Mubarak Reportedly in Coma

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jun 11, 2012 There are disputed reports that deposed Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak has slipped into a coma since he was sentenced to life in prison June 2 in the killings of pro-democracy demonstrators during last year's Arab Spring uprising. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Mubarak’s Health in Decline

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 10, 2012 Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is in failing health, slipping in and out of consciousness a week after he was sentenced to life in prison and confined to a prison hospital. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Egyptian Women Protesters Assaulted in Tahrir Square

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 9, 2012 In what looks to be an attempt to keep females out of Cairo’s political life, hundreds of men assaulted about 50 Egyptian women and their male supporters as they marched against sexual harassment in Tahrir Square on Friday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Mubarak Is Sentenced to Life in Prison

Staff / Truthdig Jun 2, 2012 An Egyptian judge sentenced former President Hosni Mubarak to a life term in prison Saturday for complicity in the killing of unarmed protesters during the uprising that ousted him from power last year. But corruption charges against Mubarak and his sons were dismissed, touching off anger and disbelief in the Arab street. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

It’s Wait and See as Egypt Counts the Votes

Staff / Truthdig May 25, 2012 The official results of the Egyptian election won’t be known until Tuesday, but the outlook points to a strong showing by Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi, the possibility of which has scared some Egyptians into voicing support for a candidate from Mubarak’s administration. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Egyptians Rally Against Suleiman

Staff / Truthdig Apr 14, 2012 Of all the people to step in and take the still-revolutionizing nation of Egypt to another level in its post-Arab Spring era, former President Hosni Mubarak's intelligence chief Omar Suleiman probably isn't the man for the job. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Change in Egypt

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Egypt Gives an Inch on Election Date

Staff / Truthdig Feb 7, 2012 Monday brought a mixed bag of news out of Egypt. First came the update that 19 Americans working in nonprofit organizations in the North African nation were still in line to be tried for funding-related reasons, despite Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's warning sounds about Egypt's future funding from the U.S. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Egypt Claims Raids on NGOs Will Stop

Staff / Truthdig Dec 31, 2011 After the U.S. hinted at the possibility of changing plans for providing military aid to Egypt, the newly revolutionized North African nation pledged Friday to put an end to the recent raids on nongovernmental organizations that made headlines the day before. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Mubarak Is Rolled Back Into Court

Staff / Truthdig Dec 28, 2011 Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak shielded his face from onlookers as he was wheeled into a courtroom Wednesday to resume trial on alleged abuses of power and the killing of hundreds of protesters in the uprising that ousted him earlier this year. The trial was delayed for almost two months while the court located a suitable judge. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Freed Egyptian Activist Speaks Out

Staff / Truthdig Dec 28, 2011 "Democracy Now!" hears from Alaa Abd El Fattah, a prominent Egyptian activist and blogger just released after 56 days in one of the country’s worst prisons on charges of inciting violence against the military. Fattah, who denies the charges, is optimistic about the revolution “completely renegotiating the order of power in Egypt and across the Arab world.” Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Questioning ‘An Unreal Government’

Staff / Truthdig Dec 24, 2011 A brutal and resilient junta The myth of prevailing revolutionary secularism An exhausted liberal class that risks capitulation and oblivion In this uncommonly thoughtful reflection published at The New Inquiry, journalist Matt Pearce shines light on the flies in the ointment of the Egyptian uprising one year after its inception The myth of prevailing secularism A liberal class that risks oblivion This uncommonly thoughtful reflection shines light on the flies in the ointment of the Egyptian uprising one year after its inception. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )