activism

NAIROBI, Kenya - Wangari Maathai, the first African woman recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, died after a long struggle…

Over 130,000 activists on social networking sites Facebook and Twitter participated in an hour-long “electronic protest” against military trials for…

On the opening night of “Lessons in Revolting”, Rawabet Theater was packed full, leaving many disappointed latecomers turned away at…

One hundred years ago, more than a million people marched in streets across Europe on the first International Women’s Day.…

Last month’s attack on a church in Alexandria may mark a new dawn for Coptic activism in Egypt. After suffering…

What are Mohamed ElBaradei’s political objectives? Is he a charismatic leader who represents an Egyptian national consensus in favor of…

20 years after the Bhopal gas tragedy-–the worst industrial accident in history—a Dow Chemical Company spokesman announced live on BBC…

Minister of Higher Education Hani Helal said he will not permit former International Atomic Energy Agency Director Mohamed ElBaradei, who…

After new amendments to Egypt’s Emergency law that pledged the release of all detainees except those who were being kept…

The Emergency Law, which has given the Egyptian government sweeping powers to detain citizens for the last three decades, has…