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Egypt's Challenge - Two Years After the Revolution

Shaimaa Khalil | Posted 24.04.2013 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Islam, Bbc, Port Said, Alexandria, Egyptian Police, American University in Cairo, Diesel, Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), BBC World Service, Freedom and Justice Party, Unemployment, Arab Spring, Muslim Brotherhood, Cairo, Egypt Revolution, Egypt, Middle East, Revolution, Hosni Mubarak, Egypt President Mohammed Morsi, Islamists, Mohammed Morsi, UK Entertainment News
Shaimaa Khalil

I'm an Egyptian journalist working for the BBC in London and I've been reporting on the tumultuous events in my country for the last two years. In my new six-part BBC World Service series, Egypt's Challenge, I want to find out what post-revolutionary Egypt looks like. As it struggles to understand its new democracy I want to know what the main challenges facing my country are.

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Egypt's Challenge - Two Years After the Revolution

Shaimaa Kahlil | Posted 24.04.2013 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Egypt, Islam, Bbc, Port Said, Alexandria, Egyptian Police, American University in Cairo, Diesel, Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), BBC World Service, Freedom and Justice Party, Unemployment, Arab Spring, Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt Revolution, Cairo, Middle East, Revolution, Hosni Mubarak, Islamists, Egypt President Mohammed Morsi, Mohammed Morsi, UK Entertainment News
Shaimaa Kahlil

I'm an Egyptian journalist working for the BBC in London and I've been reporting on the tumultuous events in my country for the last two years. In my new six-part BBC World Service series, Egypt's Challenge, I want to find out what post-revolutionary Egypt looks like. As it struggles to understand its new democracy I want to know what the main challenges facing my country are.

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Cairo Clashes After 21 Football Rioters Sentenced To Death

The Huffington Post UK | Charlie Lindlar | Posted 09.03.2013 | UK
Read More: Riots, UK World, Port Said, Egypt, Football, Rioting, Mohamed Morsi, Mohammed Morsi, UK News

An Egyptian court has ratified death sentences handed to 21 football fans following riots which killed 74 people last February, sparking protests in C...

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Egypt Plunges Deeper Into Crisis As Hague Calls For Restraint

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 06.12.2012 | UK
Read More: Egypt Protests, Morsi, Egypt Clashes, Morsi Protests, Video, Muslim Brotherhood, Cairo, Egypt, Cairo Clashes, Reuters, Egypt News, Egypt Violence, Mohamed Morsi, Mohammed Morsi, UK News

William Hague has expressed deep concern at the ongoing violence in Egypt, urging authorities and opposition activists to show restraint as protests a...

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WATCH: Police And Demonstrators Clash In Egypt

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 27.11.2012 | UK
Read More: Morsi-Constitutional-Amendments, Morsi Power Grab, Video, Morsi Oversight, Egypt, Morsi Declarations, Morsi Decree, Egypt President, Mohammed Mursi, Mohamed Mursi, Mohammed Morsi, World News, Mohamed Morsi, UK News

Egyptian police have fired tear gas at protesters demanding the withdrawal of President Morsi's decree expanding his powers. Demonstrators gathered...

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As Morsi Pleases West, He May Clash With Hamas

Andrew Gawthorpe | Posted 22.01.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Gaza, Gaza War, Middle East, Egypt, Israel, Hamas, Mohammed Morsi, Ahmed Jibari, West Bank, UK Gaza, UK Politics News
Andrew Gawthorpe

It seems no coincidence that the uptick in violence that Hamas directed or allowed to be directed by more militant groups against Israel this year came in the aftermath of the Arab Spring.

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At Least 47 Children Killed In Egypt Bus Crash

The Huffington Post UK | Charlie Lindlar | Posted 17.11.2012 | UK
Read More: UK News, UK World, Egypt, Egypt Bus Crash, School Bus Crash, Bus Crash, Mohammed Morsi, Video, UK News

At least 47 children are believed to have been killed after their school bus collided with a train in central Egypt on Saturday, according to official...

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Twitter Spat Erupts Between Muslim Brotherhood And US Embassy In Cairo

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 13.09.2012 | UK
Read More: Morsi, UK News, Twitter, Egyptian Brotherhood, US Embassy in Cairo, Egypt, Muslim Council, Mohammed Morsi, UK News

The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt has become embroiled in a Twitter spat after it posted support in Arabic to protesters outside the US embassy in Cairo...

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What Is Muhammad Morsi's End Game?

Amira Mohsen Galal | Posted 12.11.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Middle East, Egypt, Economy, Mohammed Morsi, UK, Arab Spring, World, UK Politics News
Amira Mohsen Galal

Interestingly, Morsi has surprised observers with his controversial foreign policy. Egypt now seems set on restoring Cairo to the status of political and intellectual capital of the Middle East.

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Where Next for Egypt? The Muslim Brothers and the Ghosts of History

Dr Johan Franzén | Posted 26.08.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Islamism, Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt Presidential Elections, Egypt, Muslim Brothers, Egyptian Uprising, Arab Spring, Mohammed Morsi, UK Politics News
Dr Johan Franzén

The sight of Dr Muhammad Mursi being presented as Ra'is al-Jumhuriyyah (President of the Republic) was something I never thought I would see, and regardless of the future course of Egyptian politics it marked a truly historic moment.

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Egyptians Celebrate After Muslim Brotherhood Win On Penalties

The Huffington Post UK | Andrea Mann | Posted 25.06.2012 | UK Comedy
Read More: Pics & Giggles, Euro 2012, Mubarak, England Penalties, Spoof News, Muslim Brotherhood, England Italy, Egyptian Elections, Mohammed Morsi, UK Comedy News

Thousands of Egyptians flooded Tahrir Square on Sunday night after the country's presidential election went to penalties. A nail-biting climax saw ...

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Trumpets, Belly Dancing And Singing: Morsi's Victory In Pictures

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 24.06.2012 | UK
Read More: Morsi, Egypt, Tahrir Square, Cairo Pictures, Election Egypt Pictures, Egypt Brotherhood UK News, Egypt Elections Pictures, Mohammed Morsi, UK News

Jubilant chaos erupted in Tahrir square as soon as the results of Sunday's presidential election were announced. Firecrackers were let off, car horns ...

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Twitter Jokes About Sultan's Long Delivery Of Results

Posted 24.06.2012 | UK
Read More: Morsi, Farouk Sultan, Egypt Elections, UK News, Twitter, Muslim Brotherhood, Sultan, Egypt, News, Mohammed Morsi, UK News

Millions from around the world tuned in as Farouk Sultan, head of the election commission prepared to read out the results of Egypt's presidential run...

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Egypt Waits Anxiously For Election Results

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 24.08.2012 | UK
Read More: Mursi, Arab Spring, UK News, President Elections, Mohammed Mursi, Mubarak, Egypt Muslim Brotherhood, News, Egypt Elections, Mohammed Morsi, UK News

Egypt is waiting anxiously for the results of a landmark election amid fears the announcement could provoke violent clashes. Tanks could be seen ou...

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Muslim Brotherhood Plan Protests Against Egypt's Military Council

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 19.06.2012 | UK
Read More: Mursi, UK News, Arab Spring, President Elections, Mohammed Mursi, Mubarak, Egypt Muslim Brotherhood, News, Egypt Elections, Mohammed Morsi, UK News

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood are planning protests across the country after the ruling military council granted itself all-pervasive new powers, a move ...

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Muslim Brotherhood Claims Victory In Egypt Election

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 18.06.2012 | UK
Read More: Mursi, UK News, Arab Spring, President Elections, Mohammed Mursi, Mubarak, Egypt Muslim Brotherhood, News, Egypt Elections, Mohammed Morsi, UK News

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood party has announced that its candidate Mohammed Morsi has won the presidential elections in the nation's first vote since t...

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Why I'd Be Voting Islamist

The Cambridge Union Society | Posted 04.08.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: President Hosni Mubarak, Ahmed Shafiq, Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt Revolution, Egypt, Egypt Military Civilian Government, Egypt Military Council, Egypt Elections, Ahmed-Shafiq-Egypt-President-Elections, Mohammed Morsi, World, UK Universities & Education News
The Cambridge Union Society

The results of the first round of voting in the Egyptian presidential election were not good. To be more specific, they were very bad. The runoff will pit Mohammed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist group already dominant in parliament, against Ahmed Shafik, a former commander of the air force and Mubarak's last prime minister.

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