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Egyptian Satirist Returns to TV With Careful Barbs - New York Times Sat, 26 Oct 2013 18:28:30 GMT

New York Times

Egyptian Satirist Returns to TV With Careful Barbs New York Times CAIRO — As his popular television show returned to Egypt's airwaves on Friday after a long hiatus, Bassem Youssef, an Egyptian satirist, took a swipe at the country's new military leadership in perhaps the only manner such criticism remains possible ... Complaints claim "Egypt's Jon Stewart" defamed militaryCBS News Complaints Claim Egypt Satirist Defamed MilitaryABC News Egypt's top political satirist back on airAljazeera.com all 145 news articles »

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Group: Egyptian Ex-Army Officer Was Suicide Bomber - ABC News Sat, 26 Oct 2013 14:17:53 GMT

Ahram Online

Group: Egyptian Ex-Army Officer Was Suicide Bomber ABC News An ex-Egyptian army officer carried out the suicide bombing last month that unsuccessfully targeted the country's interior minister, a video posted online Saturday by al-Qaida-inspired militants claims. Military officials reached by The Associated ... Egypt crackdown complaint against Nobel laureate tossed out by judgeLos Angeles Times Video: Ex-Soldier Suicide-Bombed Egypt OfficialNPR Egypt's 'War on Terror': The dangers aheadAhram Online Long War Journal -The Daily Star all 55 news articles »

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It's 'Sisi-Mania,' as Nationalist Fervor Sweeps Through Egypt - New York Times (blog) Sat, 26 Oct 2013 00:19:16 GMT

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It's 'Sisi-Mania,' as Nationalist Fervor Sweeps Through Egypt New York Times (blog) In the months since Egypt's armed forces removed former President Mohamed Morsi and installed an interim government of their choosing, a nationalist fervor has swept the country, spurred on in part by a robust media campaign that has hailed the army as ... Egypt's Morsi relocated from military club following July clasheswww.worldbulletin.net all 2 news articles »

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Groups Accuse Egypt Satirist of Defaming Military - ABC News Sat, 26 Oct 2013 15:47:13 GMT

Groups Accuse Egypt Satirist of Defaming Military ABC News Associated Press. An official in Egypt says complaints already have been filed against a popular television satirist, less than 24 hours after returning to air following a coup in the country. Bassem Youssef, often compared to U.S. comedian Jon Stewart ...

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United Arabs Emirates to grant Egypt additional $3.9b. in assistance - Jerusalem Post Sat, 26 Oct 2013 21:11:19 GMT

Khaleej Times

United Arabs Emirates to grant Egypt additional $3.9b. in assistance Jerusalem Post Egypt signed an agreement for $4.9 billion with the United Arab Emirates on Saturday in which it decided to support the country's development with an additional $3.9b. in aid after previously agreeing to around $1b. in July. The signing of the ... UAE signs $4.9 billion aid package to EgyptReuters Shaikh Mohammed reaffirms UAE support to EgyptKhaleej Times UAE offers $5 billion in support for EgyptThe National gulfnews.com -Economic Times -GlobalPost all 41 news articles »

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Egypt police fire teargas on Morsi supporters - Aljazeera.com Fri, 25 Oct 2013 15:35:50 GMT

Aljazeera.com

Egypt police fire teargas on Morsi supporters Aljazeera.com Police have used teargas to disperse demonstrations of supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in Egypt's second city, Alexandria, and in Suez. Thousands of supporters of Egypt's first elected president Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood ... Muslim Brotherhood supporters rally in EgyptUSA TODAY Egypt Headed Toward Civil War, Morsi Backers WarnHuffington Post Egypt military officers back army chief for presidentReuters Al-Arabiya -Washington Post -Gulf Times all 200 news articles »

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Oscar-Worthy Documentary Shows How Egypt's Revolution Fell Apart - TIME Sat, 26 Oct 2013 04:01:13 GMT

The Majalla Magazine

Oscar-Worthy Documentary Shows How Egypt's Revolution Fell Apart TIME When it happened, Egypt's February 2011 revolution seemed an epochal global event. If Cairo was not the birthplace of the Arab Spring, it was its apogee. The people of the Arab world's most populous, most important nation, long oppressed, had finally ... Women on the Rights PathThe Majalla Magazine all 9 news articles »

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Bassem Youssef, known as Egypt's Jon Stewart, returns to TV after four-month ... - Washington Post Sat, 26 Oct 2013 05:00:12 GMT

Bassem Youssef, known as Egypt's Jon Stewart, returns to TV after four-month ... Washington Post CAIRO — Egypt's favorite funnyman is back on the air. After a four-month hiatus, the popular and controversial political satirist Bassem Youssef returned to the airwaves Friday night to host an hour-long episode of his show “El Bernameg” (“The Program”).

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'The Square,' Jehane Noujaim's Documentary on Egypt's Unrest - New York Times Fri, 25 Oct 2013 10:03:39 GMT

New York Times

'The Square,' Jehane Noujaim's Documentary on Egypt's Unrest New York Times In the language of politics, “the people” is a great abstraction, an idea that can be invoked to justify noble projects and terrible crimes. “The Square,” Jehane Noujaim's stunning new documentary, is partly about the contested status of the Egyptian ... 'The Square': Egypt In Crisis, And Its People In FocusNPR all 10 news articles »

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How Far Can Egypt's John Stewart Go Without Being Thrown In Jail? - By David ... - Foreign Policy Fri, 25 Oct 2013 22:37:12 GMT

How Far Can Egypt's John Stewart Go Without Being Thrown In Jail? - By David ... Foreign Policy An array of dancers wearing gigantic rainbow-colored bowties file in behind Youssef, Egypt's most famous satirist. With broad smiles, they dance happily as they sing about Egypt's bloody summer. They describe how the Muslim Brotherhood won at the ...