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Wed, 22 May 2013 04:14:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/21/new-egypt-tax-law-has-cuts-for-poor-but-leaves-wealthiest-unchanged/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/21/new-egypt-tax-law-has-cuts-for-poor-but-leaves-wealthiest-unchanged/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 21:30:42 +0000 The Associated Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=386169 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/21/new-egypt-tax-law-has-cuts-for-poor-but-leaves-wealthiest-unchanged/feed/ 0 CAIRO – Egypt’s president signed a new tax law Tuesday that cuts the amount... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/05/swarm-of-locusts-descends-upon-egypt-israel-put-on-locust-alert/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/05/swarm-of-locusts-descends-upon-egypt-israel-put-on-locust-alert/#comments Tue, 05 Mar 2013 16:09:00 +0000 Emily Senger http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=356998 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/05/swarm-of-locusts-descends-upon-egypt-israel-put-on-locust-alert/feed/ 0 The Pope resigns and then a swarm of locusts descends upon Egypt. Coincidence? Well,... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/26/egypt-hot-air-balloon-crash-kills-18-tourists-near-luxor/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/26/egypt-hot-air-balloon-crash-kills-18-tourists-near-luxor/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:04:48 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=354147 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/26/egypt-hot-air-balloon-crash-kills-18-tourists-near-luxor/feed/ 0 Eighteen tourists are dead after a hot air balloon crash near Luxor, Egypt. A... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/27/ottawa-urges-high-degree-of-caution-for-canadians-amid-egyptian-riots/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/27/ottawa-urges-high-degree-of-caution-for-canadians-amid-egyptian-riots/#comments Sun, 27 Jan 2013 19:38:10 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=343090 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/27/ottawa-urges-high-degree-of-caution-for-canadians-amid-egyptian-riots/feed/ 0 OTTAWA – The federal government has closed its embassy in Cairo for the day... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/30/pm-says-his-country-to-resume-talks-with-imf-in-january-over-loan/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/30/pm-says-his-country-to-resume-talks-with-imf-in-january-over-loan/#comments Sun, 30 Dec 2012 11:37:40 +0000 The Associated Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=332321 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/30/pm-says-his-country-to-resume-talks-with-imf-in-january-over-loan/feed/ 0 CAIRO – Egypt’s prime minister says his country will resume talks in January with... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/25/fears-over-egypts-devaluing-currency-leads-to-dollar-rush-ahead-of-final-results-on-charter/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/25/fears-over-egypts-devaluing-currency-leads-to-dollar-rush-ahead-of-final-results-on-charter/#comments Tue, 25 Dec 2012 18:30:17 +0000 The Associated Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=331624 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/25/fears-over-egypts-devaluing-currency-leads-to-dollar-rush-ahead-of-final-results-on-charter/feed/ 0 CAIRO – As Egypt prepared to release official results of the divisive constitutional referendum... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/22/state-tv-egypts-central-bank-governor-has-resigned/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/22/state-tv-egypts-central-bank-governor-has-resigned/#comments Sat, 22 Dec 2012 19:55:46 +0000 The Associated Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=331387 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/22/state-tv-egypts-central-bank-governor-has-resigned/feed/ 0 CAIRO – State television says Egypt’s central bank governor has resigned. Farouq el-Oqdah’s resignation... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/21/egypt-envoy-to-canada-calls-for-conciliation-amid-violent-constitutional-divide/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/21/egypt-envoy-to-canada-calls-for-conciliation-amid-violent-constitutional-divide/#comments Fri, 21 Dec 2012 21:40:56 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=331248 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/21/egypt-envoy-to-canada-calls-for-conciliation-amid-violent-constitutional-divide/feed/ 0 OTTAWA – Egypt’s ambassador to Canada issued an impassioned plea for reconciliation Friday to... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/20/the-dangers-of-atheism-in-the-new-egypt/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/20/the-dangers-of-atheism-in-the-new-egypt/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2012 20:02:25 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=330743 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/20/the-dangers-of-atheism-in-the-new-egypt/feed/ 0 Egyptian atheist Alber Saber is today out of jail, free on bail pending the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/11/the-shifting-alliances-of-egypts-revolution/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/11/the-shifting-alliances-of-egypts-revolution/#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:19:29 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=326812 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/11/the-shifting-alliances-of-egypts-revolution/feed/ 0 Mubarak supporters, opponents march together in Tahrir Square http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/06/mohamed-morsi-and-egypts-struggle-for-democracy/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/06/mohamed-morsi-and-egypts-struggle-for-democracy/#comments Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:28:54 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=324751 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/06/mohamed-morsi-and-egypts-struggle-for-democracy/feed/ 0 It's becoming clear Morsi has no interest in governing as a democrat http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/04/an-unlikely-peacemaker/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/04/an-unlikely-peacemaker/#comments Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:20:01 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=320671 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/04/an-unlikely-peacemaker/feed/ 0 Michael Petrou on the Muslim Brotherhood in post-revolution Egypt http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/29/egypts-struggle-for-democracy-continues/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/29/egypts-struggle-for-democracy-continues/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2012 12:14:39 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=320737 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/29/egypts-struggle-for-democracy-continues/feed/ 0 Michael Petrou on the storm now brewing http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/26/egypts-political-foes-grow-more-entrenched-in-fight-over-presidents-powers/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/26/egypts-political-foes-grow-more-entrenched-in-fight-over-presidents-powers/#comments Mon, 26 Nov 2012 10:20:21 +0000 The Associated Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=319276 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/26/egypts-political-foes-grow-more-entrenched-in-fight-over-presidents-powers/feed/ 0 Standoff poses test for nation's liberal and secular opposition http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/25/whats-changed-since-the-revolution-5/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/25/whats-changed-since-the-revolution-5/#comments Sun, 25 Nov 2012 23:33:45 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=314362 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/25/whats-changed-since-the-revolution-5/feed/ 0 Street artist Omar 'Picaso' Fathy explains http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/25/whats-changed-since-the-revolution-4/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/25/whats-changed-since-the-revolution-4/#comments Sun, 25 Nov 2012 23:33:19 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=314364 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/25/whats-changed-since-the-revolution-4/feed/ 0 Muslim Brother Tamar Omar explains http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/25/whats-changed-since-the-revolution-3/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/25/whats-changed-since-the-revolution-3/#comments Sun, 25 Nov 2012 23:32:37 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=314368 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/25/whats-changed-since-the-revolution-3/feed/ 0 Amr Ibrahim, who was shot during the Tahrir Square protests and lost sight in one eye, explains http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/25/whats-changed-since-the-revolution-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/25/whats-changed-since-the-revolution-2/#comments Sun, 25 Nov 2012 23:32:12 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=314371 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/25/whats-changed-since-the-revolution-2/feed/ 0 Psychologist and Tahrir vet Farah Shash explains http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/25/whats-changed-since-the-revolution/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/25/whats-changed-since-the-revolution/#comments Sun, 25 Nov 2012 23:31:33 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=314366 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/25/whats-changed-since-the-revolution/feed/ 0 Liberal activist Mahmoud Salem explains http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/25/police-fire-tear-gas-at-crowds-protesting-morsi-edicts/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/25/police-fire-tear-gas-at-crowds-protesting-morsi-edicts/#comments Sun, 25 Nov 2012 14:26:06 +0000 The Associated Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=319024 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/25/police-fire-tear-gas-at-crowds-protesting-morsi-edicts/feed/ 0 Turmoil spreads from bitter politics to ailing economy. http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/24/anti-riot-police-clash-with-protesters-in-tahrir-square/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/24/anti-riot-police-clash-with-protesters-in-tahrir-square/#comments Sat, 24 Nov 2012 13:58:18 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=318978 Maclean’s exclusive:... Foreign correspondent Michael Petrou travelled to Egypt earlier this fall where liberal]]> http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/24/anti-riot-police-clash-with-protesters-in-tahrir-square/feed/ 0 Maclean’s exclusive:... Foreign correspondent Michael Petrou travelled to Egypt earlier this fall where liberal http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/21/egypt-in-pictures-a-narrated-slideshow-by-michael-petrou/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/21/egypt-in-pictures-a-narrated-slideshow-by-michael-petrou/#comments Wed, 21 Nov 2012 13:18:52 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=317199 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/21/egypt-in-pictures-a-narrated-slideshow-by-michael-petrou/feed/ 0 In this video gallery, Michael Petrou describes hopes and fears in the wake of revolution http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/20/brothers-in-charge/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/20/brothers-in-charge/#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:31:01 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=314681 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/20/brothers-in-charge/feed/ 0 A feature report by Michael Petrou on the dynamics at play in the streets of Cairo http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/20/video-michael-petrou-on-egypt/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/20/video-michael-petrou-on-egypt/#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:39:14 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=316850 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/20/video-michael-petrou-on-egypt/feed/ 0 ... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/05/whats-changed-in-egypt-since-the-revolution/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/05/whats-changed-in-egypt-since-the-revolution/#comments Fri, 05 Oct 2012 12:16:58 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=300724 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/05/whats-changed-in-egypt-since-the-revolution/feed/ 0 It depends, of course, on whom you ask. Members and supporters of the Muslim... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/04/a-revealing-debate/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/04/a-revealing-debate/#comments Fri, 05 Oct 2012 02:20:01 +0000 Emma Teitel http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=297066 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/04/a-revealing-debate/feed/ 0 With the Muslim Brotherhood government in charge, head scarves are back on TV http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/02/our-revolution-is-not-the-guidebook-of-the-muslim-brotherhood-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/02/our-revolution-is-not-the-guidebook-of-the-muslim-brotherhood-2/#comments Tue, 02 Oct 2012 23:37:46 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=299372 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/02/our-revolution-is-not-the-guidebook-of-the-muslim-brotherhood-2/feed/ 0 In Cairo tonight, several hundred protesters gathered outside the headquarters of the Shura Council,... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/01/petrou/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/01/petrou/#comments Mon, 01 Oct 2012 13:24:34 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=298493 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/01/petrou/feed/ 0 Michael Petrou live tweets from Egypt http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/13/what-putin-said-to-harper/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/13/what-putin-said-to-harper/#comments Thu, 13 Sep 2012 20:48:02 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=293493 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/13/what-putin-said-to-harper/feed/ 0 David Akin reports details of the conversation between the Prime Minister and Vladimir Putin... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/12/benghazi-glen-ross/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/12/benghazi-glen-ross/#comments Thu, 13 Sep 2012 03:25:25 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=293013 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/12/benghazi-glen-ross/feed/ 0 Why was Obama the only leader to reference religion in response to Libya attack? http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/08/when-assad-goes/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/08/when-assad-goes/#comments Wed, 08 Aug 2012 19:17:01 +0000 Nancy Macdonald http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=279540 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/08/when-assad-goes/feed/ 0 The instability that follows Assad’s fall will be felt far beyond Syria http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/24/muslim-brotherhoods-morsi-declared-president/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/24/muslim-brotherhoods-morsi-declared-president/#comments Sun, 24 Jun 2012 15:34:50 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=270449 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/24/muslim-brotherhoods-morsi-declared-president/feed/ 0 With 51.73 per cent of the vote, Mohammed Mursi has been named the winner... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/20/mubaraks-coma-escalates-fears-of-further-unrest/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/20/mubaraks-coma-escalates-fears-of-further-unrest/#comments Wed, 20 Jun 2012 09:30:23 +0000 Gustavo Vieira http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=269047 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/20/mubaraks-coma-escalates-fears-of-further-unrest/feed/ 0 Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has been reportedly taken off life support and is... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/19/conflicting-reports-surround-mubaraks-condition/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/19/conflicting-reports-surround-mubaraks-condition/#comments Tue, 19 Jun 2012 23:48:34 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=268988 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/19/conflicting-reports-surround-mubaraks-condition/feed/ 0 Egypt’s state news agency is reporting that Hosni Mubarak is clinically dead. “Former president... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/18/egypt-a-coup-and-the-seeds-of-a-new-revolution/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/18/egypt-a-coup-and-the-seeds-of-a-new-revolution/#comments Mon, 18 Jun 2012 18:39:15 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=268598 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/18/egypt-a-coup-and-the-seeds-of-a-new-revolution/feed/ 0 The Egyptian people’s army has betrayed the Egyptian people. Its blunder is in also underestimating them http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/14/the-arab-spring-for-this/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/14/the-arab-spring-for-this/#comments Thu, 14 Jun 2012 22:30:01 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=266820 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/14/the-arab-spring-for-this/feed/ 0 A return to the Mubarak era—or Sharia law? That’s the choice facing voters in Egypt’s presidential runoff http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/02/court-sentences-mubarak-to-life-in-prison/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/02/court-sentences-mubarak-to-life-in-prison/#comments Sat, 02 Jun 2012 14:11:31 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=263371 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/02/court-sentences-mubarak-to-life-in-prison/feed/ 0 Hosni Mubarak, the former president of Egypt, was sentenced to life in prison Saturday... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/23/one-giant-leap-for-democracy/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/23/one-giant-leap-for-democracy/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 15:36:01 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258956 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/23/one-giant-leap-for-democracy/feed/ 0 Despite the arrests and suppression of dissent, the current presidential race shows how far the country has come http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/20/we-insist-on-being-optimistic-ahdaf-soueif-on-the-egyptian-revolution/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/20/we-insist-on-being-optimistic-ahdaf-soueif-on-the-egyptian-revolution/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 19:59:37 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=254027 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/20/we-insist-on-being-optimistic-ahdaf-soueif-on-the-egyptian-revolution/feed/ 0 Read my interview here.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/20/in-conversation-ahdaf-soueif/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/20/in-conversation-ahdaf-soueif/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 19:00:06 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=253861 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/20/in-conversation-ahdaf-soueif/feed/ 0 In her new book the novelist chronicles 18 days last January, when Egyptians were the people they wanted to be http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/28/egypt-kangaroo-court-is-adjourned/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/28/egypt-kangaroo-court-is-adjourned/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 04:58:09 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=242774 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/28/egypt-kangaroo-court-is-adjourned/feed/ 0 Fascinating development at the trial of 43 pro-democracy NGO staffers in Egypt, including members... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/22/a-year-later-still-dreaming-of-change/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/22/a-year-later-still-dreaming-of-change/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:50:01 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=239987 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/22/a-year-later-still-dreaming-of-change/feed/ 0 The crowds were sparse, but hope remains in Tahrir square http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/20/egypt-brotherhood-goes-live/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/20/egypt-brotherhood-goes-live/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:20:01 +0000 Gabriela Perdomo http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=239993 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/20/egypt-brotherhood-goes-live/feed/ 0 The Islamic political movement has its own, slick channel http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/06/cida-dfait-and-promoting-democracy-abroad/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/06/cida-dfait-and-promoting-democracy-abroad/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:15:34 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=237939 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/06/cida-dfait-and-promoting-democracy-abroad/feed/ 0 Last year’s revolutions of the Arab Spring were, and remain, the greatest opportunity for... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/03/egypt-soccer-riots-continue/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/03/egypt-soccer-riots-continue/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:08:20 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=237617 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/03/egypt-soccer-riots-continue/feed/ 0 Rumours spreading that police encouraged stadium melee to escalate