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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
