Libyan Group Denies Role In U.S. Consulate Attack
Ansar al-Sharia, the ultraconservative armed Islamist group accused of taking part in the attack that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans in Benghazi, Libya, denies it was involved....
View ArticleLibyan Militiaman Says He Warned U.S. Of Dangers
Two days before the deadly Sept. 11 attack on Americans in Libya, three U.S. officials met pro-government militias working to provide security in the city of Benghazi. In that meeting, which included...
View ArticleLibyan Government To Disband Rogue Groups
Violent protests in eastern Libya have set in motion a movement to take back the nation from dozens of militias born from the revolt against strongman Moammar Gadhafi. Since the dictator's demise,...
View ArticleVigilantes Spray Paint Sexual Harassers In Cairo
Over the recent four-day Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, more than 1,000 sexual harassment complaints were filed in Egypt. President Mohammed Morsi has ordered an investigation, but some are not...
View ArticleEgypt's Morsi Praised For Cease-Fire As Talks Begin
The cease-fire between Hamas and Israel has been a political boost for Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi. The Islamist leader spent hours in meetings and on the phone with world leaders, including...
View ArticleBurst Of Protest In Egypt But No Revolution, Yet
Cairo's Tahrir Square was nearly empty as the sun rose Saturday. A few demonstrators camped out overnight after mass protests on Friday condemned controversial decrees by Egypt's President Mohammed...
View ArticleEgypt's Constitution Vote Mired In Controversy
Mohammed Morsi was dismissed by many Egyptians when he stood in the country's first free election after the ouster of the Mubarak regime. Morsi was seen as lacking charisma and was referred to as the...
View ArticleIs Morsi Morphing Into Authoritarian He Opposed?
When Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi was elected, some Egyptians jokingly referred to him as the Muslim Brotherhood's "spare tire." He was the backup candidate of the Islamist organization, whose...
View ArticleConstitution Vote Seen As Referendum On Egyptian Brotherhood
Update Dec. 23, at 5:30 a.m.:Egypt's constitution appears to have passed with 64 percent of Egyptians voting "yes," according to preliminary results issued by state-run media. But the document passed...
View ArticleEgypt's Salafis Emerge As Powerful, And Controversial, Political Force
The uprisings of the Arab Spring unleashed a new political force in the region — Salafis. These ultra-conservative Muslims aspire to a society ruled entirely by a rigid form of Islamic law. Their...
View ArticleTunisia's Salafis: 'A Danger' Or Preachers Of God's Law?
The uprisings of the Arab Spring unleashed a new political force in the region — Salafis, ultraconservative Muslims who aspire to a society ruled entirely by a rigid form of Islamic law. Their models...
View ArticleFor The First Time In Decades, Iran's President Visits Egypt
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday became the first Iranian leader to visit Egypt since the 1970s, the latest sign of the thawing of relations between the rival Muslim nations.Ahmadinejad...
View ArticleIn Post-Revolution Egypt, Fears Of Police Abuse Deepening
Egypt's police force was the underpinning of former President Hosni Mubarak's iron-fisted regime, and it quickly became the enemy of Egypt's 2011 revolution.Yet there has been little to no reform of...
View ArticleIslamists Say They Are Filling Vacuum Left By Egyptian State
In the lush Nile Valley city of Assiut, the police went on strike earlier this month, along with thousands of other cops across the country. They demanded the ouster of the minister of interior, and...
View ArticleAs Egypt Negotiates IMF Loan, Food And Fuel Prices Soar
Two years after the revolution, Egypt is in a deep economic crisis.
View ArticleEgypt's Jon Stewart Says He Won't Back Down Amid Charges
It's 9:30 p.m. on a Friday night, and Bassem Youssef's show is on TV screens at cafes throughout downtown Cairo.It's the Egyptian political satirist's first show since he was summoned to the prosecutor...
View ArticleEgyptian Activists Say Their Religion Isn't Your Business
Since Egypt's revolution began, tensions among Egypt's Muslims and Christians have only increased. Earlier this month, it once again turned deadly. Tit-for-tat killings left three Muslims and at least...
View ArticleFrom The Heart Of Egypt's Revolt, The Pulse Of Artistic Life
Egypt's capital, Cairo, is now synonymous with protests and sometimes violence. Late at night, the once-bustling downtown streets are largely empty these days.
View ArticleAfter The War, A Bitter Feud Remains In Two Libyan Towns
Little boys play soccer in the afternoon heat at a makeshift camp near Libya's capital Tripoli. Their homes, or what's left of them, are in Tawargha, a small town about 20 miles from the Mediterranean...
View ArticleLibyan Radio Station Promotes Democracy, One Rap At A Time
Many of the militia fighters who rose up and ousted former dictator Moammar Gadhafi in 2011 have refused to lay down their arms and are still challenging the post-revolutionary government.Yet the...
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