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A car burns after commemorations of the anniversary of the 2011 uprising turned in to clashes in Matareya, Cairo, Egypt, on January 25, 2015. (EPA/AHMED TARANH / ALMASRY ALYOUM EGYPT OUT)

Egypt sees bloody day on fourth anniversary of uprising

by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Jan 26, 2015 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—At least 18 people were killed and 52 injured in clashes throughout Egypt on Sunday, on the fourth anniversary of the January 2011 revolution that toppled the regime of former president Hosni Mubarak. Hisham Ata, a member of the Emergencies...

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Hosni Mubarak returns to the hospital where he is being held under house arrest after attending a trial session in Cairo on November 29, 2014 where he was cleared of all charges. (EPA/Khaled Elfiqi)

Egyptian court drops case against Mubarak over 2011 protester deaths

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 29, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, Reuters—An Egyptian court on Saturday dropped its case against ousted President Hosni Mubarak, his interior minister and six aides on charges of ordering the killing of protesters during the 2011 revolt that removed him from power. The court also cleared...

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Dressed in white, Mahmoud Salah, left, and Awad Suleiman, right, stand in the dock during their trial for the murder of 28-year-old Khaled Said in June 2010. (AFP Photo)

Egypt: Police officers jailed for murder of Khaled Said

by Mohamed Hassan Shaban | Mar 4, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—An Egyptian court on Monday sentenced two police officers to 10 years in prison for the murder of Khaled Said, an Egyptian from Alexandria whose brutal death helped spark to the eruption of the revolution in Egypt in 2011. The two police...

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Water is sprayed at protestors as they clash with police in Cairo on January 25, 2011 (Photo © Reuters/Amr Dalsh)

Opinion: The Revolution was a Revolution

by Ali Salem | Dec 3, 2013 | Opinion

I feel uncomfortable with the new wave of descriptions and words which slip into people’s minds through the small screen and from the new books that are being peddled around. They all revolve around one point—that the Egyptian revolution was not spontaneous, but was...

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Muslim Brotherhood members and supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi pray during a protest near Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque in Cairo, Egypt, 04 August 2013. (EPA/KHALED ELFIQI.)

Opinion: The Muslim Brotherhood on the Precipice

by Yousef Al-Dayni | Aug 10, 2013 | Opinion

The Muslim Brotherhood has left the political arena in Egypt, and it appears that the other branches of the group in the countries that witnessed the Arab Spring will suffer major rifts. The public resentment felt by several religious and non-politicized segments of...