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by Nsenga Burton onOctober 10, 2011
An attack on a church leads to the worst sectarian violence since Mubarak.
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by Joshua R. Weaver onMay 31, 2011
In today's link roundup: Don Lemon stands by what he said, a 74-year-old woman pumps iron daily, Herman Cain's latest country music video and more.
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by Nsenga Burton onApril 20, 2011
For the first time in Egyptian history, a woman is running for president.
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by Nsenga Burton onMarch 25, 2011
Women say they were strip-searched, photographed naked, beaten and forced to undergo "virginity tests" on threat of prostitution charges.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onFebruary 24, 2011
"A revolution doesn't end all our problems."
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February 14, 2011
Egyptian author foreshadows Egypt's revolution.
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February 12, 2011
"This is what freedom looks like," NBC's Ron Allen says. "This is the moment so many people have waited for."
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by Erin E. Evans onFebruary 12, 2011
How the Egyptian revolution reminded a Sarah Lawrence professor of the Selma-to-Montgomery march.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onFebruary 11, 2011
As Egyptians celebrate, Obama says the arc of history has bent toward justice, but reminds us that this is "just the beginning."
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by Rebecca Walker onFebruary 11, 2011
For more than five decades, the famed Egyptian physician, writer and feminist has been fighting the powers that be. The Root caught up with her just hours before President Mubarak stepped down.
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