Egypt’s presidential palace battleground for protests - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Shadi Rahimi

Shadi Rahimi

Apr 27, 2014

Political activists Ahmed Maher (R), Ahmed Douma (C) and Mohammed Adel, founders of the April 6 Youth Movement, look on from behind bars in Abdeen court in Cairo, Dec. 22, 2013. — REUTERS

Egyptian activists on defense in divided Egypt

Posters of Army Chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi are seen as supporters of the army protest against ousted Islamist President Mohamed Mursi and members of the Muslim Brotherhood at the tomb of late Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, during the 40th anniversary of Egypt's attack on Israeli forces in the 1973 war, at Cairo's Nasr City district, October 6, 2013. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY ANNIVERSARY) - RTR3FNL0

Has Egypt Lost the Plot?

Sarah el-Sirgany

Sarah el-Sirgany

Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak waves from his room at the Maadi military hospital in Cairo on May 4, 2015 as his supporters gather outside the building for his birthday. An Egyptian court is expected to examine on May 7, 2015 an appeal filed by the prosecution against a lower court's verdict that dropped murder charges against Mubarak and also acquitted six of his top security chiefs of charges of killing protesters during the 2011 uprising. Standing behind Mubarak is a doctor. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED E

Mubarak's release draws mixed reactions in Egypt

Shahira Amin

Protest in Cairo defies and mocks government ban