Tahrir Square

Sexual Violence Against Women in Egypt: Have We Stopped Listening?

Helena Williams | Posted 15.04.2013 | UK
Helena Williams

A small crowd gathered outside the Egyptian embassy in icy Mayfair last night. Arabic chanting was interspersed with English - "We are not afraid, we will not be silent. Egyptian women, we are with you! We won't give up! We won't give in!" Banners bared images of women who were sexually assaulted while participating in mass protests

Arab Spring Two Years On - What's Wrong With the Middle East? What's Wrong With Us?

Jeffrey Gedmin | Posted 29.03.2013 | UK
Jeffrey Gedmin

There's suffering, uncertainty and threats that loom. But seriously, did we actually not understand two years ago that we were at the beginning of a long and dangerous process? Do we really think that, once shackles are thrown off, peace and prosperity automatically break out?

Lessons from Egypt's Past Could Prompt Optimism for the Future

Gates Cambridge Scholars | Posted 20.03.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Gates Cambridge Scholars

Recent Egyptian history, therefore, provides a model for overcoming a protracted period of uncertainty, a disruptive military presence in politics, a growing Islamist movement and a deteriorating economy.

Egypt: Beyond 'Islamists' Vs 'Secularists', What Way Forward?

Myriam Francois-Cerrah | Posted 04.02.2013 | UK Politics
Myriam Francois-Cerrah

This ‎oft-repeated dichotomy of 'islamists vs seculars', masks real diversity in the motivations of ‎opponents to both the presidential decree and the hastily drafted constitution.

Felicity A Morse

British Journalist Attacked In Tahrir Square, Vows To Return to Egypt

HuffingtonPost.com | Felicity A Morse | Posted 28.06.2012 | UK

Natasha Smith, the British journalist who was the victim of a horrific physical and sexual attack in Egypt’s Tahrir Square, will return to the count...

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

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 24.06.2012 | UK

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

Resistance, Death, Determination and Glory: One Year in Syria's Uprising

ArabSpring FF | Posted 14.05.2012 | UK Politics
ArabSpring FF

I was detained last Friday after security forces carried out random arrests. During my detention what struck me the most is that the security forces accused me of being in an "illegal protest." Any reforms made by a regime that shells its own people with tanks and mortars is worthless.

Hundreds Injured In Renewed Egypt Violence

Huffington Post UK | David Hobbs/Sara C Nelson | Posted 02.02.2012 | UK

Up to 400 people have been injured in Cairo in renewed violence between security forces and protesters angered by the deaths of 74 fans at a football ...

Online Activism & Revolution in Egypt

James Denselow | Posted 26.03.2012 | UK
James Denselow

It was not Facebook, Twitter or YouTube that brought down Hosni Mubarak. The Egyptian people did that. But this does not mean that social media and Internet‐based technologies played no role, or that their role was insignificant, as some have alleged.

Egypt's Elections and the Revolution Continues...

Bel Trew | Posted 29.01.2012 | UK
Bel Trew

Egypt has seen the initial round of its first supposed 'free and open' elections. Following a week of violence that saw a 120-hour battle between the Egyptian state forces and the protesters on Tahrir, up until the last minute, voters, judges, candidates and journalists weren't sure the elections would go ahead.

Who Changed the World in 2011? That's Easy

Mark Donne | Posted 28.01.2012 | UK
Mark Donne

Channel 4 News and its savant, cherished anchor Jon Snow threw out a seasonal challenge yesterday: who changed the world in 2011?

Egyptians Take To Polls Despite Protesters' Demand To Military Rulers

The Huffington Post UK | Paul Vale | Posted 28.01.2012 | UK

Egyptians have taken to the polls for the country’s first elections since the fall of Mubarak’s regime in February. Reports suggest that queue...

Thousand Protest Against Egypt Military While Syria Misses Arab League Deadline

The Huffington Post UK | Paul Vale | Posted 25.01.2012 | UK

Thousands of protestors have filled Cairo's Tahrir Square in the latest demonstration against the military authorities in Egypt. Organisers called ...

PICTURES: UN Chief Calls For Investigation Into Egypt's 'Excessive Use Of Force'

The Huffington Post UK | Paul Vale | Posted 23.01.2012 | UK

The United Nations has called for an independent investigation into the killing of protesters in Egypt as violence in the capital continues to rage. ...

PICTURES: Egypt's Military Leader Gives July Deadline For Elections, Despite Tahrir Square Unrest

The Huffington Post UK | Paul Vale | Posted 22.01.2012 | UK

Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi has given a deadline of July 2012 for presidential elections in Egypt. In a move certain to infuriate the tho...

PICTURES: Violence Continues As Demonstrators Gather In Tahrir Square For A "One Million-Man March'

The Huffington Post UK | Paul Vale | Posted 22.01.2012 | UK

Protesters have gathered in central Cairo for a "one million-man march" as demonstrations against the ruling military council continue into a fourth d...

Egypt's Stillborn Revolution

Kate Allen | Posted 22.01.2012 | UK
Kate Allen

The army and the people are certainly no longer one. Indeed the euphoria of Egypt's 25 January uprising has been replaced by fears that one repressive rule has simply been replaced with another.

Electric Shocks And Virginity Tests - Amnesty Urges Britain To Increase Pressure On Egypt

The Huffington Post UK | Chris Wimpress | Posted 21.01.2012 | UK

Women in Egypt have been subjected to 'horrific' torture at the hands of the Egyptian Army, including electric shock treatments and virginity tests, A...

Tahrir Square - The Unfinished Revolution

Imad Mesdoua | Posted 21.01.2012 | UK Politics
Imad Mesdoua

Many are calling it the unfinished revolution. They would not be entirely wrong. In any case, the defiant spirit of Tahrir, now legendary throughout the world, has returned. This Sunday, tens of thousands of supporters returned to the birthplace of the revolution, Tahrir Square to demand that the transitional Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) immediately hand over power to a civilian government to oversee legislative and presidential elections.

UPDATE: Photos - Thirteen Killed As Military Police Storm Tahrir Square

Melanie Hick | Posted 20.01.2012 | Home

Thirteen people have been killed, and hundreds injured in an Egyptian police and army assault on protesters in Tahrir Square in central Cairo, Haaretz...

Two Killed In Egypt As Protestors Clash With Police

Huffington Post UK | Peter Guest | Posted 19.01.2012 | UK

Protesters have returned to the streets of Cairo in a second day of demonstrations against the military leadership, a day after two people were report...

In Conversation With Dr Nawal El Saadawi

Julie Tomlin | Posted 17.12.2011 | Home
Julie Tomlin

While for many in the West the revolution in Egypt came out of the blue, for some, like the Egyptian writer and feminist Dr Nawal El Saadawi, the events that took place are the culmination of decades of work and longing for change.

Cairo Clashes Leave 24 Dead

The Huffington Post UK | Olivia Williams | Posted 10.12.2011 | UK

At least 24 Egyptians have died in Cairo after violent clashes erupted between protesting Christians and the army on Sunday. A further 200 were wounde...

Chaotic Scenes As Egypt's Hosni Mubarak Returns To Court

Al Jazeera English | Posted 15.10.2011 | UK

Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's former president, is back in court to face charges of killing protesters, in a hearing that could decide if the head of the rul...

New Egypt Poll: Majority Want Mubarak Executed, While the Army Keeps Revered Status

Joel Faulkner Rogers | Posted 08.08.2011 | UK
Joel Faulkner Rogers

Egypt should be careful what it wishes for. According to YouGov's latest survey of Egyptian public opinion, a majority of 67% want Hosni Mubarak, their deposed president, to face a death sentence.