NEWS
By Jessica Anderson, The Baltimore Sun | November 2, 2011
Matthew VanDyke — the Baltimore writer and filmmaker who was jailed in Libya for nearly six months and then remained to aid rebels seeking to overthrow dictator Moammar Gadhafi — is scheduled to return home Saturday. VanDyke, 32, is set to arrive about 7 p.m. at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, said his mother, Sharon VanDyke. He will leave Cairo on Saturday morning and fly to John F. Kennedy International Airport before coming to Baltimore, she said.
NEWS
February 17, 2011
Their voices have been heard. The people have spoken. The streets of Cairo echo with the clatter of democracy and freedom. However, I wonder if freedom in Egypt is truly possible. Can a regime torn by controversy and dictatorship follow with freedom and liberty? Many Americans tend to view Muslim countries with a cautious eye. However, this past weekend I stumbled upon a very peculiar image. The image depicted was thousands of men and women praying together side-by-side after the conclusion of dictatorship in Tahrir Square in Cairo (a feat typically unusual outside of the holy city of Mecca)
BUSINESS
By Gus G. Sentementes, Jamie Smith Hopkins and Lorraine Mirabella, The Baltimore Sun | February 6, 2011
As Molotov cocktails, rocks and gunshots filled the streets of Cairo last week, executives at ARINC Inc. in Annapolis fixed on their employees' safety and getting them out of Egypt. The company, which outfitted Cairo's international terminal with electronics systems and maintains U.S. Air Force jets there, decided Thursday after days of anti-government protests and clashes to pull employees, contractors and their families out. It was a harrowing time — there and here. "This is what we've been living and breathing 24/7," said Alice Lao, ARINC'S director of international human resources.
ENTERTAINMENT
By Mary Carole McCauley, The Baltimore Sun | February 3, 2011
Gary Vikan, director of the Walters Art Museum , is guardedly hopeful that the unrest in Egypt won't interfere with a big exhibit planned for the fall of 2014. Long before protests broke out this week, the Walters had been working on a future exhibit that will spotlight the ancient treasures of the North African nation. So, when Vikan heard that Egypt's museums and storehouses were being looted, he was understandably concerned. But early indications are that damage to Cairo's famed Egyptian Museum was relatively minor, and that the approximately 70 items that were taken or smashed in the first 24 hours of the unrest can be repaired.
NEWS
By Joe Burris, The Baltimore Sun | February 3, 2011
Howard Community College student Sarah Blake was in Egypt when that nation's turbulent demonstrations began, and she and her friends found themselves being pushed and shoved in Cairo's streets. "It was really scary. That's when the tear gas started coming out more and the water cannon trucks were going through. The police cars would come through, and crowds of people would just scramble," said Blake, who returned from the violence-torn nation last week after a one-month stay. Blake is among several area residents who have come home from the country with harrowing stories that mirror the images depicted on news broadcasts.
NEWS
By Childs Walker, The Baltimore Sun | January 31, 2011
Jay VanRensselaer had photographed archaeological digs in Egypt since 1996 without ever feeling uncomfortable or unwelcome. But the Johns Hopkins University staff member sensed a seething anger in the populace last week as he finished another excavation with Hopkins graduates and undergraduates. When one of the students read Facebook posts about overthrowing the government on Friday — well, it seemed like a good time to go. "At no point did I feel threatened, but there was a certain level of anxiety," VanRensselaer said.