Feb. 15, 2011 1 Comment
A CBS correspondent was attacked and sexually assaulted on Friday in Tahrir Square in Cairo, after the resignation of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, the network said in a statement Tuesday. Lara Logan, 39, was covering the events for “60 Minutes” when about 200 people surrounded Logan and her crew. Logan was separated from her group, [...]
Feb. 11, 2011 Leave a Comment
Senator John Kerry, Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, today issued a statement following the announcement that President Hosni Mubarak resigned: “This is an extraordinary moment for Egypt. Courageous and peaceful demands for freedom and opportunity have now won the Egyptian people a chance at a new beginning. Now the hard work intensifies to prepare [...]
Feb. 11, 2011 8 Comments
I’m able to write this today, without the fear of censorship, without the fear of futile efforts and with the confidence that it will be read by at least one pair of eyes that were entitled to the same freedoms. Today, Hosni Mubarak stepped down as president of Egypt after 30 long years of oppression [...]
Feb. 9, 2011 Leave a Comment
There was a time when political unrest a world away would not have been more than a blip on the radar of the American consciousness. Even action as dynamic as shifting regimes and civic disorder would not warrant more than a small paragraph on the bottom of an evening newspaper. But in the modern age [...]
Feb. 4, 2011 Leave a Comment
CNN’s Anderson Cooper, reporting from Egypt, explained how he and his camera crew were attacked as they were reporting on protests in Cairo’s Tahrir Square. Cooper said in a video on CNN, “It was pandemonium.” He added, “A young man would come up, look at you and then punch you right in the face.” Based [...]
March 4, 2010 Leave a Comment
ROME — Excavations by a team of French archaeologists in el-Shawaf, Saqqara, Egypt have brought to light the burial chamber of the queen of the Fourth Dynasty, Behenu, wife of Pepi I (Merytawy) or Pepi II (Netjerkhau). The tomb was discovered when removing sand from the Behenu pyramid. Saqqara is a vast necropolis in Egypt, [...]
Jan. 17, 2010 Leave a Comment
ROME — Recent news reveals that only 12.5 miles from Cairo, near the large Giza pyramids, mud and brick tombs have been discovered, said to be the burial places of those who died during construction and dating back to the Fourth Dynasty. According to the leader of the team of Egyptian archaeologists, Zahi Hawass, the [...]
Sept. 15, 2009 Leave a Comment
Actress discusses her comic role in a serious movie