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Egypt on the Brink - Women Under Assault

VICE co-founder Suroosh Alvi meets with some local activists around Tahrir Square to learn about the horrible conditions female protesters have been put in while their country has been turned upside down. Full story

Egypt's Black Bloc Doesn't Want to Be Your Friend

Modeling themselves on the anti-establishment ideals of their Western counterparts, the Egyptian Black Bloc shares the same tactics and uniform, but have adopted the name with its capital letters intact: Black Bloc as anti-Islamist movement, rather than lowercase anti-CCTV strate… Full story

Ultras, Anarchists, and Street Fighting in Egypt

As darkness fell on Friday, pro-democracy demonstrators across Egypt were digging in for a long night of fighting with police after a day of generally peaceful marches marking the second anniversary of the revolution that brought down dictator Hosni Mubarak. Full story

Vigilantes Are Tagging Egypt's Sexual Harassers with Spray Paint

The members of "Be A Man" patroled during the recent Eid al-Adha festival celebrations, armed with cans of black and white spray paint, attacking, pinning down, and scarlet-lettering the shit out of grabbers and gropers with the words "I Am a Harasser." Full story

Mass Exorcism in Cairo

The priest slaps the women in the face and spits into their mouths. He even spits in water bottles and gives them out to drink. These women appear relieved by this saliva cocktail. After each of them is cured they are marked by what looks like holy lip-gloss, drawn on their hands… Full story

Who Is Alan Roberts, the Director of 'Innocence of Muslims'? We Think His Real Name Is Robert Brownell

Early yesterday morning VICE was anonymously furnished with documents that link a California resident named Robert Brownell (aka Robert Brown)—to the pre-production of 'Innocence of Muslims.' Full story

Movie Madness

An amateurish film produced by a 52-year old Israeli-American overtly ridicules Mohammad, depicts him as a woman-hating, overzealous pedophile, a fraud, a womanizer and a madman, and shows him having sex and calling for massacres. Full story

I Spent the Weekend Getting Attacked by Soldiers in Cairo

One of them died, but my camera survived. Full story

Fighting Dirty with the Mobs in Cairo

People there are still dying for their own version of freedom. Full story

Another Sleepless Night in Cairo

It's hard to fall asleep when you've seen a paving slab fall out of the sky and hit a man in the face. Full story