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  • Morsi Ousted in Military Coup, Tahrir Rejoices

    Egypt's embattled president, Mohammed Morsi, defied a military ultimatum to address concerns voiced by millions of protesters who have taken to the streets in recent days. Today a gigantic crowd has assembled in Cairo's Tahrir Square calling for Morsi...

  • On the Ground in Cairo at the Muslim Brotherhood Headquarters

    Since Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi took office, the Egyptian economy has erupted, with the Egyptian pound valued at the lowest it’s ever been in history. Unemployment and incidents of sexual assault are on the rise. On the one-year anniversary of...

  • Hanging with Morsi Supporters at a Muslim Brotherhood Rally in Cairo

    Yesterday, Egypt saw the culmination of the Tamarod Campaign, a massive petition calling for the impeachment of President Mohamed Morsi. The left-leaning, antiMorsi group took to the streets in the largest Egyptian protest since 2011's uprising. In...

  • This Egyptian Lingerie Salesman Is Now an Illegal Weapons Dealer

    Citizens in Egypt are arming themselves. The porous border with Libya combined with the looting of police stations during the revolution has flooded the country with illegal weapons. I sat down with a lingerie salesman turned arms dealer to learn more...

  • Here's What's Happening on Friday's Episode of 'VICE'

    We can hardly believe we're saying this, but the sixth episode of our HBO show is airing on Friday night. Time flies when you're hanging out with child suicide bombers, chatting up gun-toting preachers, and looking for love in China. We feel so old...

  • Workers' Rights in Egypt Stalled Two Years After the Revolution

    Hundreds of workers joined unemployed youth, students, and other groups opposed to President Mohamed Morsi's government and marched to commemorate May Day in Cairo Wednesday, calling for minimum-wage reform and the right to unionize.

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  • The Egyptian Feminist Who Was Kidnapped for Posing Nude

    Aliaa Elmahdy, the founder of an Egyptian branch of the radical feminist protest organization Femen, has posed naked online, protested naked against Sharia law, and encouraged other Egyptian women to defy their male-dominated society. This has gotten...

  • 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...

  • Egypt's Black Bloc—An Exclusive Interview

    On Tuesday Egypt’s chief prosecutor ordered the arrest of anyone participating in a “black bloc,” with a spokesman calling the blocs an “organized, terrorist group.” The state news agency announced the arrest of 18 alleged black bloc members on...

  • 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...

  • World Peace Update

    Compared to last week's French air strikes against Islamist rebels in Mali, this week—world violence-wise—has been a bit of a wash out. If it weren't for some pissed off Egyptians, Turks, and the never-ending slaughter in Syria, things would have been...

  • What’s It Like Being a Stand-Up Comic in Saudi Arabia?

    Omar "the White Sudani" Ramzi was one of the first comedians in Saudi Arabia. In four years of doing stand-up, he made good money doing underground comedy gigs, and was featured on national TV and in an English-language daily newspaper. The catch was...