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American Student Killed in Egypt During Antigovernment Protest
Max Rivlin-Nadler · 06/29/13 09:00AMMuseum Can't Explain Why Ancient Statue Suddenly Started Spinning
Neetzan Zimmerman · 06/24/13 10:24AMUS-Bound Flight From Egypt Redirected After Bomb Threat
Gabrielle Bluestone · 06/15/13 12:45PMTeenager Carves His Own Name Into 3,500-Year-Old Egyptian Relic
Neetzan Zimmerman · 05/28/13 08:03AMU.S. Embassy in Cairo Deletes Twitter Account After Linking to Daily Show Clip
Taylor Berman · 04/03/13 09:19PMThe U.S. Embassy in Cairo could use a good social media editor after two disastrous days on Twitter. The embassy's problems began Tuesday, when they (or whoever is in charge of their Twitter account) tweeted a link to The Daily Show's passionate defense of "Egypt's Jon Stewart" Bassem Youseff, who was arrested last weekend for insulting President Mohamed Morsi and Islam. That tweet didn't go over well with the offices of Morsi or the Muslim Brotherhood.
Watch America's Jon Stewart Passionately Defend 'Egypt's Jon Stewart,' Arrested for Insulting the President
Max Read · 04/02/13 07:40AMBassem Youssef, the Egyptian TV host and satirist known as "Egypt's Jon Stewart," was arrested over the weekend for insulting President Mohamed Morsi and Islam. America's Jon Stewart, who's had Youssef on as a guest in the past, took the opportunity to defend his friend and counterpart (and knock Morsi for anti-Semitism) on The Daily Show last night.
The Unbelievable Photos Taken by the Crazy Russians Who Illegally Climbed Egypt's Great Pyramid
Max Read · 03/26/13 09:55AMLast week in Egypt, a group of Russian photographers apparently climbed the Great Pyramid of Giza—hiding from guards for four hours after closing time before beginning the ascent. Climbing the pyramid, one of the photographers claims, carries a punishment of one to three years. But it was worth it. "I was speechless," one wrote. "I felt a chilling delight, absolute happiness." Here are some of their photos:
U.S. Delays Award to Egyptian Activist After Finding Her Anti-Semitic Tweets
Max Rivlin-Nadler · 03/09/13 01:47PMSamira Ibrahim was scheduled to receive an award yesterday from First Lady Michelle Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry honoring her as one of the "International Women of Courage". But that was before the State Department became aware of a number of tweets that Ibrahim had sent out endorsing Hitler quotes and celebrating the deaths of Israeli tourists. Now her award has been "delayed" as State Department officials look into the source of the tweets (which Ibrahim had been claiming weren't hers).
Hot Air Balloon's Explosion, Plummet Captured on Terrifying Video from Nearby Balloon
Max Read · 02/27/13 08:55AMA passenger on a nearby balloon managed to capture video of the hot air balloon accident that claimed the lives of 19 tourists yesterday in Luxor, Egypt: Smoke billows from the balloon's basket for several seconds before the ballon itself dramatically deflates and plummets toward the ground. Passengers on the balloon filming the terrifying scene can be heard gasping and praying. Victims included tourists from Japan, China, the U.K. and Hungary; the two survivors, the pilot and a British tourist, survived by jumping from the balloon. "I saw tourists catching fire and they were jumping from the balloon," local farmer Hassan Abdel-Rasoul told AP. "They were trying to flee the fire but it was on their bodies." The crash—by far the worst in history—led to the immediate suspension of hot air balloon flights in Luxor.
Hot Air Balloon Explosion Kills 19 in Egypt; Worst-Ever Accident of Its Kind
Max Read · 02/26/13 08:04AMNineteen tourists are dead and two are injured following a hot air balloon explosion 1,000 feet above Luxor, Egypt. The balloon apparently collided with a high-pressure electrical cable, detonating one of its gas cylinders; as it plummeted to the ground, some passengers leaped out "from about the height of a seven-story building," a witness told the BBC. Eighteen, including tourists from the UK, China, Japan, France, Hungary, and Egypt died at the scene, their bodies strewn about the field where the balloon crashed, while the nineteenth victim died in surgery five hours later. The two survivors, the pilot and one passenger, a British tourist, may have saved their lives by jumping. A 2009 hot air balloon accident in Luxor, in which more than a dozen tourists were injured, prompted a six-month suspension of flights as safety standards were tightened and pilots were re-trained; today's accident, by all accounts the worst-ever of its kind, has prompted the city to indefinitely suspend flights. [BBC | AJE]
Egypt Court Bans YouTube for a Month Over Muhammed Movie
Adrian Chen · 02/11/13 11:53AMThe fallout from the low-budget Innocence of Muslims YouTube video continues, incredibly. Egyptian judge Hassouna Tawfiq has just ordered that YouTube be blocked for 30 days in Egypt over the video, which was directed by a softcore porn director and portrayed Muhammed as a murderous child molester. The Egyptian courts sentenced seven people to death over the film last year, including filmmaker Mark Basseley Youssef. It's fair to say this Innocence of Muslims is now the most disastrous viral video in all of history, surpassing even "Friday."
Attention Men: If You Attack a Woman In Tahrir Square, You Might Get Your Ass Kicked, Finally
Ghazala Irshad · 12/06/12 05:06PMCeasefire Agreement Brings Bloody Israel-Gaza Conflict to an End [UPDATE x2: With Photo of Deal]
Neetzan Zimmerman · 11/21/12 01:05PMAfter eight days of intense fighting during which nearly 150 Palestinians and five Israeli were killed and hundreds of others were injured, both the Israeli government and Hamas officials have agreed to the terms of an Egypt-brokered ceasefire that is set to go into effect at 9 PM local time (2 PM ET).
13 Powerful Images of Muslim Rage
Max Read · 09/17/12 11:19AM"MUSLIM RAGE," screams Newsweek's new cover story about last week's violent anti-American protests. Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the well-known anti-Islam activist, is here to tell "us" (The_West) how to "end it." And it's true, isn't it? All Muslims are constantly raging about everything. So to pay tribute to Ali's article — which describes the protesters as "the mainstream of contemporary Islam" — and the subtle, smart cover that accompanies it, we've collected 13 striking, powerful images of MUSLIM RAGE.
Mohammed Morsi Is the New President of Egypt
Louis Peitzman · 06/24/12 10:17AMLet Stephen Colbert Keep You Appraised of Egypt's Fledgling Democracy
Matt Toder · 06/21/12 11:06PMOn tonight's Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert recapped everything that's gone on with Egypt's turbulent political situation. He began, naturally, several thousand years ago and ended with the latest back and forth regarding the health of Hosni Mubarak and the results of recent elections.
Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is Reportedly Clinically Possibly Dead (UPDATED)
Emma Carmichael · 06/19/12 04:40PMEgyptian Government Pulls TV Ads That Warn Against Talking to Foreigners
Louis Peitzman · 06/10/12 03:21PM
Maybe you don't speak Arabic, in which case this ad might not mean much. But to the people of Egypt, it's a strong warning against trusting outsiders.
Nicest Kidnappers Ever Served Tea, Dried Fruit
Louis Peitzman · 02/04/12 05:48PM
If you're going to get kidnapped, do your best to get kidnapped by these guys: an armed group of Bedouin tribesmen held two California women captive for a few hours, during which time they served up food and good conversation. Seriously. The AP story makes these guys sound like people I would hang out with willingly.