Maggie Michael

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In this Thursday, Oct. 7, 2014 photo, Egyptian students walk outside Cairo University in Cairo, Egypt. Summer vacation ends this weekend, and universities across Egypt are preparing for the return of students with a heavy, pre-emptive clampdown. The aim is to prevent a resurgence of protests by supporters of Mohammed Morsi, the Islamist president who was removed by the military just over a year ago. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

On campus in Egypt, a heavy security clampdown

Maggie Michael · October 8, 2014 5:43 pm

Islamist-allied militias in Libya reject UN talks

Islamist-allied militias in Libya reject UN talks

Maggie Michael · September 30, 2014 4:07 pm

In this video image taken from Egyptian State Television, 86-year-old former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is seen in the defendant's cage during a retrial court hearing on charges of complicity in the killing of protesters during the 2011 uprising that forced him from power, in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014. The Egyptian court has postponed its verdict until November in the retrial of Mubarak. He was the first Arab ruler to be brought to court by his own people. (AP Photo/Egyptian State TV) EGYPT OUT

Egypt court postpones ruling in Mubarak retrial

Maggie Michael · September 27, 2014 10:56 am

Mystery airstrikes target Libyan Islamist militias

Mystery airstrikes target Libyan Islamist militias

Maggie Michael · September 15, 2014 6:48 pm

Prominent Egyptian blogger Alaa Abdel-Fattah's mother, Laila Soueif, a university professor who is an also an activist, background left, his sisters Sanaa Seif, wearing eyeglasses at center, and Mona Seif, at right, cheer after his release on bail at a courtroom in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Sept. 15, 2014. Relatives say that Egypt's most prominent activist who is standing retrial after being sentenced to 15 years in prison for violating to the country's draconian protest law, has been released on bail. (AP Photo/Ravy Shaker, El Shorouk) EGYPT OUT

Prominent Egyptian activist to be released

Maggie Michael · September 15, 2014 2:07 pm

Qatar expels Egypt Muslim Brotherhood leaders

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Qatar expels Egypt Muslim Brotherhood leaders

Maggie Michael · September 13, 2014 12:13 pm

A taxi driver waits in line for fuel at a gas station, one of the businesses affected by a power outage in Giza, Cairo's neighboring city, Egypt, Thursday, Sept. 4 2014. Egypt suffered a massive power outage that halted parts of the Cairo subway, took TV stations off the air and ground much of the country to a halt for several hours Thursday, as officials offered no clear explanation for how the country suddenly lost 50 percent of its power generation. (AP Photo/Eman Helal)

Power outage hits Egypt subway, TV stations

Maggie Michael · September 4, 2014 6:20 pm

Official: Fighter jet crash kills 5 in Libya

Official: Fighter jet crash kills 5 in Libya

Maggie Michael · September 3, 2014 9:28 pm

FILE - In this March 25, 1956 file photo, Ferial, a belly dancer, performs at the Abdin Casino in Cairo, Egypt. gypt's top religious body has demanded Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014 a new belly-dancing TV show be suspended for "corrupting morals" and serving "extremists" who could use it as a pretext to depict Egyptian society as anti-Islamic.(AP Photo, File)

Egypt religious body: Suspend belly-dancing show

Maggie Michael · September 3, 2014 6:18 pm

In this photo provided by Egypt's state news agency MENA, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, center, meets with editors of Egyptian newspapers and media in the presidential palace, in Cairo Egypt, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014. El-Sissi denied Sunday any military involvement in neighboring Libya, a day after Islamist militias accused Cairo of bombing their posts in Tripoli, Egypt's state news agency reported. El-Sissi said Egypt is in consultation with Libya's neighbors to find a political solution to the violent power struggle between rival groups. (AP Photo/MENA)

Troubled Libya now faces dueling governments

Maggie Michael · August 25, 2014 11:02 pm

Egypt says rolling blackouts to end in 4 months

Egypt says rolling blackouts to end in 4 months

Maggie Michael · August 20, 2014 2:47 pm

FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014 file photo, Egyptian fishermen fish in front of a Maltese ship crossing the Suez Canal in Ismailia, Egypt. Egypt selected a consortium of Egyptian and the Persian Gulf companies to develop the government's mega project to transform the Suez Canal waterway into a hub of international investment and free trade zones, officials said on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014.(AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Egypt picks consortium to draft Suez plan

Maggie Michael · August 19, 2014 3:09 pm