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Egyptian Radicals’ Turn to Democracy Alarms Some - NYTimes.com
Andrea Bruce for The New York Times Abboud al-Zomor's family's home is in Nahia, outside Cairo.Facebook Officials Keep Quiet on Its Role in Revolts - NYTimes.com
The social media giant finds itself under countervailing pressures after the uprisings in the Middle East. While it has become one of the primary tools for activists to mobilize protests and share information, Facebook does not want to be seen as picking sides for fear that some countries — like Syria, where it just gained a foothold — would impose restrictions on its use or more closely monitor users, according to some company executives who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were discussing internal business. And Facebook does not want to alter its firm policy requiring users to sign up with their real identities.
Both are members of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, which has rarely met but will run the country at least until elections are held later in the year.
Egypt’s Military Leaders Face Test on Power Sharing - NYTimes.com
Ed Ou for The New York Times Demonstrators in Cairo rejoiced Friday upon hearing that President Hosni Mubarak had been toppled after 18 days of protests against his government. Shouts of “God is great” erupted from Tahrir Square at twilight as Mr.
Egypt Erupts in Jubilation as Mubarak Steps Down - NYTimes.com
Mubarak’s Fall Prompts Double Takes - The TV Watch - NYTimes.com
And when the end came on Friday, it was peaceful and so abrupt that American television put on its own kind of five-second delay.
Latest Updates on Day 14 of Egypt Protests - NYTimes.com
On Monday, The Lede is following protests in Egypt, 14 days into the crisis.Facebook and YouTube Fuel the Egyptian Protests - NYTimes.com
Mr. Said, a 28-year-old Egyptian businessman, was pulled from an Internet cafe in Alexandria last June by two plainclothes police officers, who witnesses say then beat him to death in the lobby of a residential building. Human rights advocates said he was killed because he had evidence of police corruption.
Stability of Egypt Hinges on a Divided Military - NYTimes.com
Another of the secret embassy cables obtained by leveled even harsher criticism at Field Marshal Tantawi, telling Gen. , then the head of United States Central Command, that under the field marshal’s leadership, “The tactical and operational readiness of the Egyptian Armed Forces has decayed.” Nonetheless, the December 2008 cable concluded, he “retains Mubarak’s support, and could easily remain in place for years to come.” As a 12-day-old revolution rocks the foundations of , the Obama administration is now embracing a transition process backed by Field Marshal Tantawi and other top military leaders that would ease their longtime benefactor, President , from power.
Daniel Barry for The New York Times The upheaval in Egypt has increased Esmaeel El Sayed’s understanding of the country his father, Ali, left years ago.
In Astoria’s Little Egypt, the Young Gain a New Awareness - NYTimes.com
2 Detained Reporters Saw Secret Police’s Methods Firsthand - NYTimes.com
But our discomfort paled in comparison to the dull whacks and the screams of pain by Egyptian people that broke the stillness of the night. In one instance, between the cries of suffering, an officer said in Arabic, “You are talking to journalists?
CNN Rises to the Top in Egypt Coverage - NYTimes.com
Pro-Mubarak forces once again clashed with anti-Mubarak forces on Friday. The brutal set-to didn’t take place in Tahrir Square in Cairo, where as many as 100,000 demonstrators managed to assemble peacefully .Quiet Acts of Protest on a Noisy Day - NYTimes.com
The general pointed to his throat, signaling that he was mute, but on this day of protest he intended to be heard.White House Scrambles as Mubarak Is Pushed to the Exit - NYTimes.com
What exactly Mr. Wisner would say was still in flux as he flew to Egypt, administration officials said Tuesday; he talked with senior officials in Washington several times during the nearly 14-hour flight.Egypt Forces Expand Presence in Cairo - NYTimes.com
The announcement that the critic, , would represent a loosely unified opposition reconfigured the struggle between Mr. Mubarak’s government and a six-day-old uprising bent on driving him and his party from power.Mubarak Orders Ministers to Resign but Backs Armed Response to Egypt Protests - NYTimes.com
Protesters continued to defy a nationwide curfew in the early hours of Saturday, as Mr. Mubarak, 82, breaking days of silence, appeared on national television, promising to replace the ministers in his government, but calling popular protests “part of bigger plot to shake the stability” of Egypt. He refused calls, shouted by huge, angry crowds in the central squares of Cairo, the northern port of Alexandria and the canal city of Suez, for him to resign.Interactive Map