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Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak steps down

Sachin Seth
Egypt's Hosni Mubarak has resigned as president after 18 days of protests by the country's people, and 30 years as the country's ruler. The move was a surprise, as many thought Mubarak planned to step down y...
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Report: Mubarak leaves Cairo

John M. Guilfoil
As protests rage on in Egypt with an increasing level of anger over President Hosni Mubarak's Thursday broadcast, in which he announced he would not step down, a report surfaced Friday that Mubarak had left the...
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West is moving too slow on Egypt

Sachin Seth
Is Egypt ready for democracy? The question itself is insulting, and I'm not even Egyptian. The main concern? If Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak leaves immediately, and elections are held within two mont...
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Obama’s speech resonates with Cairo crowd

Sachin Seth
I thought it was really effective in its own way and for its own purpose, which was to get Muslims and Americans thinking about their attitudes toward one another and to show the Arab world that America’s new government is committed to mending international relationships that have been negatively affected by Muslim extremists.
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Obama will try and mend U.S.-Islam relations

Sachin Seth
The way in which Islam is portrayed in western media is not its true form. Extremists have soiled the foundation of the world’s second largest religion. A lot of people have an innate prejudice towards anyone who looks remotely Muslim or even just dark and suspicious.