Hamza Hendawi

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Egyptian medics and army personnel escort former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak from a helicopter ambulance after it landed at Maadi Military Hospital following a hearing in his retrial in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, April 13, 2013. Egypt's highest court in January ordered a retrial for Mubarak, for failing to stop the killing of 900 protestors in the 2011 unrest that ousted him, after accepting an appeal against his life sentence, citing procedural failings. (AP Photo/ Amr Nabil)

Mubarak appears in Egyptian court for retrial

Hamza Hendawi, Aya Batrawy · April 13, 2013 4:00 am

An Egyptian woman walks past anti-riot police vehicles near the Coptic cathedral in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, April 8, 2013. The death toll in clashes between Muslims and Christians in Cairo has risen to two, health and security officials said Monday. Another 89 were injured in the clashes outside Cairo's main Coptic cathedral, which brought Egypt's growing religious tension to the seat of the church's pope. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Egypt’s pope sharply criticizes president

Hamza Hendawi · April 9, 2013 4:00 am

In this Wednesday, March 27, 2013 photo, A defaced statue of Nefretti, adorns the intersection of the main street in Samalout, Minya Province, Egypt. Egypt's Christians, followers of one of the world's most ancient churches, make up about 10 percent of the country's estimated 90 million people. (AP Photo/Thomas Hartwell)

Kidnappers target Christians in Egyptian province

Hamza Hendawi · April 4, 2013 4:00 am

Egypt steps up campaign against TV satirist

Hamza Hendawi · April 2, 2013 10:11 pm

In this image released by the Egyptian Presidency, Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi speaks at a conference on women's rights held at the Presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday March 24, 2013. Egypt's president delivered a stern warning to his opponents on Sunday, saying he may be close to taking unspecified measures to "protect this nation" two days after supporters of his Muslim Brotherhood and opposition protesters fought street battles in the worst bout of political violence in three months. (AP Photo/Egyptian Presidency)

Egypt top prosecutor orders arrest of 5 activists

Hamza Hendawi · March 25, 2013 4:00 am

Egypt’s vote won’t calm turbulent streets

Hamza Hendawi · February 25, 2013 12:00 am

This image taken from video obtained from Ugarit News, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows smoke and fire billowing from an explosion in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013. Heavy fighting erupted in Damascus Wednesday as government forces tried to hold back a new rebel effort to push the civil war into the heart of the Syrian capital, activists said.(AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)

Islamic summit backs Syria dialogue

Hamza Hendawi, Zeina Karam · February 7, 2013 5:00 am

Egyptian riot police march during clashes with protesters, not seen, near Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. Egypt's liberal opposition leader called for a broad national dialogue with the Islamist government, all political factions and the powerful military on Wednesday, aimed at stopping the country's eruption of political violence that has left scores dead in the past week. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Week of unrest weakens Egypt’s Islamist leader

Maggie Michael, Hamza Hendawi · January 30, 2013 5:00 am

Egypt’s top cleric cancels Saudi trip over slight

Hamza Hendawi · January 23, 2013 1:48 pm

Egyptians supporters of ousted former President Hosni Mubarak celebrate an appeal granted by a court, in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013. A court granted Hosni Mubarak's appeal of his life sentence in a Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013 hearing, ordering a retrial of the ousted Egyptian president on charges that he failed to prevent the killing of hundreds of protesters during the uprising that toppled his regime nearly two years ago. The ruling came one day after a prosecutor placed a new detention order on Mubarak over gifts worth millions of Egyptian pounds (hundreds of thousands of US dollars) he and other regime officials allegedly received from Egypt's top newspaper as a show of loyalty while he was in power. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Egypt’s Mubarak to get new trial over killings

Hamza Hendawi · January 13, 2013 5:00 am

An Egyptian man reads a newspaper at a coffee shop in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012. Egypt's opposition called Sunday for an investigation into allegations of vote fraud in the referendum on a deeply divisive Islamist-backed constitution after the Muslim Brotherhood, the main group backing the charter, claimed it passed with a 64 percent "yes" vote. Official results have not been released yet and are expected on Monday. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Analysis: Egypt’s Islamists tighten grip on power

Hamza Hendawi · December 23, 2012 8:35 pm

In this Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012 photo, towers of churches are silhouetted against the sun in the village of El-Aziyah near the city of Assiut, southern Egypt. After a campaign of intimidation by Islamists, most Christians in this southern Egyptian province were too afraid to participate in last weekâs referendum on an Islamist-drafted constitution they desperately oppose, residents say. Some of the few who dared try to reach polls were pelted by stones. The disenfranchising hikes Christiansâ worries over their future under Egyptâs empowered Islamists, but some young members of the community are starting to push back.(AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Fear keeps Egypt’s Christians away from polls

Hamza Hendawi · December 19, 2012 5:00 am