Protesters opposing Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi set off fireworks during a protest at Tahrir Square in Cairo June 30, 2013.
Many Westerners, watching the revolution in Egypt, are wondering whether the outcome will be true democracy.
Abdelrahman ElGendy recounts his six years as a political prisoner in the wake of Egypt’s January 25 revolution.
On the tenth anniversary of the uprising that led to the downfall of Egypt’s longstanding dictator Hosni Mubarak and raised the hopes of millions of Egyptians for greater freedom and equality, it .
I will never forget the conversations I had with neighbours around a fire during the cold nights of January 2011, while we were guarding our building.
February 11 in 2011 was a day that Egyptians had waited decades to see.
This series examines the countries today from the perspective of our correspondents on the ground to see how the post-revolutionary countries have come full circle to their autocratic ways.
Today marks the first anniversary of the revolution that overthrew Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s first democratically elected president, took office on June 30, 2012, only to be deposed by the military after barely completing his first year in office.
Rachel Newcomb is an anthropologist and the Diane and Michael Maher distinguished professor of teaching and learning at Rollins College.
Into the Hands of the Soldiers: Freedom and Chaos in Egypt and the Middle East.