of prison hunger strike
CBS News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAlaa Abd El Fattah's prison sentence for "spreading false news" can't even be appealed, but his...
Egyptian opposition coalition criticises Sisi, weighs electoral challenge
Reuters via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA group of Egyptian politicians fired rare, pointed critiques at Egypt's President Abdel Fattah...
Egypt to vote for president in December, Sisi expected to win
Reuters via Yahoo News· 8 months agoEgypt will hold a presidential vote on Dec. 10-12, the elections authority said on Monday, with...
French backpacker missing in Egypt for a year back in Paris
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA French backpacker who had gone missing in Egypt a year ago has safely returned home to Paris, a...
2011 Africa and Middle East Unrest Fast Facts
CNN via Yahoo News· 11 months agoRead CNN’s 2011 Africa and Middle East Unrest Fast Facts and learn more about the Arab Spring anti-government protests that began in Tunisia in 2010.
Today in History: October 14, Martin Luther King wins Nobel Peace Prize
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 8 months agoToday in History Today is Saturday, Oct. 14, the 287th day of 2023. There are 78 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Oct. 14, 1964, civil rights leader Martin Luther King ...