Local Expert: Newly Elected Egyptian President Will Have Little Immediate Impact
A local middle east expert says the election in Egypt will have little immediate impact because of a power grab, last week, by the Egyptian Armed Forces.
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A local middle east expert says the election in Egypt will have little immediate impact because of a power grab, last week, by the Egyptian Armed Forces.
An American student arrested during a protest in Cairo and later freed by an Egyptian court is back home in Philadelphia.
The attorney for the Drexel University student who was arrested during a protest in Egypt says his client has been released from a Cairo prison.
Three American students arrested during a protest in Cairo and ordered released by an Egyptian court are in the midst of being processed by authorities there, a U.S. Embassy spokeswoman said Friday.
The attorney for Drexel University student, Gregory Porter, is speaking out today about securing his client's release in Egypt.
Egyptian officials say a court has ordered the release of three American students arrested this week during the unrest in Cairo.
A Drexel University student is among three American students who have been arrested during protests in Cairo.
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A Philadelphia man has been sentenced to eight years in prison for traveling to Egypt to have sex with underage girls, two of whom became pregnant following what he called Islamic marriages.
Edward Turzanski, senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, says one of the first jobs after Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak's resignation will be putting together elections.
For authoritarian states like Jordan, Yemen, and Saudi Arabia, what started in Tunisia and what now roils Egypt is a game-changer, says Samer Abboud, assistant professor of history and international studies at Arcadia University.
The calls for change in Tahrir Square went unanswered for another day, as Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak refused to give up the position of power he has held for nearly 3 decades.
Rebecca Ansel of Moorestown says that her parents love to travel. "It's always been in the back of their minds that they go to Egypt," says Ansel.
While the protests in Egypt are thousands of miles away, they could very soon impact what millions of Delaware Valley drivers pay at the pump.
Dozens of people rallied on the corner of 6th and Market Streets in front of the federal courthouse last night to voice their support for the people of Egypt and against President Hosni Mubarek.
Thousands of Americans and other tourists are fleeing Egypt as demonstrations grip the streets. A local student evacuated from Egypt just arrived back in the U.S. and spoke to Eyewitness News.
The crisis in Egypt is affecting families in the Philadelphia area as people become worried about the safety of loved ones in the African nation.
