Leila Fadel

Leila Fadel appears in the following:

Crackdown In Egypt Scares Off Presidential Candidates

Monday, May 12, 2014

There are only two candidates. The man likely to win is Abdel Fattah el Sisi, who led the ouster of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi. The candidate willing to go up against him is Hamdeen Sabahi.

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As Egyptian Laws Tighten, One Outlaw Preacher Defies State Power

Thursday, May 01, 2014

Wary of the messages people are hearing in mosques, the Egyptian government is telling tens of thousands of preachers what they should be saying in their sermons. One preacher is defying the order.

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On Second Day Of Mass Trial, Egyptian Judge Sentences 683 To Death

Monday, April 28, 2014

An Egyptian judge sentenced hundreds of people to death Monday, including the supreme leader of the Muslim Brotherhood. It is the judge's second mass-sentencing in recent weeks.

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Mass Trial In Egypt Sentences 683 To Death

Monday, April 28, 2014

More than 680 alleged supporters of the country's ousted Islamist president have been sentenced to death for acts of violence last August. Included was the Muslim Brotherhood's spiritual leader.

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Egyptians Fear Power Outages Could Fuel More Unrest

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

The oil and natural gas that Egypt depends on for power generation is heavily subsidized. But the state doesn't want to raise prices and anger a population already frustrated by political uncertainty.

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Egyptian Journalist Trial Is Long On Jail Time — But Short On Proof

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Audie Cornish talks to NPR's Leila Fadel in Cairo about the ongoing trial of Al-Jazeera journalists. The journalists have now been in jail for more than 100 days.

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Egyptian Town Reeling Over Mass Death Sentence

Friday, March 28, 2014

More than 500 people in Matea, Egypt, have been sentenced to death. On one street alone, a juice store owner, a sweets shop owner, a doctor and more than 20 others have been condemned.

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In Egypt, Defendants Are Being Tried By The Hundreds

Thursday, March 27, 2014

Egypt's legal system has already been under scrutiny with a raft of high-profile cases that include two ousted presidents and scores of activists. And a new wave of international criticism is building after an Egyptian court sentenced 529 men to death after a two-day trial.

The judge sentenced the men ...

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Egyptian Court Sentences 529 Morsi Supporters To Death

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

An Egyptian criminal court on Monday sentenced them to death over the killing of a police officer. Human rights groups say the unprecedented verdict followed a sham trial that wrapped up in 2 days.

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A View On The Torture And Terror Of Egyptian Prisons

Friday, March 21, 2014

Fadi Samir, a Christian, was swept up in Egypt's security crackdown and accused of being an Islamist extremist. The abuse he suffered in jail is common treatment for prisoners now.

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In Egypt, A New Courtroom Drama Every Day

Friday, March 14, 2014

Two ousted presidents, journalists and many activists are all on trial in the overburdened court system. Many cases stem from the country's political turmoil and there's no guarantee of a fair trial.

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Impatient With Change, Libyans Begin To Leave

Thursday, February 27, 2014

With Libya between chaos and the emergence of a new state, many Libyans are fleeing to other countries. An executive and a revolutionary activist in Tripoli explain their fears and why they may leave.

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Outmanned And Outgunned, Libya Struggles To Fix Its Broken Army

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

In post-Gadhafi Libya, the militias, not the military, provide security — what little there is of it. Even as world powers lend help, rebuilding the gutted army is proceeding at a glacial pace.

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Looking Back On Libya: 'We Were Naive' About The Challenges

Sunday, February 16, 2014

In 2011, I crossed the border with other journalists into a country that had been cut off from the world for 42 years. We had no idea what to expect as we entered what the rebels were calling "Free Libya."

Where before there had been oppressive security, instead what greeted ...

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Detention Of Al-Jazeera Journalists Strains Free Speech In Egypt

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Twenty people were referred to criminal court in Egypt today, among them three Al-Jazeera English journalists who have been in prison since Dec. 29. The charges are chilling.

Egyptian authorities say Canadian-Egyptian journalist Mohamed Fadel Fahmy was running a terrorist cell out of a swank hotel in the upscale ...

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Three Years Later, Tahrir Protesters Drained And Defeated

Saturday, January 25, 2014

Three years after the start of the 2011 revolution, many of the young secular activists who led the protests are behind bars.

Others have gone silent, afraid to speak out as the military and the ousted Muslim Brotherhood are locked in a battle for Egypt itself.

For most of those ...

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In Libya, The Militias Rule While Government Founders

Thursday, November 07, 2013

Zintan, a mountain town in northwestern Libya, is a place of gray and brown buildings, with little infrastructure, about 50,000 people and no central government control.

The Libyan government doesn't provide basic services, not even water. People use wells to provide for themselves. The local council runs all of Zintan's ...

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Murder Trial Begins For Egypt's Ex-President Then Adjourns

Monday, November 04, 2013

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