Vigilantes Spray Paint Sexual Harassers In Cairo
Over the recent four-day Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, more than 1,000 sexual harassment complaints were filed in Egypt.President Mohammed Morsi has ordered an investigation, but some are not prepared...
View ArticlePrice Hikes Lead To Deadly Protests In Jordan
Jordan's monarchy has largely dodged the waves of unrest that began with the Arab Spring. But this week, angry protestors flooded the streets after the king announced gas hikes to cover deficits caused...
View ArticleFew Signs Of Break In Mideast Flare-Up
Transcript GUY RAZ, HOST: It's WEEKENDS on ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Guy Raz.Israel is now warning of a possible significant expansion of its operation aimed at Palestinian militants in...
View ArticleEgypt's President Plays Big Role In Gaza Ceasefire
The cease-fire between Hamas and Israel has been a political boost for Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi. The Islamist leader spent hours in meetings and on the phone with world leaders, including...
View ArticleProtests Erupt In Egypt After President Expands Powers
Thousands of protesters flooded into the streets of Egypt on Friday — some in support of President Mohammed Morsi, others condemning what they called a vast power grab by the president that puts Egypt...
View ArticleBurst Of Protest In Egypt But No Revolution, Yet
Cairo's Tahrir Square was nearly empty as the sun rose Saturday. A few demonstrators camped out overnight after mass protests on Friday condemned controversial decrees by Egypt's President Mohammed...
View ArticleEgyptian Judges Prepare For A Strike
After a series of controversial decrees by Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi, the country's judges are conflicted over what to do.The president and Egypt's highest judicial authority met Monday to try...
View ArticleEgypt's Constitution Vote Mired In Controversy
Mohammed Morsi was dismissed by many Egyptians when he stood in the country's first free election after the ouster of the Mubarak regime. Morsi was seen as lacking charisma and was referred to as the...
View ArticleIs Morsi Morphing Into Authoritarian He Opposed?
When Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi was elected, some Egyptians jokingly referred to him as the Muslim Brotherhood's "spare tire." He was the backup candidate of the Islamist organization, whose...
View ArticleConstitution Vote Seen As Referendum On Egyptian Brotherhood
Egyptians voted late into the night Saturday on an Islamist-backed constitution that has polarized the nation. There seemed to be no question that the document would pass, bolstering embattled...
View ArticleEgypt's Salafis Emerge As Powerful, And Controversial, Political Force
The uprisings of the Arab Spring unleashed a new political force in the region — Salafis. These ultra-conservative Muslims aspire to a society ruled entirely by a rigid form of Islamic law. Their...
View ArticleTunisia's Salafis: 'A Danger' Or Preachers Of God's Law?
The uprisings of the Arab Spring unleashed a new political force in the region — Salafis, ultraconservative Muslims who aspire to a society ruled entirely by a rigid form of Islamic law. Their models...
View ArticleFor The First Time In Decades, Iran's President Visits Egypt
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday became the first Iranian leader to visit Egypt since the 1970s, the latest sign of the thawing of relations between the rival Muslim nations.Ahmadinejad...
View ArticleIn Post-Revolution Egypt, Fears Of Police Abuse Deepening
Egypt's police force was the underpinning of former President Hosni Mubarak's iron-fisted regime, and it quickly became the enemy of Egypt's 2011 revolution.Yet there has been little to no reform of...
View ArticlePolice Officers Caught In The Middle Go On Strike In Egypt
Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: It's ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Audie Cornish.MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: And I'm Melissa Block. Now to Egypt, where police officers are on strike.(SOUNDBITE OF...
View ArticleIslamists Say They Are Filling Vacuum Left By Egyptian State
In the lush Nile Valley city of Assiut, the police went on strike earlier this month, along with thousands of other cops across the country. They demanded the ouster of the minister of interior, and...
View ArticleEgypt Negotiates Necessary IMF Loan
Two years after the revolution, Egypt is in a deep economic crisis.
View ArticleEgypt's Jon Stewart Says He Won't Back Down Amid Charges
It's 9:30 p.m. on a Friday night, and Bassem Youssef's show is on TV screens at cafes throughout downtown Cairo.It's the Egyptian political satirist's first show since he was summoned to the prosecutor...
View ArticleEgyptian Activists Say Their Religion Isn't Your Business
Since Egypt's revolution began, tensions among Egypt's Muslims and Christians have only increased. Earlier this month, it once again turned deadly. Tit-for-tat killings left three Muslims and at least...
View ArticleHow Different Cultures Handle Personal Space
Our perspectives on personal space — the distance we keep between the person in front of us at an ATM, the way we subdivide the area of an elevator — are often heavily influenced by the norms of the...
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