Sharif Abdel Kouddous: Opening of Mubarak Trial is "Defining Moment in...
AMY GOODMAN: As we wrap up now, we go to Cairo, where the former Egyptian president, Mubarak, has appeared in court for the first time to face allegations of corruption and killing of protesters. We’re...
View ArticleVideo Report from Cairo: Egyptians Celebrate as Mubarak Stands Trial for...
AMY GOODMAN: In Egypt, the trial of former president Hosni Mubarak has been adjourned until August 15th. On Wednesday, Mubarak appeared in court for the first time, along with his two sons, Gamal and...
View ArticleThe Battle for Egypt's Media: Video Report on Press Freedom After the Revolution
AMY GOODMAN: We turn to Egypt. The revolution can count a number of huge successes, most notably, ousting former president Hosni Mubarak from power and putting him on public trial. But the revolution...
View Article"San Francisco Bay Area’s BART Pulls a Mubarak." By Amy Goodman
By Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan What does the police killing of a homeless man in San Francisco have to do with the Arab Spring uprisings from Tunisia to Syria? The attempt to suppress the protests...
View ArticleEgyptians Defend Viral Video Activist Charged in Military Court
Asmaa Mahfouz is one of Egypt’s most prominent activists. The 26-year-old helped co-found the influential April 6 Youth Movement in 2008 that helped pave the way for the revolution through years of...
View Article7 Months After Revolution Ousted Mubarak, Egyptian Military Maintains...
AMY GOODMAN: We turn now for an update on recent developments in Egypt with Democracy Now! correspondent Sharif Abdel Kouddous. Over the weekend, Egyptian political parties dropped a threat to boycott...
View ArticleBloodbath in Cairo: An Eyewitness Account by Democracy Now!'s Sharif Abdel...
October 9th is a day that will not soon be forgotten in Egypt. Chaos and bloodshed engulfed the streets of Cairo in some of the worst violence the country has seen since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak...
View ArticleTahrir Square Under Attack: 32 Egyptians Killed, 1,750 Injured in Protests...
AMY GOODMAN: Mass protests in Egypt have entered a third day in cities across the country calling for the country’s military rulers to quickly transfer power to a civilian government, the fiercest...
View ArticleEgyptian Revolution Enters New Phase as Thousands Brave Violence to Protest...
AMY GOODMAN: Activists in Egypt are holding their fourth day of massive demonstrations to demand an end to military rule and a transition to civilian government. The protests continue after Egypt’s...
View ArticleEgypt Holds Historic Election as Military Council Resists Calls to Transfer...
AMY GOODMAN: Egypt’s in the second day of its first election since the ouster of longtime president Hosni Mubarak. On Monday, Egyptians waited in long lines across the country to choose their...
View ArticleEgypt's Muslim Brotherhood Takes Early Lead in First Post-Mubarak Elections
JUAN GONZALEZ: We turn now to Egypt, where elections are underway to determine the country’s first post-Mubarak government. Egypt’s election commission says it will announce results from the first...
View ArticleEgyptian Military Kills 14 Protesters, Attacks Journalists in Brutal...
AMY GOODMAN: We turn now to Egypt, where violence in Tahrir Square began Friday when one of several hundred peaceful protesters staging a sit-in outside the parliament building was reportedly detained...
View ArticleAlaa Abd El Fattah, Egyptian Blogger and Critic of Military Regime, Speaks...
NERMEEN SHAIKH: Egypt’s ousted leader, Hosni Mubarak, is back in a Cairo courtroom today after a break in his ongoing trial. He faces charges of complicity in the deaths of 840 protesters during the...
View ArticleThe Egyptian Revolution: One Year Later
On the first anniversary of the Jan. 25th protests in Tahrir Square, we’ll speak to Democracy Now! correspondent Sharif Abdel Kouddous live from Cairo. We will also air an excerpt of the new HBO...
View Article"In Tahrir Square": HBO Doc on Egypt's Revolution Through Eyes of Democracy...
NERMEEN SHAIKH: Sharif, I want to turn back to some of your original reports that first aired on Democracy Now! during the Egyptian revolution last year. SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS: In the middle of Tahrir,...
View ArticleEgypt: Sharif Abdel Kouddous Reports from Cairo as Crowds Mark 1 Year of...
AMY GOODMAN: We go directly to Cairo. Nermeen? NERMEEN SHAIKH: Tens of thousands of Egyptians are gathering in Tahrir Square to mark the first anniversary of the start of the revolution that ended...
View ArticleDemocracy Now!'s Sharif Abdel Kouddous Wins Izzy Award For Special...
Democracy Now! correspondent Sharif Abdel Kouddous, along with the Center for Media and Democracy, are co-winners of this year’s Izzy Award for Special Achievement in Independent Media. The Izzy Award...
View ArticleEgypt Votes: Sharif Abdel Kouddous Reports from Cairo on Historic...
NERMEEN SHAIKH: A landmark presidential election is underway today in Egypt, 15 months after Hosni Mubarak was forced out of office in a popular uprising that ended his 30-year rule. Security has been...
View ArticleJimmy Carter on Monitoring Egyptian Elections, U.S.-Egypt Relations, Future...
AMY GOODMAN: The Carter Center was one of three international organizations accredited to witness Egypt’s historic presidential election last week. Its mission was led by former U.S. President Jimmy...
View ArticleReport from Cairo: Protests Erupt in Egypt as Mubarak's Ex-PM Secures Spot in...
AMY GOODMAN: Protests erupted in Egypt last night after final results were announced in the country’s first-ever competitive presidential election. The top two candidates in the first round of the race...
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