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THE UNRAVELING

The Tyranny and Tragedy of Hosni Mubarak

To the end, the Egyptian strongman failed to understand how his country had changed, even as a devastating personal drama unfolded within his family.

Christopher Dickey

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GONE

Mubarak, Ex Egypt President Ousted in Arab Spring, Is Dead

Ruled Egypt for three decades, from 1981 to his removal from power after an uprising protesting his brutal ways nine years ago.

Jamie Ross

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Cleared in Cairo

Arab Spring Ends with Mubarak Acquittal

Verdict leaves supporters cheering and opponents gnashing their teeth in frustration. Make no mistake: Egypt’s oppressive “deep state” is back.

Jamie Dettmer

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Hateful Hashtags

Trolling the Israel-Palestine Conflict

From hashtags praising Hitler to Facebook groups demanding ‘revenge’ on Gaza, the social mediasphere has reached a new low.

Emily Shire

LET THEM EAT CAKE

Davos Quickly Forgot Inequality

"It kind of disappeared," said one woman at the end of the World Economic Forum when someone asked what happened to perhaps the greatest issue facing the world today.

Christopher Dickey

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Slice of history

Churchill’s Egyptian Getaway

The Old Cataract Hotel has played grand host to the likes of Churchill, Mitterrand and Agatha Christie—but in the wake of Egypt’s revolution, it’s facing a slow death on the Nile.

Lauren Bohn

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Absolute Power

Egypt’s Bloody Orwell Move

Two years ago, the country’s security services massacred protesters during a violent week of activism. Now, the military is planning to honor the very ‘martyrs’ it shot to death.

Alastair Beach

Louie Gohmert Says John McCain Supports al Qaeda

Ben Jacobs

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Coup Blues

How the Power of Protest Died in Egypt

With Egypt's first democratically president detained by the army in an unknown location, Hosni Mubarak released from jail and the army back in power, have Egypt's revolutionaries ceded street power to military rule?

Jesse Rosenfeld

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Cairo Time

An S.O.S. From Egypt

The NGO convictions should sound an alarm. The hope for democratic change is at stake. By Jane Harman.

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Egypt Sentences American Workers

Egypt convicted 43 American NGO workers, including Sam LaHood, son of the U.S. Transportation secretary. Vivian Salama speaks with one of the Americans sentenced in absentia to jail time.

Vivian Salama

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