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Muslim, Christian dead in Egypt cathedral violence

Erin Cunningham and Jessica PhelanApril 8, 2013 13:21

"Any attack against the cathedral is like an attack against me personally," said President Mohamed Morsi.

In Egypt, happiness is hard to find

Erin CunninghamDecember 14, 2012 07:00

CAIRO — GlobalPost set off across the Egyptian capital in a quest to find happy people. We searched high and low for residents who lived outside the world of poverty and who were unfazed by the country’s political turmoil. But engulfed in a weeks-long upheaval sparked by Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi’s authoritarian-style power grab, Egyptians say there are few things to be happy about.

Egyptian Constitution: Morsi gives Egypt an impossible choice

Erin CunninghamNovember 29, 2012 10:08

CAIRO — With his young government in crisis, Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi is attempting to ram through a new and deeply flawed constitution that would entrench Islamist law. The other option: living under the the kind of authoritarian government Egyptians have fought hard to defeat. And so once again, people are occupying Tahrir Square in protest.