Many Egyptian New Yorkers Glad To See President Morsi Go
Some Egyptians in New York were none too sorry Wednesday to see President Mohammed Morsi removed from office.
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Some Egyptians in New York were none too sorry Wednesday to see President Mohammed Morsi removed from office.
A partially blind extremist Egyptian-born preacher and four other terrorism suspects appeared in federal courts, hours after they lost years-long extradition fights in Britain and were transported to the U.S. under tight security to face trial.
On the heels of Gilad Shalit returning home after spending five years in a Hamas prison, a second Israeli prisoner swap was being negotiated on Tuesday, one that hits real close to home.
A warning from Standard & Poor's that the agency might lower its rating on U.S. government debt sent stocks on their worst slide in a month Monday.
The last few days have opened our eyes to revolution in the Middle East through the lenses of locals, shocked us with a deeply disturbing series of stabbings and had us reflecting on the actual words in our national anthem.
There were two separate rallies in the city -- one at the Egyptian mission near the United Nations and another at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza. They came one day after Mubarak was ousted from power.
Along Steinway Street in Astoria's "Little Egypt", folks were furious over Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's refusal to resign.
When Samir Elbassiouny sees Egyptians fighting for democracy, he fills with pride.
There was a legitimate feeling of optimism among those who braved the rain and cold after high-profile figures in Egypt's ruling party resigned Saturday.
Egyptian-Americans protested in Times Square on Friday, coinciding with a huge demonstration called in Egypt's capital, Cairo.
With her son at the American University in Cairo and no way to communicate with him, Lucy Kourides was beside herself.
Alexandra Woodhouse was basically a prisoner in her own home as the violence in Cairo prevented her from leaving her apartment.
Over coffee, tea, and tobacco, the conversation seems to be all about politics and the future and all eyes are the TV screen.
A small, early-morning service at St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church in Woodbury, Long Island was sparsely attended but filled with an air of cautious optimism and concern over the events unfolding in Cairo Monday.
"This Mubarak. He kill his people and Mubarak is like some animals. He love the blood," said one man at a cafe on Steinway Street in Queens.
Schumer said he believes the president has done a "good job," and said the United States must seek to pursue the best possible path for stability in the region.
Hundreds of Egyptians demonstrated outside the United Nations complex in New York City on Saturday in support of the mass protests that have gripped their homeland.
The anti-government protests have touched a spirit of solidarity with Egyptian-Americans in our area, including in Jersey City's Journal Square and "Little Egypt" in Astoria.
