Ahmed Zaki Osman
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Ahmed previously worked as a journalist at al-Badeel, OnTV, al-Qahira Cultural Weekly and Alawan website. He blogs at Matn Wahawamesh
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It’s nearly eight months now since a popular uprising toppled former President Hosni Mubarak, but Monday’s newspapers show that some of the most hated practices of his rule still exist.
State-run newspapers highlighted on their front...
Political parties and movements across the spectrum are deeply divided over the meeting on Saturday that gathered Armed Forces Chief of Staff Sami Anan, the second highest ranking member of the Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF), with...
The new amendments to the electoral law, approved on Sunday by the military-backed cabinet, will enable Egypt’s military rulers to maintain their grip on the political process, blocking any chance of a solid parliamentary majority in upcoming...
International human rights watchdog Amnesty International has urged Egypt’s military rulers to immediately release a detained blogger who has been on hunger strike for over a month.
On 10 April, Maikel Nabil Sanad, 25, received a three-year...
A number of national and international news outlets, as well as several bloggers, have published reports on the testimony of Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi in the trial of former President Hosni Mubarak, defying an Egyptian court-imposed gag order on...
A group of lawyers representing the families of those killed in the 25 January uprising have filed a request with the Cairo Appeals Court for the replacement of the judge overseeing the trial of former President Hosni Mubarak, who stands accused of...
As a pivotal draft law regulating Egypt’s judiciary is debated, judges face a crucial challenge in agreeing on its nuances and convincing military rulers to significantly diminish executive power over judicial affairs.
Two conflicting...
The Israeli government must be exhilarated that it is no longer being held responsible for the chaotic events taking place in Egypt. Instead they are now being portrayed as victims of a different "foreign hand," which sponsored the...
Traditionally, the Franciscan Nun School in the Upper Egyptian tourist city of Luxor, by definition an apolitical institution, has refused to have any paintings or advertisements drawn on its walls.
Only recently, after the remarkable persistence of...
Egypt’s military rulers received a major blow on Saturday when a court in Cairo referred the legal provision for trying civilians before military courts to the Supreme Constitutional Court to rule whether it is constitutional or not.
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