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...made the 24-hour trip to Egypt four times in two years to work on my master’s project in journalism. My last trip, in April 2008, finally brought me to the story I had been chasing: the biggest civil uprising against Egypt’s military government in three decades. Taking photos in the strike’s epicenter, the industrial city of Mahalla, I was kidnapped by the police on Apr. 10. My translator, trying to help me get away, was nabbed as well...
...Hundreds have disappeared from the streets of Mahalla. Three times as many have been detained elsewhere around Egypt in recent months. President Hosni Mubarak turned 80 on May 4th, and his grip on the country seems increasingly desperate...
...Mohammed is a victim of circumstance. His city of Mahalla is an industrial town, a poor, blue-collar city home to large factories that pay small salaries. Still, factory workers make more than most. Open rebellion carries a high cost in Egypt, and Mohammed saw it happen to his neighbors. Nevertheless, he ran towards the conflict, not away...
These and other potential risks were among the topics of discussion in a May 20 debate in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on the subject of what could derail the Gulf boom. The session was co-hosted by TIME and the World Economic Forum on the Middle East. For all of the panelists, political stability was a fundamental concern. Citing the war in Iraq, the turmoil in Lebanon and the failure to achieve peace in Israel, Mohammed Shafik Gabr, chairman of Egypt's Artoc Group for Investment & Development, warned that "things are not getting any better" in the broader region...
...Abir, a spokesman for the Popular Resistance Committees, which claimed credit for the attack, said: "This is a message to Israel that if it continues its escalation and postponement of cease-fire, the Zionist residents in southern Palestine will live under life-threatening responsibility." He was referring to Egypt's efforts to broker a truce between Hamas and the Israelis, in which Gaza militants would stop firing rockets and the Israelis would stop targeting militant leaders for assassination. Insiders told TIME that the Egyptian truce deal fell apart after Israel had added a demand for the release of captive Israeli...