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Protesters in Istanbul’s Taksim Square (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Teargassed in Taksim

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 9, 2013 | World

Istanbul, Asharq Al-Awsat—It started as an evening walk down Istiklal, but an hour later I was trapped in a blind alley, crouched behind a bread cart with no opportunity to retreat as the police fired volley after volley of tear gas down Istanbul’s main shopping...

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Egyptian supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood shout slogans during a rally in support with deposed president Mohamed Morsi on July 6, 2013 outside Cairo’s Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque. AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD HAMS

Opinion: Crying over the Brotherhood

by Tariq Alhomayed | Jul 8, 2013 | Opinion

What we are witnessing in the crying over the fall of the Muslim Brotherhood, tells us that that it did not have a political program for all the Egyptians, but a program for a movement which wanted to control the Egyptian state according to its own agenda, not...

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People celebrate at Tahrir Square with a portrait of Army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi after a broadcast confirming that the army will temporarily be taking over from the country’s first democratically elected president Mohammed Morsi on July 3, 2013 in Cairo. AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI

Ex-Egyptian army chief says “the people” removed Mursi

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Jul 4, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—The former head of the Egyptian army dismissed claims by the Muslim Brotherhood that yesterday’s deposition of President Mursi amounted to a military coup in an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat. Former deputy director of the Supreme Council...

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Egyptian army soldiers are seen deployed ahead of demonstrations against Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi, in Cairo June 28, 2013. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

Egypt: Mursi defiant as army deadline nears

by Mohamed Abdu Hassanein | Jul 3, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi has made a televised speech in which he reiterated his refusal to leave office, and called on Egyptians to avoid violence and respect the rule of law. In a 45-minute speech late Tuesday night on Egyptian state...

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Egyptians opposing President Morsi as they celebrate the Egyptian military reaction to the protests, in front of the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, 01 July 2013. (EPA/Khaled Elfiqi)

Opinion: Mursi is a knockoff Erdoğan

by Hussein Shobokshi | Jul 3, 2013 | Opinion

There were many optimists amongst those who hoped and dreamed that President Mohamed Mursi’s rule would be a significant transition in the history of Egypt. However, Mohamed Mursi—the last-minute candidate who originally stood for election as nothing more than a...