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Meriam Ibrahim Shares Details of Ordeal in Sudan Prison

The crowd clapped, whistled, and cheered its approval. To Ibrahim’s left was her wheelchair bound husband, Daniel. Ibrahim described her captivity in a jail cell...

Proposals for Law to Reduce Restrictions on Building Churches in Egypt

  Although the parliamentary elections haven’t begun yet, the controversy about the houses of worship law started when Christian lawyer Nabil Luka Bibawi filed a...

NGOs Condemn Cabinet Refusal to Include Women on ‘Legislative Reform Committee’

  A joint statement released by Nazra and 14 other NGOs Saturday said that though the Cabinet finally decided to reply to their request, it...

U.S. Intelligence Underestimated Militants in Syria – Obama to CBS

  Citing earlier comments by James Clapper, director of national intelligence, Obama acknowledged that U.S. intelligence underestimated what had been taking place in Syria. Islamic militants...

Woman Escapes Kidnappers, Says Interior Minister Is a Liar

  She described the place where she was held as an apartment in Cairo. She said “Two women wearing niqab (full veil) watched over me...

After the Revolution: Sitting Down With Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi

  In one of his first interviews in the U.S., al-Sisi spoke with TIME on Sept. 23 about the America’s war against the Islamic State...

Islamic State Has “Perverted One of the World’s Great Religions,” Obama Tells General Assembly

  The speech was received coolly by United Nations delegates, in sharp contrast to previous speeches to the General Assembly which received rapturous applause. After briefly...

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US Lawmakers Renew Call to Designate Brotherhood as Terrorist Organization

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Gamal al Ghitani, Egyptian Novelist With a Political Bent, Dies at 70

  Gamal al-Ghitani, a former carpet designer who switched careers...