Egyptians are scrambling to form new parties for the first time in decades. Ursula Lindsey reports that they’re even working to set up political action committees, some modeled after the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.
The Egyptian revolution has ushered in a new type of media freedom to the country. Ursula Lindsey reports on a new program in Egypt that is modeled on Jon Stewart’s “Daily Show.”
Egypt is on high alert after a New Year’s Day suicide bombing at a Coptic Christian church in Alexandria. As Ursula Lindsey reports, the attack was just the latest violence targeting Christians in Egypt.
Egypt is holding parliamentary elections this Sunday. Past elections have been marred by fraud and violence. As Ursula Lindsey reports, many observers fear it will be worse than usual, with crack downs on the Islamist group, the Muslim Brotherhood.
Over the past 8 years, Egypt made great strides in women’s rights when it started appointing women as judges. That move met with great resistance and now, there’s a move to ban women judges altogether. Ursula Lindsey reports from Cairo.
