Hosni Mubarak

Top Egyptian actor speaks out about transgender son

Hesham Selim's appearance on the TV show led to yet another wave of support for LGBTQ rights in Egypt on social media, with many praising the actor for his support for his son.

|ByLEON SVERDLOV
The rainbow flag, commonly known as the gay pride flag or LGBT pride flag, is seen during the first Gay Pride parade in Skopje, North Macedonia June 29, 2019
SUPPORTERS OF former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak hold his photos near the main gate of a cemetery during his funeral ceremony, east of Cairo.

Hosni Mubarak kept the peace with Israel

Mubarak kept the peace with Israel and maintained the stability of his country, all the while maneuvering to restore what he saw as Egypt’s rightful place in the Arab world.

|ByZVI MAZEL
Hosni Mubarak

Ehud Olmert to 'Post': Egypt's Mubarak was a friend to Israel

Mubarak believed that peace with Israel was an essential pillar needed to achieve internal stability in Egypt. As a result, he was particularly sensitive to Israel’s political and security-based move

|ByEHUD OLMERT
AN ANTI-GOVERNMENT protester defaces a picture of then-Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak in Alexandria, in 2011.

Egypt's Hosni Mubarak was no Cleopatra

Middle Israel: Unlike Cleopatra, Mubarak’s political toolbox did not include seduction, and he also never faced an invading general, let alone slept with one.

|ByAMOTZ ASA-EL

Ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak due to be freed

Mubarak was cleared of murder charges this month in his final trial, having faced various charges ranging from corruption to ordering the killing of protesters who ended his 30-year-rule.

MARCH 13, 2017ByREUTERS
Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak in his jail cell.

In final ruling, Egyptian court acquits Mubarak over killing of protesters

Egypt's former president found innocent of involvement in the killing of protesters during the 2011 uprising that ended his 30-year rule.

MARCH 2, 2017ByREUTERS
Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak in his jail cell.

‘We ate from the same mess tin’

The trust in Ben-Eliezer wavered, but our friendship remained.

AUGUST 30, 2016ByYOSSI MELMAN
FORMER LEADERS (from left) chief of staff Shaul Mofaz, prime minister Ariel Sharon, and defense minister Binyamin Ben- Eliezer examine Sagger anti-tank missiles captured on the Palestinian arms ship ‘Karine A’ in January 2002.

Five years on, woman who helped ignite Egypt's anti-Mubarak uprising shunned as traitor

Human rights groups say Mubarak-style repression is back.

JANUARY 25, 2016ByREUTERS
Opposition supporters attend Friday prayer in Tahrir Square in Cairo February 11, 2011

American Ideology vs. Realpolitik: Iran, Syria and the Return of Russia (part 1)

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015ByDAVID TURNER
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Egypt: For Sisi, executing Morsi has its benefits and drawbacks

Former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi's death sentence could add fuel to an already raging Islamist insurgency.

MAY 18, 2015ByARIEL BEN SOLOMON
Ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi gestures after his trial behind bars at a court in the outskirts of Cairo

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Supporters of Egypt’s former president Hosni Mubarak wave to him before the verdict is read on May 9, in the retrial of a corruption case.

Egypt court sentences Mubarak, sons to three years in jail

Egypt's former president sentenced, along with sons, to prison time without parole in a retrial of corruption charges.

MAY 9, 2015ByREUTERS
Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak in his jail cell.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2015ByNATI GABBAY
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Mubarak could walk free after Egyptian court overturns 3-year graft sentence

Court orders retrial in case against former Egyptian president.

JANUARY 13, 2015ByREUTERS
Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak in his jail cell.