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Supporters of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi hold up wooden sticks as they participate in a protest outside Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque, where protesters have installed a camp and held daily rallies at Nasr City, in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2013. Morsi supporters hunker down behind makeshift security barriers in preparation of a possible crackdown […]

Opinion: The Brotherhood wants to bring Karbala to Cairo

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Aug 12, 2013 | Opinion

Muslim Brotherhood extremist leaders in Egypt wish for what the army has threatened. They want their protests to be dispersed by force in order to turn the incident into an international affair and publicize long, lamenting funerals. Their decision to involve women...

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A general view shows Egyptians supporting ousted president Morsi(depicted in poster) during Eid al-Fitr prayer at their continuing sit-in location, near Rabaa Adawiya mosque, Cairo, Egypt, 08 August 2013. (EPA/AHMED RADAMAN.)

Egypt: Government plans to end rallies in Rabaa Al-Adawiya Square

by Abdul Sattar Hatita | Aug 10, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—According to exclusive information obtained by Asharq Al-Awsat, the Egyptian government has set a plan to break up rallies in Rabaa Al-Adawiya Square that Islamists began in protest against the ouster of former president Mohamed Mursi last...

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File photo of Amr Moussa taken on Thursday, June 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

In Conversation with Amr Moussa

by Ali Ibrahim | Aug 7, 2013 | Interviews

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The protests that toppled Mubarak brought many Egyptians into politics for the first time and opened up new space for some of those who were already veterans of Egypt’s political scene. Amr Moussa is definitely one of the latter. After...

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Supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi during a protest near the Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque, in Cairo, Egypt, 12 July 2013. (EPA/Mohammed Saber)

Opinion: Egypt’s Misconceptions

by Yousef Al-Dayni | Aug 3, 2013 | Opinion

Egypt appears to be stuck in the middle of a struggle between rival protests, with different figures putting forward zealous slogans that have nothing to do with politics or changing the deteriorating situation on the ground. Everyone appears unaware that simply...

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Supporters of Egypt’s deposed president Mohamed Mursi gather during their open sit in outside Rabaa Al-Adawiya mosque in Cairo on August 1, 2013. (AFP/Khaled Desouki)

Egypt: Mursi supporters defy interior ministry warnings to protest

by Mahmud El Shafey | Aug 2, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Supporters of deposed Islamist president Mohamed Mursi called for mass demonstrations on Friday, defying an interior ministry call for Muslim Brotherhood supporters to break up the two major pro-Mursi sit-ins taking place in Cairo’s Rabaa...