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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...
One of the Egyptian activists behind the 2011 uprising freed from prison after presidential pardon
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoOne of the Egyptian activists behind the 2011 uprising that toppled longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak...
Factbox-Egypt keeps former powerhouse Muslim Brotherhood out of politics
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLong viewed as the most influential Islamist movement in the Middle East, the Brotherhood rose to...
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 ...
Here Are Other Countries That Have Convicted Ex-Leaders
Time via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoU.S. President Donald Trump welcomes Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak outside the West Wing of...
What became of the 'Arab Spring'?
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSaied's opponents fear the changes will deal a major blow to democracy in Tunisia, widely seen as the only success story of the "Arab Spring" uprisings...
On This Day, Jan. 25: Gangster Al Capone dies
United Press International via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAmanda Bailey with the Missouri History Museum adjusts a cutout figure of Al Capone in St. Louis on April 22, 2014. On January 25, 1947, Capone died at...
Egyptian cleric revered by Muslim Brotherhood dies at 96
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoYoussef al-Qaradawi, an Egyptian cleric who was seen as the spiritual leader of the Muslim...
Why would Egypt need to bribe a U.S. senator?
LA Times via Yahoo News· 8 months agoDamian Williams, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, discusses a display of photos of evidence in the federal indictment against Sen....
US welcomes release of activist Douma in call with Egypt minister
Reuters via Yahoo News· 9 months agoWASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke on Monday with Egyptian Foreign...