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I was not hazarding an uneducated guess when I called for holding a democratic election as a first step in the transition and emphasized that the result of the vote was not known in advance; recognizing at the same time that Muslim Brotherhood...
Few issues these days are discussed solely for the public’s best interest, absent of personal agendas and without political and professional disappointment. We never end up knowing the good guys from the bad ones or who is right and who is...
The controversy over the nature of the MPs that Egyptians want continues to rage as several complain about the lack of MPs with political experience in comparison with “service MPs” (who promise to grant services to their constituents)....
There has been increasing talk about excluding former members of the now-disbanded National Democratic Party (NDP) from political life, with some saying they should be prevented from participation in upcoming elections. Meanwhile, others say only...
Some of us were under the impression that Field Marshall Hussein Tantawi’s testimony would mark a watershed in the trial of ex-President Hosni Mubarak. But the fact that Mubarak was Tantawi’s long-time leader renders unlikely any radical...
The media circus prompted by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to Egypt demonstrates how Mubarak’s legacy still lingers, despite his absence from the political scene. The naivety and superficiality of the questions...
When the Muslim Brotherhood heads a political coalition that includes respectable allies -- like the Wafd, Nasserist, Karama, Ghad parties -- we can safely assume it’s a union of patriots, even if we disagree with any of these parties’...
The opening of Hosni Mubarak’s trial last week was undoubtedly a historic day for Egyptians. With the trial now underway, Egypt has escaped two extreme fates: A failure to bring their ex-president to trial, on the one hand, and holding him...
Last Friday’s rally in Tahrir was perplexing. Not because it showed the Islamists’ strong political presence, that much we already knew. Rather, because no Islamists ever called for such a mass protest under Hosni Mubarak. It was civil,...
Patriotism has never been about accusing others of treason or leveling baseless charges. Patriotism is a deep feeling that one feels towards his/her country without needing to prove it with theatrics.
We were all shocked when the Supreme Council of...
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