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The 2011 revolution transformed religious life in unexpected ways – especially among some young Egyptians.
Undermining the delicate relations between Israel and Egypt could potentially grant Hamas a strategic political achievement.
Mubarak used his relationship with the Copts to receive support for his rule, but he did not build institutions that could guarantee Christians constitutional rights.
Mubarak held power for three decades, on the foundation of a personality cult.
Algeria’s elite has built its legitimacy on a distorted memory of the war of independence.
As civil rights are trampled on, the Egyptian parliament is on the verge of endorsing his rule until 2034.
The uprising in Sudan has weakened the authority of President Omar al-Bashir and political Islam in the country.
President Trump says an alliance with Saudi Arabia is necessary, despite evidence the country’s crown prince ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
The Trump administration’s abandonment of support for democracy and civil rights abroad may be behind the sort of attacks on individual freedom that likely claimed journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s life.
In Morocco, bread is not only a symbol for wider demands but also the material basis of affordable and just living conditions.
Among the Christians of the Middle East, the largest number – some eight million or so – is of Egypt’s Copts. Here’s their story.
On Saturday November 29, the former president of Egypt, 86-year-old Hosni Mubarak, was cleared of the manslaughter of approximately 900 protesters during the 2011 uprisings and is soon to be released…
Symbols are important, but often deceiving. This is certainly the case of Hosni Mubarak, whose inexorable decline acted as a metronome for the Egyptian political crisis. In early 2011, Mubarak’s political…












