by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Mar 17, 2014 | Middle East
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Eyewitnesses at Al-Azhar University said students affiliated to the Muslim Brotherhood raised the Al-Qaeda flag inside one of the university’s campuses during protests on Saturday. As the first day of the second semester of the academic year...
by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Sep 6, 2013 | Middle East
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egyptian interior minister Mohamed Ibrahim survived an assassination attempt that targeted his convoy in Cairo’s eastern Nasr City on Thursday, dubbing the attack the start of “a new wave of terrorism.” He added, “What happened today is...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 18, 2013 | Middle East
Cairo/London, Reuters/Asharq Al-Awsat—Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood risks political elimination, with the new army-backed government threatening to ban the Islamist organisation after launching a fierce crackdown on its supporters that has killed hundreds....
