Hamza Hendawi

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Thousands of supporters of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi celebrate as they listen to his speech on a microphone over a car in Tahrir Square, birthplace of the uprising that ousted Hosni Mubarak 18 months ago, in Cairo late Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012. Morsi ordered the retirement of the defense minister and chief of staff on Sunday and made the boldest move so far to seize back powers that the military stripped from his office right before he took over. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Egypt’s president has powers that rival Mubarak’s

Hamza Hendawi · August 15, 2012 4:00 am

Army trucks carry Egyptian military tanks in El Arish, Egypt's northern Sinai Peninsula, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. Gunmen sprayed a police station in Egypt's Sinai with bullets Thursday, setting off a brief firefight with policemen before speeding away in their truck, the latest in a series of attacks against security forces in the increasingly volatile peninsula, security officials said. Meanwhile, the military sent additional armored and other army vehicles to boost its strength in a hunt for militants in the wake of a deadly weekend attack that killed 16 Egyptian soldiers. (AP Photo)

Sinai buildup shifts tenet of Egypt-Israel peace

Hamza Hendawi, Amy Teibel · August 9, 2012 4:00 am

An Egyptian mourns outside the mosque at the funeral of 16 soldiers killed in an attack over the weekend by suspected militants in Sinai in Cairo, Egypt Tuesday Aug. 7, 2012. The military has said that 35 gunmen attacked an Egyptian border post, killing the 16 before commandeering an armored vehicle they later used to try to storm across the border into Israell. (AP Photo/Thomas Hartwell)

Egypt buries 16 soldiers slain in border attack

Hamza Hendawi · August 7, 2012 4:00 am

Cars burn after riots broke out in front of a luxury hotel in central Cairo., Egypt, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012. A security official said one person was killed when Egyptian police opened fire on a mob trying to storm a Nile-side luxury hotel in central Cairo. The official said the crowd of around 500 people smashed the hotel's lobby and set ablaze 10 cars and dozens of motorcycles outside the building, located in a skyscraper housing a glitzy shopping mall and offices. (AP Photo)

New Egypt government puts Brotherhood in key posts

Hamza Hendawi · August 2, 2012 4:00 am

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, back center, watches as Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, second left, greets members of the American delegation before a meeting at the Ministry of Defense July 15, 2012 in Cairo, Egypt. Clinton is holding talks with Egypt's top military leaders to press for the military to work with Egypt's new Islamist leaders on a full transition to civilian rule. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)

Egypt’s army chief raises stakes with Islamists

Hamza Hendawi · July 15, 2012 4:00 am

Egyptian Parliament Speaker Saad el-Katani reacts during a brief session of Parliament, the first since the country's high court ruled the chamber unconstitutional, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, July 10, 2012. Egypt's Islamist-dominated parliament convened Tuesday in defiance of a ruling by the country's highest court and swiftly voted to seek a legal opinion on the decision that invalidated the chamber over apparent election irregularities. (AP Photo)

Egypt’s president flexes power, but cautiously

Hamza Hendawi · July 10, 2012 4:00 am

Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamel Amr, left, meets woth U.S. Undersecretary of State William Burns, center, and President Mohammed Morsi, right, at the Presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, July 8, 2012. Morsi is the country's first democratically-elected president, first Islamist, and civilian to take office in Egypt. He was sworn in last week. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Egypt’s president reconvenes dissolved parliament

Hamza Hendawi · July 8, 2012 4:00 am

An Egyptian protester chats anti-Supreme Council for the Armed Forces (SCAF) slogans in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, 21 June, 2012. Authorities delayed Thursday's planned announcement of the winner of Egypt's presidential election. Hundreds of Brotherhood supporters camped out in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Wednesday night, denouncing the ruling military and vowing to stay in place until the parliament, which was dissolved last week on a court order, is reinstated. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

Media demonize Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood

Hamza Hendawi · June 21, 2012 4:00 am

FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 9, 2012 file photo, former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is wheeled into a court house in Cairo, Egypt. Mubarak was in a coma on Wednesday but off life support and his heart and other vital organs were functioning, according to security officials. (AP Photo/Mohammed al-Law, File)

Egypt president announcement delayed

Hamza Hendawi · June 20, 2012 4:00 am

Two supporters of presidential candidate, Mohammed Morsi ride a motorcycle flying Egyptian flags during celebrations claiming victory over rival candidate, Ahmed Shafiq, in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt Monday, June 18, 2012. The Muslim Brotherhood declared early Monday that its candidate, Mohammed Morsi, won Egypt's presidential election, which would be the first victory of an Islamist as head of state in the stunning wave of protests demanding democracy that swept the Middle East the past year. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Egyptian military moves to retain power after vote

Hamza Hendawi · June 18, 2012 8:42 pm

Egyptian workers uninstall a billboard showing presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq, at his campaign headquarters office following a press conference in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, June 18, 2012. The Muslim Brotherhood declared early Monday that its candidate, Mohammed Morsi, won Egypt's presidential election, which would be the first victory of an Islamist as head of state in the stunning wave of protests demanding democracy that swept the Middle East the past year. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Islamist claims victory in Egypt presidential vote

Hamza Hendawi · June 18, 2012 7:16 pm

FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011 file photo, the Iranian navy frigate IS Alvand passes through the Suez Canal at Ismailia, Egypt. Iran once saw the Arab Spring uprisings in the Arab world as a prime opportunity, hoping it would open the door for it to spread its influence in countries whose autocratic leaders long shunned them. But it is finding the new order no more welcoming. Egypt is a prime example. Egypt has sporadically looked more friendly toward Iran since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak 16 months ago, and the rise of the Islamists here fueled the expectations of Tehran's clerical regime that it could make inroads. (AP Photo, File)

Iran’s dreams for influence stymied in Egypt

Hamza Hendawi · June 14, 2012 7:31 am