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Turkish woman using a mobile phone to read the news on social media joins demonstrators at midnight in Taksim Gezi Park on June 13, 2013 in Istanbul. (AFP PHOTO/OZAN KOSE)

Turkey seeks to tighten grip on Twitter after protests

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 29, 2013 | Media

Ankara, Reuters—Turkey said this week it had asked Twitter to set up a representative office inside the country, which could give it a tighter rein over the microblogging site it has accused of helping stir weeks of anti-government protests. While mainstream Turkish...

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Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi speaks during a news conference with Turkish President Abdullah Gul (not pictured) after their meeting at Presidential Palace “Qasr Al Quba” in Cairo February 7, 2013. (REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh)

President Mursi: One Year in Office

by Safaa Azab | Jun 28, 2013 | Features

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—With preparations for nation-wide protests on June 30 well underway, Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi took to the stage on Wednesday to defend his first term in office. In the two-and-a-half-hour speech that followed, Mursi admitted making...

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A couple walk past by photographs and graffiti painted by protesters in Kugulu Park in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, June 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Small anti-government protests rumble on in Turkish capital

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 27, 2013 | World

Ankara, Reuters—Hundreds of protesters took to the streets in a residential area of the Turkish capital overnight, setting up barricades and lighting small bonfires. Weeks of often violent anti-government protests have mostly died out in Istanbul and the centre of the...

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An Egyptian activist distributes petitions for “Tamarod” (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Opinion: Egypt in Our Hearts and Minds

by Hussein Shobokshi | Jun 27, 2013 | Opinion

Just like an hourglass or a countdown, days pass and wo are drawing closer to June 30, a date on which huge masses of people are expected to take streets in different Egyptian cities in response to the state of mobility incited by the “Tamarrod”...

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A file photo dated 22 May 2013 shows Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi (L) and Egyptian Minister of Defense Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi (R) arriving to meet seven Egyptian security personnel, who were released by unknown kidnappers in the Sinai Peninsula, at Al-Maza military airport in Cairo, Egypt. EPA/KHALED ELFIQI

Egyptian army gives politicians a week to solve impasse

by Mohamed Hassan Shaban | Jun 24, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—The commander of the Egyptian armed forces, General Abdel-Fattah El-Sissi, called on political parties to reach a political settlement before the planned opposition demonstrations on 30 June on Sunday, and warned that the army would not stay on...