Many Westerners, watching the revolution in Egypt, are wondering whether the outcome will be true democracy. Less often asked but equally important is whether Egypt can reform its economy in ways that ...

One year after Egypt’s military rulers forced Hosni Mubarak out, an internal struggle over power and political reform continues with no clear end in sight, writes Brian Katulis. A full year after ...

This series examines the countries today from the perspective of our correspondents on the ground to see how the post-revolutionary countries have come full circle to their autocratic ways. Journalism ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook In Arabic class this week, our infamous textbook AlKitaab transitioned from one controversial and ...

While the end of Mubarak opened the imagination to a new type of country, instead the world saw the first democratic elections elect an Islamist president who was later ousted in 2013 – due to popular ...

Mona Mazbouh sat on the floor of a single police cell in Cairo, with no light, bed, and with only cockroaches and a rat as company. The water that ran from the tap was dirty, and without a toilet, she ...

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Into the Hands of the Soldiers: Freedom and Chaos in Egypt and the Middle East. By David Kirkpatrick. Viking; 384 pages; $28. Bloomsbury Publishing; £21. IN 2005 a middle-aged Egyptian army officer ...

Growing up in an affluent middle-class family in northern Egypt, Doria El Kerdany could pay for health care and education, but she couldn’t trust it. “To live in a society that is really going ...

The Egyptian military issued a 48-hour ultimatum for President Mohamed Morsi to put an end to the massive showdown ongoing in the streets of Egypt between the opposition and Morsi’s supporters. The ...

The rich online resource, spearheaded by researcher Nicola Pratt, reveals how culture was “an outlet” for political views during the revolution and its aftermath. NPR's Eric Westervelt looks at the ...