search
Hamdeen Sabahi
Election workers count ballots at a counting center in Cairo, Wednesday, May 28, 2014 (photo credit: AP /Lobna Tarek, El Shorouk Newspaper)
May 29, 2014, 1:28 pm
Egypt: Sissi wins election by landslide
After three days of polling, over 90% of voters choose retired army general to head country as president
By Hamza Hendawi and MAGGIE MICHAEL
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah (photo credit: An-Najah University)
May 23, 2014, 4:16 pm
Rami Hamdallah to head new Palestinian government
Egypt preps for elections this week by deploying massive number of soldiers; Syria summons Druze politician for questioning
By Elhanan Miller
Egyptians walk past a banner with a portrait of Egyptian Presidential hopeful Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi at a market in Cairo, Egypt, on Saturday, May 17, 2014. (photo credit: AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
May 18, 2014, 10:50 am
Homemade bomb hits Sissi rally in Cairo, 4 hurt
Former general, expected to be Egypt’s next president, not in attendance
By AP
Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, left, visits a polling site in the Heliopolis neighborhood of Cairo, Egypt, on the first day of voting in the constitutional referendum, on Jan 14, 2014 (photo credit: AP/Egyptian Defense Ministry via Facebook/File)
May 10, 2014, 3:15 am
El-Sissi’s coming victory is bad news for Muslim Brotherhood
Egypt’s former defense minister is expected to cruise to victory in this month’s elections, and to step up the fight against terrorists
By Avi Issacharoff
Egyptian presidential hopeful Mortada Mansour (photo credit: Youtube screenshot)
April 6, 2014, 8:32 pm
Controversial lawyer enters Egypt presidential race
Mortada Mansour, head of the Zamalek football club, opposed the 2011 uprising; calls for a ‘strong state’
By AFP
Egyptian opposition leader Hamdeen Sabahi in his office in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, December 24, 2012 (photo credit: Nasser Nasser/AP)
February 9, 2014, 5:50 am
Egyptian leftist leader to run for president
Hamdeen Sabahi’s announcement comes as nation rallies behind Defense Minister el-Sissi
By MAGGIE MICHAEL
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, is greeted by Qatari Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani at Wajbah Palace in Doha, Qatar, on Sunday, June 23, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Jacquelyn Martin)
June 23, 2013, 3:21 pm
Assad and Morsi feel the heat
Western powers prepare to impose no-fly zone over Syria and orchestrate a military coup, a Saudi news website reports
By Elhanan Miller
Smoke and fire fill the skyline over Damascus, Syria, early Sunday, May 5, 2013 after a reported Israeli airstrike. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)
May 6, 2013, 4:30 am
Israeli strike exposes Syrian challenge for Arabs
Most regional leaders want Western intervention to bring down Assad; what they don’t want is Israeli intervention
By Brian Murphy and Sarah El Deeb
An Egyptian man throws a stone during clashes between rival groups of protesters in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, April 19, 2013 (AP Photo/Mostafa Darwish)
April 19, 2013, 9:56 pm
Pro- and anti-Islamist protesters clash in Egypt
Supporters of President Morsi rally in Cairo, call on him to ‘cleanse the judiciary’ of alleged advocates of the old regime
A protester, part of the Black Bloc, holds the Egyptian national flag during clashes with riot police near Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Khalil Hamra)
January 29, 2013, 2:27 pm
Egyptian turmoil renews revolutionary spirit
Columnist warns of a looming military coup
By Elhanan Miller
File photo of Port Said after clashes between protesters and police, on January 27, 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo)
January 28, 2013, 12:02 pm
Clashes continue in Egypt despite state of emergency
Police fire tear gas at Tahrir Square protesters in fifth straight day of street unrest
By Hamza Hendawi
Mohammed ElBaradei (photo credit: AP/Thomas Hartwell)
December 27, 2012, 4:46 pm
Egyptian prosecutor to investigate claim opposition leaders planned to overthrow Morsi
Nobel laureate Mohammed ElBaradei and former top ministers suspected of incitement
Egyptian opposition leader Hamdeen Sabahi in his office in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, December 24, 2012 (photo credit: Nasser Nasser/AP)
December 25, 2012, 3:26 am
New Egyptian charter is illegitimate, leading opposition figure says
Most Egyptians are not Islamists; low turnout gives hardliners an edge, shows public’s mistrust of new government, according to Hamdeen Sabahi
By Aya Batrawy and Dan Perry
Supporters of President Mohammed Morsi with the Egyptian national flag painted on their hands, flash victory signs as one holds a copy of Egypt's draft constitution, right, during a demonstration, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. (photo credit: AP/Hassan Ammar)
December 13, 2012, 1:24 pm
Egyptian opposition takes on Morsi; says ‘Yes’ to referendum, ‘No’ to constitution
Syrian rebels gain wide international recognition, but not one weapon
By Michael Bassin
Women protesters opposing Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi chant slogans during a demonstration that started in front of el-Nour mosque, background, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012 (photo credit: AP/Nasser Nasser)
December 12, 2012, 9:36 pm
Egypt opposition calls to vote ‘No’ in upcoming referundum
Alliance says it may still boycott the vote on Saturday if its conditions are not met
Load More