Ashraf El-Sherif
The taifas state
Opinion
December 12, 2012
The taifas state
The clashes that broke out between police and army forces at a police station in New Cairo on 19 November…
The Salafi movement: Competing visions (Part 2)
Opinion
November 2, 2012
The Salafi movement: Competing visions (Part 2)
As the parliamentary elections draw closer, questions about the future of the Salafi-oriented Nour Party linger. Some say the party's…
The Salafi movement: Competing visions (Part 1)
Opinion
November 1, 2012
The Salafi movement: Competing visions (Part 1)
The Salafi Nour Party was hit by a spate of crises with organizational divisions leading to conflicts over the party’s…
The need for self-criticism after the first round
Opinion
June 5, 2012
The need for self-criticism after the first round
Before the elections, I believed it was extremely difficult to predict the outcome of the first round and that it…
Egypt’s transitional period will never end
Opinion
May 1, 2012
Egypt’s transitional period will never end
The Egyptian political arena is currently passing through multiple disparate conflicts between various forces and on a number of planes.…
Shater: between the Deep State and a fractured Brotherhood
Opinion
April 5, 2012
Shater: between the Deep State and a fractured Brotherhood
The Muslim Brotherhood’s nomination of Khairat al-Shater can be read as a deal to field Shater as a “consensus president,”…
The ultras’ politics of fun confront tyranny
Opinion
February 3, 2012
The ultras’ politics of fun confront tyranny
Wednesday’s massacre of Ahly Club fans in Port Said’s football stadium was the latest in a tragic crescendo for young…
‘The secret group ruling Egypt,’ the deep state and its collapse
Opinion
January 25, 2012
‘The secret group ruling Egypt,’ the deep state and its collapse
Even though I am convinced there are profound differences between the processes of revolutionary transformation in 1952 from those of…
‘Al-Hassan and al-Hussein’ TV drama: An orthodox narrative in a progressive form
Art news
September 6, 2011
‘Al-Hassan and al-Hussein’ TV drama: An orthodox narrative in a progressive form
The representation of the life story of al-Hassan and al-Hussein, Prophet Mohamed’s grandsons and sons of his cousin and son-in-law,…
Al-Jama’a al-Islamiya: The battle within
Opinion
August 29, 2011
Al-Jama’a al-Islamiya: The battle within
The meteoric rise of the Muslim Brotherhood and Salafis in Egyptian politics has drawn attention, rather unfairly, away from another…