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Egypt's Wounded Revolutionaries Defy Army a Year After Uprising

BusinessWeek - 
The verdict reflects the frustrations and setbacks for Egypt'syouthful activists since their leaderless uprising ended Mubarak's three-decade reign within 18 days.

Egypt struggling a year after Mubarak's overthrow

USA TODAY - 
Saad el-Katatni, Egypt's newly elected parliament speaker, addresses the first session after the revolution that ousted Hosni Mubarak in Cairo on Monday.

Fuss over sports after Egypt revolt

Egyptian Gazette - 
On this day a year ago, a popular revolution erupted in Egypt, forcing former president Hosni Mubarak to step down in an astonishing, peaceful revolt.

Egypt's sexual counterrevolution

Salon - 
By Khaled Diab Half a world away from the Republican presidential primaries where candidates vie to outlaw birth control and promote abstinence, ban pornography and condemn the “sin” of homosexuality, Egypt's first post-revolution parliamentary ...

Egypt, Iran fight for democracy

Virginia Tech Collegiate Times - 
by Bryce Stucki, regular columnist Over the past few months, I have been asking friends, family and acquaintances whether they would rather live inEgypt or Iran. I asked them to reconsider the question based on their gender and economic status.

Egypt ETF Slumps Amid Looming Disaster

Barron's (blog) - 
By Randall Forsyth Remember all the great expectations after the “Arab Spring” swept through Egypt and swept out former President Hosni Mubarak?

Egypt's First Post-Mubarak Parliament Convenes

Bloomberg - 
Egypt's newly elected parliament convened today for the first time since the downfall of Hosni Mubarak with Islamists dominating a legislature in which they once had no presence.

EU ambassador bids a 'paradoxical' farewell to Egypt

Daily News Egypt - 
By Mariam Hamdy/ Special to Daily News Egypt Last week saw the last of remarkable events hosted by EU Ambassador Mark Franco and his wife, Rita Jansen, at their residence in Zamalek.

Lawyer for Egypt's former interior minister blames 'foreign elements' for ...

Washington Post - 
CAIRO - The lawyer defending Egypt's former interior minister from charges that he ordered the killing of protesters during last year's uprising on Monday blamed “thugs and foreign elements” for shooting people.

Islamists take centre stage in Egypt parliament

Yahoo!7 News - 
CAIRO (AFP) - Islamist MPs took centre stage on Monday asEgypt's parliament met for the first time since a popular uprising ousted Hosni Mubarak, electing one of their own as speaker of the assembly.

Unrest scares tourists away from Egypt's pyramids

CBC.ca - 
Political instability left in the wake of the violent ouster of President Hosni Mubarak crippled Egypt's once thriving tourism industry in 2011.

FJP's Katatny named PA speaker in tense first session

Daily News Egypt - 
Egypt's newly-elected parliament meets for its first session in Cairo on January 23. (AFP Photo/Asmaa Waguih/Pool) By Heba Fahmy/Daily News Egypt CAIRO: Saad Al-Katatny, secretary general of the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), was elected Speaker of ...

Bedouins take control of Egypt holiday resort, demand 4 million lira ransom

Haaretz - 
According to reports buy Egyptian media, the squad, armed with automatic weapons, took hold of "Aqua Sun", situated about 30 kilometers south of Taba, Egypt. There were no tourists at the site when the squad took it hostage, however, ...

How the US Should Handle the Islamist Rise in Egypt

Wall Street Journal - 
By ROBERT SATLOFF AND ERIC TRAGER From an American perspective, the situation in Egypt is a nightmare. One year after Tahrir Square triumphantly toppled a tyrant, Islamists are poised to profit from Egyptian "people power.

Gaza Salafists Eye Egypt-style Electoral Win

Onislam.net - 
GAZA CITY - Encouraged by a surprising electoral win by Salafists in post-revolution Egypt, Salafist groups in Gaza are aspiring to repeating a similar victory in Israel-blockaded seaside enclave.

Egypt's Islamist-dominated parliament opens (1:33)

Washington Post - 
Egypt's new Islamist-dominated parliament convened for its first session Monday, a post-Mubarak milestone for the country nearly a year after demonstrations began to oust the longtime leader.

El-Erian: Egypt's unfinished revolution will succeed

CNN (blog) - 
While much has been achieved since those euphoric times, Egypt'srevolution today is, unfortunately, incomplete and imperfect - so much so that some now doubt whether it will fully succeed.

Egypt: Vodafone Egypt Launches Mvno Bladna Targeted At Diaspora Living in Italy

AllAfrica.com - 
Last Saturday in Milan, Vodafone Egypt threw in a free concert with the famous Egyptian singer Nancy Ajram to launch its first MVNO under the label "Bladna".

Egypt's continuing struggle with Western modernity

Al-Masry Al-Youm - 
The scene, accentuated by election results that showed Islamists winning devastating landslides, seemed symbolic of the gradual dissolution of a set of visions and aspirations that linked Egypt to the West; ideas that were influential duringEgypt's ...

Market Report: Egypt stocks rise 2.4 pct as People's Assembly opens

Ahram Online - 
Also experiencing a good day in the market was the landline monopoly Telecom Egypt and mobile communications firm Mobinil, whose shares saw gains of 2.4 and 1.2 per cent respectively.