By Andrew Hammond DUBAI | Thu Apr 14, 2011 4:41am EDT (Reuters) – Pan-Arab broadcasters who played a key role reporting Arab uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt are helping dynastic rulers police the gates of the Gulf to stop the revolts from […]
CAIRO, Feb 16 (Reuters) – Arab uprisings against unpopular Western-backed rulers have undercut the arguments of some Western intellectuals about passive populations who are not prepared to fight for democracy. During the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, neoconservative cheerleaders for war who […]
By Andrew Hammond CAIRO | Wed Feb 16, 2011 8:42am EST (Reuters) – Arab uprisings against unpopular Western-backed rulers have undercut the arguments of some Western intellectuals about passive populations who are not prepared to fight for democracy. During the 2003 U.S. […]
John Simpson, Richard Engel, Robert Fisk and myself discussed Egypt after Mubarak’s fall in Cairo with Charlie Rose. http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/11474 Tweet
CAIRO: For a country with 5,000 years of history, Egypt’s fall into a deep social, economic and political malaise during the three decades of Hosni Mubarak’s rule had a particularly bitter sting to it. Egyptians like to call their country “umm Al-dunya,” […]
By Dina Zayed and Andrew Hammond Fri Feb 11, 2011 9:55am EST CAIRO (Reuters) – In the morning it was hosting guests denouncing protesters against President Hosni Mubarak as Iranian agents. By evening, it was airing a protester openly calling for the […]
By Marwa Awad and Andrew Hammond CAIRO | Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:57pm EST (Reuters) – For a country with 5,000 years of history, Egypt’s fall into a deep social, economic and political malaise during the three decades of Hosni Mubarak’s rule […]
By Marwa Awad and Andrew Hammond CAIRO, Feb 8 (Reuters) – One man’s tears provided a new impetus on Tuesday to protesters in Egypt seeking to keep up momentum in their campaign, now in its third week, to topple President Hosni Mubarak. […]
By Andrew Hammond CAIRO | Wed Feb 2, 2011 1:34pm EST (Reuters) – Walking across Tahrir Square in central Cairo Wednesday, it was hard to miss a huge slogan daubed in paint on the road for the military helicopters above to see: […]
By Tarek Amara and Andrew Hammond TUNIS | Thu Jan 27, 2011 10:49am EST (Reuters) – Protesters stormed police barricades in the Tunisian capital on Thursday and the government prepared to dismiss key loyalists of ousted leader Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali in […]