Tahrir Square

In response to the demands of the Tahrir Square protesters, Egyptian TV has started live broadcasts of the trials of officials belonging to former President Hosni Mubarak's ousted regime....

The prominent scholar and president of the International Union of Muslim Scholars, Dr Yousef al-Qaradawi, has called on Muslim and Arab nations to organize their ranks and unify their...

The campaign team of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party candidate Dr. Mohamed Morsi has announced his victory in the presidential election run-off. Morsi's campaign told Quds Press...

Thousands of Egyptians from all political trends gathered in Tahrir Square in Cairo on Wednesday on the first anniversary of the 25 January Revolution which ousted Hosni Mubarak. The...

A senior member of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt has called upon the country's military leadership not to shed the blood of fellow Egyptians. Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, a...

The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt has warned of possible attacks on demonstrators in Tahrir Square by people in the guise of Islamists so as to tarnish the President's image....

President Mohammed Morsi has called on opposition leaders to start a dialogue and let him know what their political aspirations and vision are. In a statement on Monday, the...

Reports from human rights organisations have revealed that the cases of sexual harassment and rape in Tahrir Square – where opposition supporters staged a sit-in – reached 100. According...

The head of the Renaissance Party in Tunisia's governing coalition, Rachid Al-Ghanouchi, considers what is happening in Egypt including the dismissal of the former President Mohammad Morsi a "democratic...

Media sources in Egypt have reported that the army has closed three major squares for the third day running. Tahrir Square, Mustafa Mahmud Square and Abdel Moneim Riad Square...

Egypt's National Alliance to Support Legitimacy organized mass protests on Friday to commemorate one hundred days since the military coup led by Defence Minister General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi on...

The US embassy in Egypt has warned its nationals of possible unrest following the announcement by pro-democracy supporters that they intend to organise protests to denounce the ousting of...

Dozens of Cairo University students managed to stage a protest in Tahrir Square for the first time since President Mohamed Morsi was ousted in a military coup on 3...

A Swedish citizen imprisoned at a Cairo prison called on the Swedish prime minister and Cairo's ambassador to intervene to free him from his unjust imprisonment. In a leaked...

Egypt's Prime Minister has claimed that protesters arrested outside the US Embassy in Cairo have admitted that they were paid to attack the building. Hisham Qandil said that his...

Recent events in Egypt have polarized more than just Egyptians. Activists around the world have also been divided ever since the mass protests against President Morsi on 30th June....

Last weekend McClatchy newspapers published an article under the headline "Egypt's 'revolution' is over as people accept imposition of military rule". In the article journalist Nancy A. Youssef remarks...

Television channels are full of vicious attacks on Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood in an organised and systematic campaign intended to eliminate the movement. It has been said that their opponents...

Like a political tsunami uprisings swept across much of the Arab world, toppling in rapid succession the entrenched autocratic regimes of Zeinul Abedin Ben Ali in Tunisia, Hosni Mubarak...

US administrations have been blighted since 9/11 by a deadly cocktail of arrogance and ignorance with a twist of strong desire for revenge thrown in. But before you take...

"The revolution wasn't an event, it's a process." For some this is Egypt's post-revolutionary mantra, to be whispered in the middle of the night with clenched fists and gritted...

Was the opposition demonstration in Cairo huge on Sunday? Yes, it was; but so was the crowd supporting the president, although scanning the media you would be hard-pressed to...

Last week rapper Ahmed Ben Ahmed was released after three weeks in prison. The Tunisian artist, aka Klay BBJ, was originally sentenced to 21 months in prison for 'insulting...

The coup authorities are moving quickly to ensure the constitution is approved no matter what. If necessary, they will mobilise officers and soldiers in the military and the police...

Who are the new revolutionaries filling the streets of Tunis, Cairo, Sana'a and other Arab cities? Where have they come from; to what social, cultural and political background do...

In order to get a flavour of the new order in Egypt, I recommend looking at Egyptian state television. Following the forced retirement of ex-President Hosni Mubarak the tone...

One of the dilemmas of Egyptian politics is that the feuding parties are acting as guardians and not partners, even though no one has given them a mandate to...

It is sad that Egypt's first post-Mubarak elections – in which millions of Egyptians have cast their votes, reportedly with a 70% turnout – are being held under the...

Al Jazeera is an enigma – although owned by an absolute monarch, it's hailed as an independent voice in a region scarred by tyranny. Mehdi Hasan visits its headquarters...

A 200km barricade being built along the Egypt-Israel border, originally designed to deter illegal immigrants and smugglers from entering Israel, has this week taken on a new significance. In...

Neither I nor anyone I know understands why Egypt has decided to demolish the tunnels connecting Gaza and Northern Sinai; not even the Mubarak regime resorted to this. I...

EGYPTIAN democracy is alive and well. That is about the only positive observation on the current pro-Morsi and counter-demonstrations in major cities across the country. President Mohamed Morsi's pronouncement...