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Then freak out.

4:50 PM, Jul 23, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER

Here's video of Egyptian actors who are pranked, and led to believe they are on an Israeli television program:

Needless to say, the Egyptian actors are not pleased to be with the Israelis. The video is courtesy of MEMRI, the Middle East Media Research Institute and is titled, "Egyptian Actors Pranked on Candid Camera Turn Violent When Told TV Channel Is Israeli."

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6:24 PM, Jul 16, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER

While in Egypt over the last several, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with the Muslim Brotherhood.

Morsi

2:57 PM, Jun 29, 2012 • By THOMAS JOSCELYN

In a rousing speech in Tahrir Square on Friday, Egypt’s new president, Mohamed Morsi, told the crowd that he will work to free Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman, aka the “Blind Sheikh.” Rahman is currently serving a life sentence in a U.S. prison for his role in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and a follow-on plot against New York City landmarks.

Morsi

10:45 AM, Jun 26, 2012 • By THOMAS JOSCELYN

News channel France 24 hosted a panel Monday night to discuss Egypt’s first civilian president, the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed Morsi. One of the guests on the panel, via satellite from Cairo, was Nader Amram, a member of the Freedom & Justice Party’s foreign relations committee. (The Freedom & Justice Party (FJP) is the Muslim Brotherhood’s political party.)

Morsi

5:10 PM, Jun 25, 2012 • By THOMAS JOSCELYN

Either the Iranian regime is lying or Egypt’s new president, Mohammed Morsi, gave an interview that will raise some eyebrows.

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2:13 PM, Jun 24, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER

White House spokesman Jay Carney issued the following statement in response to the Egyptian presidential election:

Egypt.

9:25 PM, Jun 20, 2012 • By LEE SMITH

Egyptian state television is reporting that authorities are delaying announcement of the results of last week's presidential election.

11:34 AM, Jun 20, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER

Fred Barnes, with Juan Williams and Charles Krauthammer, last night on Fox News:

Egypt protests - round signs

8:35 AM, May 25, 2012 • By ELLIOTT ABRAMS

Very preliminary returns in the first round of Egypt's presidential election suggest that the official Muslim Brotherhood (MB) candidate, Mohamed Morsi, came in first, with Ahmed Shafik in second place. Shafik is a former Air Force general and was briefly prime minister as the old regime was collapsing.

Egypt protest

5:05 PM, Apr 26, 2012 • By LEE SMITH

An essay in the latest issue of Foreign Policy by Egyptian-born activist and journalist Mona Eltahawy, “Why Do They Hate Us? The real war on women is in the Middle East,” couldn’t have come at a more appropriate time.

Obama at AIPAC

9:29 PM, Apr 23, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER

In the wake of the Arab Spring, the Obama administration is grappling with how to handle Islamists, radical adherents to Islam. Particularly, the issue has come to the fore in regards to Egypt, which, as Reuel Marc Gerecht notes, "is now certain" to elect "an Islamist" as its leaders the next time the Egyptian people go to the polls.

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2:28 PM, Apr 17, 2012 • By DAVID SCHENKER

From failing European economies to staggering murder rates in Central America, there’s no shortage of crises on the agenda as the International Monetary Fund holds its annual spring meeting in Washington this week.

8:14 AM, Apr 6, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER

Bill Kristol, with Susan Milligan and Charles Krauthammer, last night on Fox News:

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2:21 PM, Mar 26, 2012 • By LEE SMITH

Last week, the Obama administration started releasing the $1.3 billion in U.S. military assistance to Egypt that’s been on hold since October.

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Egypt sours on its (lucrative) gas deal with Israel.

Mar 12, 2012, Vol. 17, No. 25 • By LEE SMITH

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