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Hosni Mubarak is shown in a close up photograph looking to his left with his chin resting on his hand.

Egypt’s Mubarak, ousted by popular revolt in 2011, dies aged 91

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who ruled for 30 years until he was ousted in a popular uprising against corruption and autocracy, died on Tuesday at the age of 91.

A man is sitting cross-legged in front of a tent and holding a guitar.

Egyptian artist duo commemorates Tahrir Square revolution

Riot police walk along Mohamed Mahmoud Street, near Cairo's Tahrir Square, in front of murals representing people killed during Egypt's uprising.

Four years after a ‘revolution,’ Egypt is back to square one

Conflict
Low-level power-brokers under Mubarak stand to win in upcoming parliamentary elections

Revenge of the remnants: Egypt’s new ‘felool’ consolidates

Rasha Abdulla overlooking Tahrir Square just hours before Hosni Mubarak stepped down from power.

Egypt’s social media activists cannot depend solely on Twitter, Facebook

Conflict
Cairo University students shout slogans against the government and flash the "V" and "Rabaa" signs, protesting the release of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's. Protests erupted at universities across Egypt on November 30, 2014, in response to the

Egyptians are shocked as former president Hosni Mubarak goes free

Justice

Protests roiled Egypt this weekend after a court dropped all criminal charges against its former president, Hosni Mubarak. While his eventual successor, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, enjoys huge support, the reaction to Mubarak’s release showed how many people are unwilling to forgive their ex-leader.

A mural showing Gil Scott-Heron and his trademark phrase, "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised," is the backdrop for protesters marching through the streets of New York in 2012, demanding justice for slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin.

A song title from the ’70s is still a rallying cry for protesters across the world

Culture

You can see the phrase scrawled on walls around the globe from Tahrir Square to Ferguson, seemingly anywhere people take to the streets: “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised.” It was the creation of American jazz poet Gil Scott-Heron, whose biographer says he’d enjoy the term’s enduring use.

Image of Sisi on chocolate

Egypt’s top military commander gets put on a chocolate pedestal

Global Politics

The Egyptian general who helped lead the ouster of Egypt’s elected president is in a pretty sweet place for the moment – on chocolate bars. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has won the hearts and minds of at least a segment of the country’s population.

Work by graffiti artist Abo Bakr on a street near Tahrir Square in Cairo as seen in Jehane Noujaim’s documentary, 'The Square.'

‘The Square’ documentary brings Egypt’s revolution to the big screen

Arts, Culture & Media

Egyptian-American filmmaker Jehane Noujaim tackles revolutionary Egypt in her new documentary, “The Square.” The film is wide in scope, covering two and a half years of political tumult. But it’s also a deeply personal story about a handful of revolutionaries tied to Cairo’s Tahrir Square.

Anti-Mursi protesters clash with members of the Muslim Brotherhood near Tahrir Square on October 6, 2013.

Why protests fueled by social media are more likely to fizzle

Global Politics

Social media-inspired protests often turn out spectacular crowds, but months later, most seem to sputter and die. There’s a reason, says a University of North Carolina professor.