Lindsey Hilsum
Egypt’s sexual harassment of women an ‘epidemic’
Beyond the political unrest in Egypt, lies a complex social and religious problem: sexual assaults against women.
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Egypt: Al Jazeera journalists ‘to face charges’
The chairman of Egypt’s State Information Service tells Channel 4 News that charges are to be brought against three Al Jazeera journalists who were detained last December.
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Egypt: paving the way for General al-Sisi’s presidency?
Egypt’s political roadmap is altered so that the president will be elected before parliament is. It hastens the likely election of army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as head of state.
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Egypt: Journalists in jail as authorities crack down
As Egypt detains three Al-Jazeera journalists, a British correspondent based in Cairo tells Channel 4 News that reporting from the region has become “darker and more complicated”.
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Chaos in court stalls trial of Muslim Brotherhood leaders
Judges in Egypt walk out after leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood shout slogans and refuse to co-operate as they appear in court.
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Two dead in Egypt as thousands take to the streets
Two people have been killed and at least 19 injured as rival protesters clash in Egypt’s second city, Alexandria. Tens of thousands are on the streets of the capital, Cairo.
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Lindsey Hilsum
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Lindsey Hilsum
The saviour who won’t rise from the streets
“Waste your summer praying in vain, For a saviour to rise from these streets” – what Bruce Springsteen can teach us about Egypt and the Arab Spring.
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Egypt’s new president: my task is ‘very onerous’
Egyptian people have “had enough of division” and must be “one body” in order to build a democratic nation, Egypt’s interim president Adly Mansour tells Channel 4 News in his first interview.
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Islamists urge protests against Egypt’s military coup
An Islamist coalition, led by the Muslim Brotherhood, urges its supporters to take to the streets and protest against a military coup that ousted Egypt’s president Mohamed Morsi.
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Egypt’s revolution 2.0 – nothing to be surprised about?
Tahrir Square is once again filled with tens of thousands of protesters. But why are historians not surprised? Channel 4 News looks at the rocky road to revolution.
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Egyptians flood Tahrir Square in anti-Mursi protest
Thousands of Egyptians descend on Tahrir Square to call for President Mohamed Mursi to step down – against a backdrop of violent unrest across Egypt.
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Jon Snow
Why it's fine to play the crying game
Why are people in this country steeped in the playground “Cry baby Bunting” mentality? In my book, it’s always OK for anyone, male or female, to cry.
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Press Freedom 2013: Mali plummets following turmoil
Mali is the country that falls the furthest in the Reporters Without Borders press freedom index as a result of the conflict which still divides the nation.
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Cairo protests: opposition demands referendum cancellation
While Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi withdraws a decree granting him sweeping powers, opposition politicians say protests will not stop until he abandons plans for a draft constitutional referendum.
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Anti-Mursi protests escalate in Egypt
Protests against Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi spread beyond Cairo in the early hours of Wednesday morning leaving at least 100 people injured.
