Egypt

Couple Appeal For 'Arab Spring' Cat Lost In Oxfordshire

SWNS | Posted 03.10.2012 | UK

A couple who spent £6,000 rescuing a Egyptian cat from the violence sweeping the country during the Arab Spring are devastated after the moggy went m...

Egyptian Teenager Spat In Attacker's Face, And Was Gunned Down'

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 28.09.2012 | UK

Egyptian female activists have warned of a disturbing trend in violence against women after a 16-year-old girl was allegedly gunned down for spitting ...

Review: 'Over The Wall' Shows Football Tear Down Borders

Duncan Tucker | Posted 26.11.2012 | UK Entertainment
Duncan Tucker

Directed by Jasper Kain and Matthew Kay, Over The Wall is an unlikely and ambitious hour-long documentary that touches on the Israeli occupation of Palestine, the Arab Spring and the role football can play in overcoming prejudice and discrimination.

PHOTOS: Egypt Reopens Ancient Tomb After 10-Year Renovation

The Huffington Post UK | Ted Thornhill | Posted 24.09.2012 | UK

An ancient Egyptian tomb of enormous archaeological importance has finally been reopened to the public after 10 years of renovation. The Serapeum -...

Demonstrating For Dignity: Why Are Muslims So Enraged?

Myriam Francois-Cerrah | Posted 18.11.2012 | UK Politics
Myriam Francois-Cerrah

Muslims eh, they just cant seem to take a joke can they? It would be very easy to cast, as many ‎commentators have, the latest riots in response to the islamophobic film, as another example of ‎intolerant Muslims lacking a funny bone.

Twitter Spat Erupts Between Muslim Brotherhood And US Embassy In Cairo

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 13.09.2012 | UK

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...

King Tutankhamun's Death 'Linked To His Man-Boobs'

Washington Post | Sara C Nelson | Posted 13.09.2012 | UK

Theories of what caused the early death of Egypt’s most famous pharaoh, King Tutankhamun, have swirled for years. Some claim his death at the ag...

What Is Muhammad Morsi's End Game?

Amira Mohsen Galal | Posted 12.11.2012 | UK Politics
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.

Some Thoughts on Arab Socialism...

Alex MacDonald | Posted 03.11.2012 | UK Politics
Alex MacDonald

Some would have said the notion of a Muslim Brotherhood-ruled Egypt was a fantasy. On YouTube it is possible to find a video of Gamal Abdul Nasser, former dictatorial President of Egypt, speaking on the subject of the Muslim Brotherhood in the 1950's.

"I Beg You Not To Forget Me" How British Law Is Powerless To Help More Than 100,000 Abducted Children

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 25.08.2012 | UK

When Alison Shalaby's seven-year-old daughter was taken to Egypt by her ex-husband, she found it hard to believe that after just one week in the count...

The Quality of Morsi Is Not Restrained

Ben Jefferies | Posted 22.10.2012 | UK
Ben Jefferies

Call me cynical, but things are not running aright when the political landscape of post-revolutionary Egypt is dominated by clerical fascists in zealot beards and man-nighties who think that rape-victims were asking for it, Jews are to blame for everything, Christians should not be allowed to be president and homosexuals should be thrown off mountains.

Egypt Launches Sinai Air Strikes On 'Islamist Militants'

The Guardian | Posted 08.08.2012 | UK

Egyptian military attack helicopters have fired missiles on suspected Islamic militants in Sinai after attacks on security checkpoints, according to r...

Extraordinary Muslim Women at the Olympics - Past to Present

Shaista Gohir | Posted 01.10.2012 | UK Sport
Shaista Gohir

Their biggest hurdle preventing girls from taking up sports is religious extremism, particularly for those living in conservative Muslim countries. Although there is nothing in the Quran forbidding women and girls from exercising and playing sports, religious scholars are making Islam more restrictive than it should be through misinterpretations.

Man Who Annouced Mubarak's Resignation Dies In US

The Huffington Post UK | Paul Vale | Posted 18.09.2012 | UK

Omar Suleiman, Egypt's former intelligence boss has died, according to the country's state-run news agency. The 76-year-old, who served briefly as...

Americanization of the Digital World

Preetam Kaushik | Posted 12.09.2012 | UK Tech
Preetam Kaushik

Have you ever noticed while watching Hollywood blockbusters how most of the calamities and disasters take place in the United States? If an alien spac...

PICTURED: The Baby Boy Smuggled Through An Airport Security Scanner

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 09.07.2012 | UK

Scan: The image clearly shows the baby hidden within the luggage An Egyptian couple have been detained after attempting to smuggle their baby th...

The US Elections Are A Seven Billion Dollar Scandal

Gareth Edmundson | Posted 07.09.2012 | UK Politics
Gareth Edmundson

To every American citizen that reads this article on Huffington Post and beyond, I just want to plant this thought. $7 billion is currently being spent on nothing more than hot air.

Numbers Count: Why Religious Population Growth Underpins the Islamist Surge

Eric Kaufmann | Posted 31.08.2012 | UK Politics
Eric Kaufmann

The victory of the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsi in Egypt's presidential elections, and the strong showing of fundamentalist Salafis in legislative elections, completes a wave of Islamist electoral success that began in Tunisia and has swept the Arab world. One day soon, Islamist regimes may hold sway in an unbroken arc from Morocco to Turkey.

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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...

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

Dr Johan Franzén | Posted 26.08.2012 | UK Politics
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.

New Egyptian President Will 'Strengthen Ties' With Iran

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 25.06.2012 | UK

The newly-elected president of Egypt, Mohammed Morsi, has been quoted by the Iranian semi-state run news agency Fars as wanting to strengthen relation...

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 ...

Twitter Jokes About Sultan's Long Delivery Of Results

Posted 24.06.2012 | UK

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...

What We Have Learned This Week: Hosni Mubarak is a Natural-Born Opinion-Splitter

Andy Zaltzman | Posted 21.08.2012 | UK Comedy
Andy Zaltzman

Hosni Mubarak, the former 29-time Egyptian President Of The Year, has this week had the world bickering over whether or not (and to what extent) he is or isn't still alive, just as, for so many years, he had had the self-same planet squabbling over whether or not (and to what extent) he was or wasn't a goodie or a baddie.

Former Egyptian President Mubarak 'On Life Support'

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 20.06.2012 | UK

Update: Mubarak has now been taken off life support, according to Sky News. Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is being kept alive by life s...