Egypt News EU’s Ashton Deplores Deaths in Egypt, Urges Halt to Violence Yomna Yasser Jul 27, 2013 0 European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton "deeply deplores" deaths during demonstrations in Egypt and…
Egypt News Death Toll From Attack On Morsi Supporters Rises To At Least 70 Administrator Jul 27, 2013 0 Egyptian security forces shot dead at least 70 supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi on Saturday, his…
Egypt News Egypt’s Generals Back in Favor after First Flawed Transition Yomna Yasser Jul 26, 2013 0 When Egypt's army was last in charge, little more than a year ago, 27-year-old artist Mohamed Haroun painted a…
Egypt News Egypt’s Brotherhood Dismisses Charges against Deposed President Yomna Yasser Jul 26, 2013 0 Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood dismissed as "ridiculous" accusations leveled by the authorities on Friday against…
Blogging Egypt, Repression or Reconciliation? When Egyptians Are Right and Wrong Yomna Yasser Jul 26, 2013 0 In Egypt, a country that is terribly polarized and dangerously tense, facts get in the way. Each side claims their…
Blogging Mubarak Redux: Egypt’s Military Coup Unmasked Yomna Yasser Jul 26, 2013 0 The Arab Spring with uprisings that signaled a desire for a new way forward, an overthrow of the established order…
Blogging Egypt’s Sissi is not Moving toward Democracy Yomna Yasser Jul 26, 2013 0 Gen. Abdel Fatah al-Sissi, Egypt’s new deputy prime minister and de facto strongman, has called on Egyptians to…
Blogging Ex FinMin: Egypt Needs One-Year Moratorium on Street Protests – Ex FinMin Yomna Yasser Jul 26, 2013 0 A year ago, it became clear to me that the Arab Spring would not succeed in Egypt unless a deadlock between the…
Egypt News Egypt Police Must Protect Protesters on All Sides – Amnesty International Yomna Yasser Jul 26, 2013 0 Security forces must do more to protect protesters from violent attack and avoid the use of excessive force against…
Egypt News UN Chief Calls for “Maximum Restraint” by All Sides in Egypt Yomna Yasser Jul 26, 2013 0 UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday urged all the parties in Egypt "to act with maximum restraint" and…