Mohamed Morsi

June 24, 2012: When Middle Eastern reality changed overnight - opinion

The Middle East teaches time and again that radical forces do not disappear on their own. Sometimes time actually strengthens them. Sometimes it grants them resources, legitimacy, and capabilities

SUPPORTERS OF Muslim Brotherhood’s presidential candidate Mohamed Morsi celebrate his victory at the election at Tahrir Square in Cairo, in 2012.
Illustrative image of former Hamas leaders Yahya and Mohammed Sinwar.

Hamas items, including Sinwar's battle plans on display at new intelligence center exhibit

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi

Egyptian security forces arrest senior staff members of rights group

Egypt’s intangibles

Egypt’s intangibles: Morsi to Sisi to the pyramids to an LGBTQ refugee


Egyptian government resigns, paving way for military chief Sisi to run for president

"This was done as a step that was needed ahead of Sisi's announcement that he will run for president," Egyptian official says.

General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi 370

Egypt elects first woman to head political party

Hala Shukrallah takes over Constitution Party, which was founded by Mohamed ElBaradei; also first Coptic Christian to head party.

 Hala Shukrallah

Morsi on trial for conspiring with Hamas, Hezbollah to commit terror acts in Egypt

Deposed Egyptian president appears in Cairo court for what prosecutors call "the biggest case of conspiracy in the history of Egypt."

Morsi in first trial appearance 370

Will the Morsi trial change the Egyptian judicial system?

Muslim Brotherhood activists, like millions of Egyptians, feel that Egypt’s judge-only system is unfair and biased, and claim that the trials of, for example, ousted president Hosni Mubarak and his regime, were show trials.

Morsi poster 370

Egypt's top satirist Bassem Youssef returns to TV

"Egyptian Jon Stewart" hosts first airing of show since it was pulled 3 months ago; pans public for lionizing army chief Sisi.

Bassem Youssef

Egyptian reports highlight alleged Morsi-al-Qaida cooperation

Ousted Egyptian presidents' Brotherhood purportedly established communications network using US company to communicate with terror group, according to reports.

Al-Qaida's new leader, Egyptian Ayman al-Zawahiri 370

Egyptian belly dancer to run for parliament in Morsi’s hometown

TV personality who released an anti-Obama video last year wants to run to "annoy the Brotherhood every day."

Sama el-Masry

Early presidential election is called in Egypt day after killing of 49 protesters

Change to the post-Morsi political timetable could pave way for swift election of Sisi.

Egypt women Brotherhood protesting 370

Three bombs explode in central Cairo

Wave of attacks kill six, and raise fears that Islamist insurgency is gaining pace on eve of anniversary of Mubarak toppling.

Government building set ablaze in Cairo 370

Palestinian man arrested for naming baby after Morsi

Abdel Halim Ghannam, 37, of the Jalazoun refugee camp north of Ramallah, was summoned for interrogation; man's wife says baby name behind arrest.

Abdel Halim Ghannam, 37, and his son.