Sharif Abdel Kouddous, Democracy Now!. November 21, 2011.
Going into a third day of mass protests in Egypt, the unarmed citizens calling for an end to military rule face a vicious crackdown from security forces.
Thousands of protesters demanding that the ruling military cede power to a civilian authority were brutally cleared by the military and security forces Sunday.
Sharif Abdel Kouddous, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. July 8, 2011.
Hundreds of university professors are staging a sit-in across Egypt to call for the ousting of university administration officials appointed by the former Mubarak regime.
The Israeli response to Palestinian protests? Killing ten people in Lebanon, eight in Syria, two in Gaza and one in the West Bank, and injuring over 200.
When do the abuses that have been tolerated for so long become intolerable? When does the fear evaporate and the rage generate action that produces joy?
"Kill the bill!" the protesters chant en masse, day after day, while the drums pound and cowbells clang. The spirit of Cairo is here. The air is charged with it.
As much as Mubarak is a slave to US foreign policy, Obama is boxed in by geopolitical imperatives and enormous corporate interests he cannot even dream of upsetting.
Sharif Abdel Kouddous, Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. February 1, 2011.
One week after the unprecedented popular uprising began in Egypt, more than 2 million people descend on Tahrir Square to demand regime change in the country.
Amy Goodman, Sharif Abdel Kouddous, Democracy Now!. January 31, 2011.
Reporter on the ground in Egypt: "They want [Mubarak] to step down. And they will not leave the streets of Cairo, the streets of Egypt, until he does."
Ali Gharib, Emad Mekay, Inter Press Service. January 28, 2011.
Mubarak responded to unrest by promising to replace his cabinet, but gave no indication of leaving himself. After Mubarak's remarks, Obama issued a warning.
The corruption of government officials, the bulging prisons, the laughable elections, the whole vast, sclerotic edifice of power has at last brought Egyptians on to their streets.
Egyptian police on Tuesday fired tear gas at thousands of protesters gathered in central Cairo to demand the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak and calling for reforms.
On the Egyptian government's stonewalling passage for the Gaza Freedom March, Evans writes: "We hope the Egyptians get so annoyed they just want to get rid of us.
