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Riot policemen clash with protesters during a rally in support of Egypt’s ousted President Mohamed Mursi in Cairo’s Tahrir Square October 1, 2013. (REUTERS/ Mohamed Abd El Ghany)
Egypt: Brotherhood plans to occupy Tahrir square, say sources
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood called on its members and other supporters of ousted president Mohamed Mursi to gather in Cairo’s emblematic Tahrir Square on October 6, the anniversary of the Arab–Israeli October War of 1973, Asharq Al-Awsat has...Caption:
Former Egyptian prime minister Hisham Qandil talking during a press conference at the congress center during the World Economic Forum in Davos (AFP PHOTO / ERIC PIERMONT)
Egypt: Appeals Court upholds Mursi premier’s prison sentence
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Cairo Appeals Court upheld a prison sentence against Hisham Qandil, former prime minister under ousted President Mohamed Mursi, on Monday. The Court of First Instance jailed Qandil for one year in July on a charge of refusing to carry out a...Caption:
Mohamed Moncef Marzouki, President of the Republic of Tunisia addresses the 68th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, September 26, 2013. AFP PHOTO/POOL/Mike Segar
Opinion: Moncef Marzouki’s Delusions
Tunisian president Moncef Marzouki is an intellectual who belongs to the Arab Left and who has a rather romanticized concern for human rights. Men like him are highly beneficial for the protection of human values in civil society. All the countries of the world need...Caption:
A man walks past graffiti depicting ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi (R) and the Deputy Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood Khairat Al-Shater in downtown Cairo on September 24, 2013. The Arabic words read, “Liar project – Deluded citizen”. (REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh)
