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Satirist Bassem Youssef not letting up on Egyptian president despite charges against him
Egyptian humorist Bassem Youssef again satirised President Mohamed Morsi in his first television show since facing charges of insulting the country’s leader and Islam. “I would love to know how you make your decisions,” Youssef said of Morsi, comparing him to a magician drawing his ideas out of a hat.…
Opponents vote to shoot Egypt’s Morsi into space
Opponents of Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi are voting to send him where no Islamist leader has gone before: outer space. Morsi on Saturday was leading the field in Egypt in an online contest sponsored by deodorant makers Axe to send a lucky few on a shuttle operated by space tourism…
Egypt protests galvanized by video of police beating naked man
Opponents of Mohamed Morsi say the footage proves that the president has chosen to order a brutal crackdown A video of a protester being beaten and stripped naked has galvanised protests against the police and government in Egypt. Hamada Saber, a middle-aged man, remained in a police hospital on Saturday,…
Mohamed Morsi declares emergency in three Egyptian cities
by Patrick Kingsley State of emergency and curfews announced for Port Said, Ismailiya and Suez in response to wave of political violence President Mohamed Morsi has announced a state of emergency in three cities near Egypt’s Suez Canal, following four days of civil unrest that have left at least 40…
Egyptians to protest on second anniversary of revolution
Huge crowds were expected to demonstrate in Egypt on Friday for the second anniversary of the revolution that ousted Hosni Mubarak and brought in an Islamist government, at a time of political tensions and economic woes. The secular-leaning opposition called for mass street protests against President Mohamed Morsi and the…
Egyptian high court to rule on Islamist-dominated senate and constitution
Egypt’s top court was on Tuesday to rule whether Egypt’s Islamist-dominated Senate should be dissolved as well as on the validity of a panel that wrote the country’s controversial constitution. In advance of the landmark rulings, dozens staged a sit-in overnight outside the Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) on the banks…
Egypt’s Morsi backs calls for Assad war crimes trial
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi told CNN Sunday he backs Syrian calls for Bashar al-Assad to be tried for war crimes, and predicted Assad’s regime would fall in the country’s bloody civil war. “The Syrian people, through their revolution, and through the movement will, when the bloodshed stops, move to a…
Egypt’s Morsi signs disputed constitution into law
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has signed into law a new constitution voted in despite weeks of opposition protests, but on Wednesday he was left facing an economic crisis and international disquiet over his rule. The Islamist-dominated senate convened on Wednesday to swear in 90 new members appointed by Morsi. It…
Egypt approves new constitution with 63.8% support
Egypt’s constitution was passed with 63.8 percent voter support in the two-stage referendum that ended last weekend, the national electoral commission said on Tuesday. Turnout was 32.9 percent of Egypt’s total 52 million voters, the president of the commission, Samir Abul Maati, told a news conference in Cairo. The figures…
Tensions rise as Egyptians vote on new constitution
Troops out in force amid opponents’ claims that document favours Muslim Brotherhood Egyptians lined up in their thousands on Saturday to vote on a controversial new constitution that has pitted the government and its Islamist supporters against liberal and secular opponents in a bitter struggle over the way ahead for…
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