Situated in northeast Africa, Egypt (known since 1971 as the Arab Republic of Egypt) occupies an area of 390,000 square miles (1,010,100 sq. km.). With 90 percent of the land covered by desert, only a small portion of it, about 14,000 square miles, is...

Egyptian Americans are Americans of Egyptian ancestry, first-generation Egyptian immigrants, or descendants of Egyptians who immigrated to the United States. A large community of Egyptian Americans is located in northeastern Virginia and the Washington,...

One of Egypt's most outspoken government critics, an Egyptian-American academic, said he has been warned not to return to his native country for fear of arrest "or worse" amid a crackdown on dissidents.In an opinion piece that appeared Tuesday in the Washington Post, Saad Eddin...

Egypt was meant to be a test case for President Bush's push for greater democracy in the Middle East. But stalled reforms and bitterness over the jailing of hundreds of dissidents are haunting his visit here Wednesday.Activists say the U.S. democracy push has taken a...

President Bush's fast-track plan for a Mideast peace agreement got a welcome endorsement Wednesday from a nation long seen as a key Arab mediator. Bush responded by pulling his punches on the human rights backpedaling in Egypt that has cooled relations with this longtime ally.The...