List of Egypt articles
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Heavy black smoke rises an oil facility in northern Libya's Ras Lanouf region on January 23, 2016, after it caught fire following attacks launched by Islamic State (IS) group jihadists to seize key port terminals. Firefighters battled a blaze at an oil facility in northern Libya for a third day, an official said, after an assault by jihadists aiming to seize export terminals. / AFP / STRINGER (Photo credit should read STRINGER/AFP/Getty Images) Why Libya Matters — Again
The Islamic State is gaining ground in Libya’s chaotic vacuum and Western governments are worried
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TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY HAITHAM EL-TABEI An Egyptian walks past posters of Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef outside a theatre in Cairo on January 22, 2013. The Cairo cafe is packed with patrons in stitches as television host Bassem Youssef fires his caustic criticism at President Mohamed Morsi, but post-revolution media freedoms have proved no laughing matter for some. Youssef, a heart surgeon turned comedian who enjoys a massive following, has now joined the ranks of several colleagues in the media who face charges of insulting the president. AFP PHOTO /KHALED DESOUKI (Photo credit should read KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images) Cairo’s Soviet-Style Silencing
The paranoid, authoritarian regime of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has turned the cultural capital of the Middle East into Brezhnev’s Moscow.
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BERLIN, GERMANY - JANUARY 13: Sameh Shoukry, Foreign Minister of Egypt on January 13, 2016 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images) Egypt’s Top Diplomat Denies Cairo Is Cracking Down on Dissidents
In an exclusive interview, Sameh Shoukry quotes Goebbels and says “lies” about Egypt have been repeated over and over until they have become “fact.”
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_88163326_4 Egypt’s Red Carpet-Gate
Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has sparked a media scandal after rolling out the red carpet on his way to a speech about austerity.
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rte Erdogan’s Foreign Policy Is in Ruins
Just a few short years ago, Turkey was heralded as one of the region's rising powers. What happened?
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Supporters of ruling party candidate, Jovenel Moise, of PHTK political party, march in Port-au-Prince, on January 28, 2016 to give their support to the candidate and to protest against the possible installation of a transitional government. The demonstrators demand the continuation of the electoral process that was scheduled for Sunday January 24. Haiti's electoral authority postponed the planned January 24th presidential run-off amid mounting opposition street protests and voting fraud allegations. / AFP / HECTOR RETAMAL (Photo credit should read HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP/Getty Images) Longform’s Picks of the Week
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GettyImages-483136960 crop The Army And Its President
To keep the armed forces happy, President Sisi is giving them Egypt’s economy.
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tahrir Egypt’s Silent Anniversary
An unprecedented crackdown has the country’s liberal activists reconsidering everything.
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sisi Sisi’s Fracturing Regime
Egypt's strongman is cracking down ahead of the fifth anniversary of the revolution — but the real threat he faces isn't from protests.
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GettyImages-499617142 crop Egypt’s Roadmap to Nowhere
The new parliament in Cairo is just a fig leaf for President Sisi's authoritarian rule.
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NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 10: Patty Anton, an American who is a practicing Muslim, attends a rally in support of religious freedom on September 10, 2010 in New York, New York. Over a thousand people attended the rally on the eve of September 11 to support American Muslims and to call for the building of the Park 51 Mosque in lower Manhattan. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Do Muslims Around the World Really Hate the United States?
There’s a lot of anger out there toward America, but in some predominantly Muslim countries the trend lines are improving.
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BIBI For Israel and Its Neighbors, Energy Finds Power Big Dreams
The race is on to develop gas fields in the eastern Mediterranean, but big energy finds fuel strife as often as peace.
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GettyImages-162909125 crop The Nour Party Goes Dim
Egypt’s last Islamist party is clinging to life. But how much longer?
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US President Barack Obama smiles during a state dinner in Berlin,on June 19, 2013. Obama said Russian and US nuclear weapons should be slashed by up to a third in a keynote speech in front of Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate in which he called for a world of "peace and justice". AFP PHOTO /POOL/ MICHAEL SOHN (Photo credit should read MICHAEL SOHN/AFP/Getty Images) Obama Got It Right on the Islamic State
The United States can't defeat the jihadist group — it can only hope to contain it.
