Tag Archives: Egypt
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Egypt Stalls on International Aid, Financial Crisis Looms
Egypt’s government is reluctant to cut fuel subsidies even as it is running out of money.
Egypt is stalling on the terms of a $4.8 billion loan from International Monetary Fund even as the country faces food and fuel shortages that could destabilize it before parliamentary elections are due to start in October. One Western diplomat told the Reuters press agency that the Arab nation's…
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Court Suspends Egypt’s Parliamentary Elections
Egypt’s legislative elections are pushed back by an administrative court’s decision.
An Egyptian court on Wednesday ordered the suspension of parliamentary elections that were scheduled to commence in April, plunging the Arab nation into another judicial battle when the elections were supposed to bring stability more than two years after a popular uprising forced…
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Egypt’s Opposition Tactics: Mayhem, Canal City Strikes
“Black Bloc” protesters wreck havoc while Port Said resorts to civil disobedience.
The past month has seen the emergence of two very different approaches to street protests in Egypt. On the one hand, the use of violence as a means of protest has gained renewed vigor. Port Said erupted into clashes at the end of January after death…
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In Cairo, A Free Market Experiment Is Underway
Entrepreneurs profit from the lack of regulation in Cairo’s central Tahrir Square.
Near the middle of Tahrir Square a sign nestled among the tents proclaims to pedestrians that they stand in "The Free Republic of Tahrir." While protesters seek political reform, Tahrir's entrepreneurs have continued to evolve with Egypt's political situation and…
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Rise of Islamists Frays Strategic UAE-Egyptian Relations
Arab Gulf states fear that, unlike Mubarak, Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood is soft on Iran.
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Army Chief Warns Egypt On the Brink Of Collapse
Egypt’s military might not actually be that concerned about the rising political unrest.
Egypt's army chief warned on Tuesday that political unrest in the country is pushing it to the brink of collapse. Colonel General Abdul Fatah Khalil Al-Sisi, who succeeded Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi as commander in chief of the…