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August 14, 2012
1:54 am

Thousands of supporters raise a poster of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi as they celebrate in Tahrir Square in Cairo, late Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012. (photo credit: Amr Nabil/AP)

President shifts Egypt’s balance of power

Morsi’s moves could end six decades of de facto military rule in Egypt — but they also raise a new concern at home and abroad about the concentration of power in the hands of Islamists

August 10, 2012
5:55 am

Army trucks carry Egyptian military tanks in El Arish, Egypt's northern Sinai Peninsula, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. (photo credit: AP)

Sinai buildup shifts tenet of Egypt-Israel peace

Ad hoc troop increases will not do much — but Muslim Brotherhood is loath to negotiate directly with Israel

August 3, 2012
4:40 am

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi (photo credit: Amr Nabil/AP)

New Egypt government puts Muslim Brotherhood in key posts

Women and Christians get only token representation; leaders of uprising left out

By Hamza Hendawi

July 11, 2012
1:18 am

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi flanked by high-ranking generals (photo credit: AP/Mohammed Abd El Moaty)

Egypt’s Morsi flexes political muscles in early days of presidency

Islamist leader wants to assert his power opposite the remnants of the old regime, but avoids full-on collision

By Hamza Hendawi

July 10, 2012
3:05 am

Workers clean inside the Egyptian parliament in Cairo on Monday, July 9, 2012. (photo credit: Mohammed Asad/AP)

New crisis looms in Egypt over legislature’s fate

Supreme Constitutional Court warns president against opening shuttered parliament

By Hamza Hendawi

July 5, 2012
3:43 am

Boys hold posters of Ahmed Hussein Eid, who was fatally stabbed by three bearded men, during his funeral procession in Suez, Egypt, on Wednesday, July 4, 2012. (photo credit: AP)

Student murder stokes fears of Egypt’s Islamists

Bearded men approached unmarried couple sitting together in a park, demanding they separate, and fatally stabbed the young man

By Hamza Hendawi

June 29, 2012
5:17 am

An Egyptian woman holds a banner with the face of Muslim Brotherhood presidential candidate Mohamed Morsi in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, 21 June (photo credit: AP/Manu Brabo)

Muslim Brotherhood shelves Egypt’s Islamization, for now

As party plays down radical aims, reaches out to liberals and Christians, some wonder whether it’s sincere

By Hamza Hendawi

June 14, 2012
11:57 am

Iranian navy frigate IS Alvand passing through Egypt's Suez Canal in February 2011 (photo credit: AP file photo)

Iran failing to gain wider regional influence via Cairo

Tehran had hoped for more Egyptian support, but Sunni-Shiite tensions stand in the way

By Hamza Hendawi

June 8, 2012
7:51 am

An Egyptian woman shows her inked finger after voting during the second day of presidential elections in Cairo, Egypt in May. (photo credit: AP/Fredrik Persson)

Legal web threatens Egypt’s political future

Two weeks before elections, two court rulings could throw a wrench into the constitutional process

By Hamza Hendawi and MAGGIE MICHAEL

June 1, 2012
9:45 am

This August 3, 2011 image made from video by Egyptian State Television shows Hosni Mubarak, then 83, lying on a hospital bed inside a cage of mesh and iron bars in a Cairo courtroom. (photo credit: Egyptian State Television/AP)

Guilty or not, Mubarak verdict likely to further divide Egyptians

Ousted leader’s critics warn that acquittal will set off ‘horrific reaction’ ahead of hotly-contested runoff elections

By Hamza Hendawi

May 31, 2012
8:07 am

In this Jan. 24, 2012 file photo, Alaa Mubarak, center, son of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak arrives at the court house in Cairo, Egypt. Mubarak and his two sons are already in prison and on trial on charges of corruption. (photo credit: AP/Mohammed al-Law)

Ousted Egyptian president’s sons face corruption charges

Hosni Mubarak’s children accused of insider trading as their father waits to learn of his final sentence

By Hamza Hendawi

May 21, 2012
1:38 am

Moderate Islamist Abdel-Moneim Abolfotoh, left, and former foreign minister Amr Moussa stand at their podiums on Egypt's first televised presidential debate in Cairo, MAy 11 (photo credit: AP/Mahmoud Khaled, Al Masry Al Youm)

Secular or Islamist? Egypt chooses a president

Wednesday’s elections and expected runoff are Arab Spring’s moment of truth, new chapter likely to be just as tumultuous

By Hamza Hendawi

May 13, 2012
1:18 am

Stolen artifacts retrieved by the police (photo credit: AP/Khalil Hamra)

Thieves prey on ancient heritage in post-Mubarak Egypt

Archaeologists and antiquities authorities are scrambling to prevent smuggling, eye auction houses for stolen artifacts

By Hamza Hendawi

May 8, 2012
9:48 am

Radical Islamists in Egypt dream of turning the most populous Arab country into a religious state. The headband reads: 'no God but God and Mohammed is his messenger.' (photo credit:AP/Amr Nabil)

Egypt’s Islamic extremists show their strength

From government corridors in Cairo to desert towns in the Sinai militant Muslims are gaining power

By Hamza Hendawi

May 1, 2012
1:47 am

Egyptian presidential candidate Abdel-Moneim Abolfotoh (photo credit: AP/Khalil Hamra)

Moderate Islamist gains in Egyptian presidential race

Former dissident Abdel-Moneim Abolfotoh enjoys crossover appeal for both religious conservatives and liberals

By Hamza Hendawi and MAGGIE MICHAEL

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The Times of Israel

The one-stop news site
covering Israel, the region and
the Jewish people worldwide

Founding editor:
David Horovitz

Fair, fresh and fast

The Jewish world's
fastest-growing
news site

Writer: Hamza Hendawi

President shifts Egypt’s balance of power

Morsi’s moves could end six decades of de facto military rule in Egypt — but they also raise a new concern at home and abroad about the concentration of power in the hands of Islamists

Sinai buildup shifts tenet of Egypt-Israel peace

Ad hoc troop increases will not do much — but Muslim Brotherhood is loath to negotiate directly with Israel

New Egypt government puts Muslim Brotherhood in key posts

Women and Christians get only token representation; leaders of uprising left out

Egypt’s Morsi flexes political muscles in early days of presidency

Islamist leader wants to assert his power opposite the remnants of the old regime, but avoids full-on collision

New crisis looms in Egypt over legislature’s fate

Supreme Constitutional Court warns president against opening shuttered parliament

Student murder stokes fears of Egypt’s Islamists

Bearded men approached unmarried couple sitting together in a park, demanding they separate, and fatally stabbed the young man

Muslim Brotherhood shelves Egypt’s Islamization, for now

As party plays down radical aims, reaches out to liberals and Christians, some wonder whether it’s sincere

Iran failing to gain wider regional influence via Cairo

Tehran had hoped for more Egyptian support, but Sunni-Shiite tensions stand in the way

Legal web threatens Egypt’s political future

Two weeks before elections, two court rulings could throw a wrench into the constitutional process

Guilty or not, Mubarak verdict likely to further divide Egyptians

Ousted leader’s critics warn that acquittal will set off ‘horrific reaction’ ahead of hotly-contested runoff elections

Ousted Egyptian president’s sons face corruption charges

Hosni Mubarak’s children accused of insider trading as their father waits to learn of his final sentence

Secular or Islamist? Egypt chooses a president

Wednesday’s elections and expected runoff are Arab Spring’s moment of truth, new chapter likely to be just as tumultuous

Thieves prey on ancient heritage in post-Mubarak Egypt

Archaeologists and antiquities authorities are scrambling to prevent smuggling, eye auction houses for stolen artifacts

Egypt’s Islamic extremists show their strength

From government corridors in Cairo to desert towns in the Sinai militant Muslims are gaining power

Moderate Islamist gains in Egyptian presidential race

Former dissident Abdel-Moneim Abolfotoh enjoys crossover appeal for both religious conservatives and liberals

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