Hamza Hendawi

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In this photo taken on June 17, 2014, people shop at a market in Baghdad, Iraq. While the Iraqi capital is not under any immediate threat of falling to the Sunni militants who have captured a wide swath of the country's north and west, battlefield setbacks and the conflict's growing sectarian slant is turning this city of 7 million into an anxiety-filled place waiting for disaster to happen. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Iraq’s capital lives in fear, expects the worst

Hamza Hendawi · June 23, 2014 6:40 am

In this Tuesday, June 17, 2014 image taken from video obtained from British Broadcaster Sky, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Kurdish soliders aim their weapons towards positions held by fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant near Jalula, Iraq. Kurdish security forces are engaged in gun battles with Sunni militants in the northern Iraqi town of Jalula, according to British Broadcaster Sky. Footage showed Kurdish fighters known as peshmerga using heavy artillery and rockets to attack militant positions on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Sky via AP video)

Iraq’s al-Maliki extends overtures to rivals

Hamza Hendawi · June 18, 2014 11:07 pm

Iraqi men flash victory signs as they leave the main recruiting center to join the Iraqi army in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, June 17, 2014, after authorities urged Iraqis to help battle insurgents. Hundreds of young Iraqi men gripped by religious and nationalistic fervor streamed into volunteer centers across Baghdad Saturday, answering a call by the country's top Shiite cleric to join the fight against Sunni militants advancing in the north. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)

Signs of reprisal killings emerge in Iraq

Hamza Hendawi · June 17, 2014 10:51 pm

FILE -- In this Monday, Aug. 20, 2012 file photo, an Egyptian youth, trailed by his friends, gropes a woman crossing the street with her friends in Cairo, Egypt. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, Egypt's newly sworn-in president, has apologized in person to a woman who was sexually assaulted by a mob during weekend celebrations marking his inauguration. Several women were assaulted during the Sunday, June 8, 2014 inaugural festivities. (AP Photo/Ahmed Abd El Latif, El Shorouk Newspaper, File) EGYPT OUT

Egypt’s el-Sissi visits sex assault victim

Hamza Hendawi · June 11, 2014 6:05 pm

FILE- This combination of two photos shows graffiti of a woman with the words "no harassment," in Arabic, taken on June 23, 2012, left, and the addition by another artist, on Nov. 6, 2012 of a stick figure touching her backside, under a bridge in the upscale Zamalek neighborhood in Cairo, Egypt. Egyptian police on Monday, June 9, 2014 arrested seven men for sexually assaulting a 19-year-old student during celebrations marking the inauguration of the country's new president in Cairo's central Tahrir Square the day before, security officials said. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)

Egypt’s el-Sissi weighs in on sexual harassment

Hamza Hendawi · June 10, 2014 12:32 pm

In this Sunday, June 8, 2014 photo, Supporters of Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi celebrate his inauguration in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt. Egyptian police on Monday arrested seven men for sexually assaulting a 19-year-old student during celebrations marking the inauguration of the country's new president in Cairo's central Tahrir Square the day before, security officials said. Sexual harassment has been one of Egypt enduring social ills, prompting authorities last week to issue a decree declaring it a crime punishable by up to five years in prison. Video footage posted on social media shows the student completely naked, parts of her body bloodied as policemen struggle to escort her out of Tahrir Square. (AP Photo/Thomas Hartwell)

Sexual assault on student sparks outrage in Egypt

Hamza Hendawi · June 9, 2014 8:21 pm

Ex-military chief sworn in as Egypt’s president

Hamza Hendawi · June 8, 2014 4:00 pm

Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef ends his show

Hamza Hendawi · June 2, 2014 6:36 pm

Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef ends his show

Hamza Hendawi · June 2, 2014 4:06 pm

An Egyptian couple sits together under a campaign banner for presidential hopeful, retired Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi splashed with red paint in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. Arabic reads, " Egypt's President." (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Poll: Only slight majority in Egypt backs el-Sissi

Hamza Hendawi · May 22, 2014 2:09 pm

In Egypt vote, Brotherhood’s hope is in boycott

Hamza Hendawi · May 21, 2014 7:59 pm

Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, sits in the defendants cage behind protective glass, during a court hearing in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. An Egyptian court has convicted Mubarak of embezzlement and sentenced him to three years in prison. Mubarak's two sons, one-time heir apparent Gamal and wealthy businessman Alaa, were also convicted Wednesday of graft and sentenced to four years in prison each in the same case. (AP Photo/Tarek el-Gabbas)

Egypt’s Mubarak convicted of graft, gets 3 years

Hamza Hendawi · May 21, 2014 2:54 pm