Blog posts tagged "Egypt"

May 31, 2011 7:04 am 8 Comments

"Many inside America's so-called 'Jewish lobby', are reportedly frustrated with the Israeli leadership's failure to respond to the developing new order that is flowing from the 'Arab Spring'."

February 28, 2011 8:02 am 17 Comments

Expect the unexpected - no one predicted the unrest that has swept the Middle East, writes Jon Snow. So no one really knows where it could strike next - Oman, Kuwait or Saudi Arabia.

February 21, 2011 12:14 pm 45 Comments

How far will the sparks from the Arab uprisings spread around the world, asks Jon Snow.

February 14, 2011 8:40 am 14 Comments

Re-entering the UK through Heathrow's Terminal 3, courtesy of Egypt Air, felt as if the pre-Christmas ice age and its consequences were still with us.

February 12, 2011 12:55 pm 11 Comments

Jon Snow blogs on the celebrations in Egypt and the challenge now facing the country.

February 11, 2011 2:49 pm 25 Comments

Cairo is alive and seething with masses of people. I've just walked from Tahrir Square around several kilometres of streets and every one of them is heaving with people. In the 18 day standoff I've never seen the square so full.

February 2, 2011 10:47 am 73 Comments

As the army tries - and fails - to clear Cairo's Freedom Square, Jon Snow reflects on the role of the West in backing Mubarak in the past.

9:49 am 8 Comments

I went up to the 16th floor in the Finance Ministry to interview the new Minister of Finance Samir Radwan. We were greeted by men in bowties and dinner jackets. Outside some 50 tanks are drawn up around the tomb of the unknown warrior where President Sadat was assassinated.

February 1, 2011 11:29 am 14 Comments

Am in Cairo's Freedom Square amid massive crowds. Tens of thousands and more streaming in. But there are reports that police are preventing others from coming in to the centre of the city.

January 31, 2011 11:06 am 16 Comments

Jon Snow reflects on his journey from southern Africa to Cairo, to report on the continuing unrest in Egypt.