Maggie Michael

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An Egyptian woman covers her mouth from heavy smoke after supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi blocked a road by setting waste on fire in Matariya Square, Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. Egyptian security forces firing tear gas quashed small, scattered demonstrations on Thursday by Islamist supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi who tried to commemorate the anniversary of the killing of hundreds of protesters. (AP Photo/Ahmed Abdel Fattah, El Shorouk Newspaper) EGYPT OUT

Egypt Islamists mark anniversary of mass killing

Maggie Michael · August 14, 2014 2:54 pm

FILE - In this Saturday, April 26, 2014 file photo, ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak attends a hearing in his retrial over charges of failing to stop killings of protesters during the 2011 uprising that led to his downfall, in the Police Academy-turned-court in the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. Mubarak has denied Wednesday that he ordered killing of protesters during his first lengthy speech in court as his retrial in failing to stop deaths of protesters is drawing to an end. (AP Photo/Tarek el Gabbas, File)

Egypt’s Mubarak defends his rule in courtroom cage

Maggie Michael · August 13, 2014 6:49 pm

Libya’s extremists tighten grip over Benghazi

Libya’s extremists tighten grip over Benghazi

Maggie Michael · August 6, 2014 4:53 pm

Egypt starts digging new section of Suez Canal

Egypt starts digging new section of Suez Canal

Maggie Michael · August 5, 2014 6:53 pm

Black smoke billows over the skyline as a fire at the oil depot for the airport rages out of control after being struck in the crossfire of warring militias battling for control of the airfield, in Tripoli, Libya Monday, July 28, 2014. The latest violence to plague the country has so far killed scores of people and wounded hundreds as foreigners flee the chaos. Libya's interim government said in a statement that the fire could trigger a "humanitarian and environmental disaster" in Tripoli, appealing for "international help" to extinguish the inferno. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ben Khalifa)

Militia gunfire in Libya capital as inferno rages

Maggie Michael · July 29, 2014 6:45 pm

Prominent Libyan activist abducted amid clashes

Prominent Libyan activist abducted amid clashes

Maggie Michael · July 25, 2014 4:27 pm

Palestinians mourners pray over the lifeless bodies of nine Palestinians killed in an early morning Israeli missile strike, at Bilal mosque during their funeral in the Khan Younis refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, July 19, 2014. Even as the death toll mounts in the Gaza Strip, attempts to broker a cease-fire between Hamas and Israel have so far run aground, in part because they have become mired in the deep schism between Mideast countries. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Mideast divisions cloud Gaza cease-fire efforts

Maggie Michael · July 19, 2014 4:19 pm

Prominent female activist killed in Libya

Maggie Michael · June 26, 2014 7:55 pm

Defying the turmoil roiling their nation Libyans vote in parliament elections, the third nationwide balloting since the toppling of longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi, at a polling station in Benghazi, Libya, Wednesday, June 25, 2014. The vote is a key step in transition for the oil-rich Libya, embroiled in deep political chaos and instability mainly because of the absence of a strong military and police force. Heavily armed militias, born out of the rebel groups that toppled Gadhafi, now are the main power in the country. (AP Photo/Mohammed el-Shaiky)

Amid turmoil, Libya holds parliament elections

Maggie Michael · June 25, 2014 6:57 pm

Egyptian security forces and civilians inspect damages after an explosion hit a subway station in Shubra el-Khemia northern Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, June 25, 2014. Four minor explosions struck subway stations in Cairo on Wednesday, wounding two people and causing widespread panic among morning commuters, officials said. (AP Photo/Magdy Ebrahim, El Shorouk Newspaper) EGYPT OUT

4 blasts hit Cairo subway stations, court, wound 3

Maggie Michael · June 25, 2014 10:42 am

FILE - In this file photo taken Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012, a man looks at documents at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, the day after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens. A strange silence has met the U.S. capture of a Libyan militant accused in the 2012 attack that killed the American ambassador and three others. In his hometown of Benghazi in eastern Libya, there have been few threats of revenge, only speculation among supporters and opponents that Ahmed Abu Khattala was betrayed by an insider. (AP Photo/Ibrahim Alaguri, File)

Libya suspect a shadowy figure among militias

Maggie Michael · June 21, 2014 7:51 pm

Saudi king to pay rare visit to Egypt

Saudi king to pay rare visit to Egypt

Maggie Michael · June 19, 2014 2:55 pm