Many Westerners, watching the revolution in Egypt, are wondering whether the outcome will be true democracy. Less often asked but equally important is whether Egypt can reform its economy in ways that ...

This series examines the countries today from the perspective of our correspondents on the ground to see how the post-revolutionary countries have come full circle to their autocratic ways. Journalism ...

The rich online resource, spearheaded by researcher Nicola Pratt, reveals how culture was “an outlet” for political views during the revolution and its aftermath. NPR's Eric Westervelt looks at the ...

February 11 in 2011 was a day that Egyptians had waited decades to see. After less than a month of widespread popular protests, the country’s ruler of 30 years, Hosni Mubarak, stepped down. The Arab ...

The angry, aggressive crowd formed within minutes of my arrival. Dozens of Muslim men, all in ankle-length galabias, came together in the middle of the dusty dirt path leading to the Church of the Two ...

Before tens of thousands of Egyptian protesters made history this month by breaking President Hosni Mubarak’s decades-long grip on power, many of Michele Pellam’s students at Boston’s Brighton High ...

Egypt, with its vast demographic, cultural, as well as military weight, plays a pivotal role in the future of the Arab World. The direction that the Egyptian revolution takes will not only affect ...

A general view shows protesters opposing Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi shouting slogans against him and members of the Muslim Brotherhood during a protest at Tahrir square in Cairo June 29, 2013.

When Tahrir Square was not playing host to Egypt’s revolutionary sequels, it became one of the chief unofficial nerve centres of the Syrian Revolution. Thousands of fleeing Syrians quickly connected ...

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