sit-in
Islamist presidential hopeful slams govt reaction to protests
Egypt
July 10, 2011
Islamist presidential hopeful slams govt reaction to protests
On Sunday Islamist Abdel Moneim Abouel Fotouh, a presidential hopeful, slammed the government’s reaction to protests in a number of…
Government employees join strike
Egypt
July 10, 2011
Government employees join strike
On Sunday employees of the Mugamma, a large government administrative building in downtown Cairo, joined protesters staging an open-ended sit-in…
Day 2 of Tahrir sit-in: PM’s address met with skepticism
Egypt
July 10, 2011
Day 2 of Tahrir sit-in: PM’s address met with skepticism
Prime Minister Essam Sharaf’s television address was largely ignored by protestors in Tahrir Square on the second day of their…
Families of protesters killed during revolution protest, demand justice
Egypt
June 6, 2011
Families of protesters killed during revolution protest, demand justice
Dozens of families of demonstrators killed during Egypt's 25 January revolution protested on Monday at the state TV building in…
Dozens of lawyers threaten hunger strike if syndicate council not dissolved
Egypt
June 4, 2011
Dozens of lawyers threaten hunger strike if syndicate council not dissolved
Dozens of lawyers who have been staging a sit-in at the Lawyers Syndicate for a week threatened to begin an…
Copts end Maspero protest, plan to join ‘Second Friday of Anger’
Egypt
May 21, 2011
Copts end Maspero protest, plan to join ‘Second Friday of Anger’
Copts will end their almost two-week protest at the Egyptian State TV building, said Metias Nasr, priest at the Virgin Mary…
The Copts of today: Escaping the Church’s patronage
Egypt
May 19, 2011
The Copts of today: Escaping the Church’s patronage
The Egyptian television building at Maspero on the Nile corniche has looked nothing short of a street-based church for the…
353 injured in protests near Israeli embassy
Egypt
May 16, 2011
353 injured in protests near Israeli embassy
Nearly 353 people were injured as Egyptian security forces held back hundreds of protesters who attempted to enter a street…
Egyptians in Paris demand removal of ambassador
Egypt
May 10, 2011
Egyptians in Paris demand removal of ambassador
Seventeen Egyptians have continued their sit-in for a third day inside the Egyptian Embassy in Paris, calling for the immediate…
Syria forces disperse protest, Homs now a ghost town
World
April 19, 2011
Syria forces disperse protest, Homs now a ghost town
Beirut -- Syrian forces opened fire to disperse protesters early in Homs Tuesday, activists said, the latest city to be…