Ashraf Khalil
Senior reporter. Ashraf has covered the Middle East for more than ten years, writing on everything from the Iraq war to why Egyptians hate Gulfies so much. His articles have been published in the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Philadelphia Inquirer, Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle and the Economist. He is a former Los Angeles Times correspondent in Baghdad and Jerusalem and former Editor-in-Chief of Cairo Times newsmagazine. His proudest professional achievement is successfully incorporating the word ‘bludgeoned’ into a restaurant review.
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In the wake of the New Year’s Eve bombings, police forces have unleashed a massive security response in Alexandria, detaining a still-uncertain number of people--most of whom are reportedly members of local Salafi Muslim groups. Such wide-...
Mohamed ElBaradei has chosen an interesting time to re-enter the Egyptian political arena. After his calls for a parliamentary election boycott were ignored by the Muslim Brotherhood and the liberal opposition Wafd Party, ElBaradei watched from...
First off, a confession: I watched “Ring Road” by accident.
I showed up at the Supreme Council for Culture on a Friday morning planning to watch a different movie. But classic Cairo International Film Festival scheduling issues...
Scattered violence and low voter turnout have marked the first few hours of today’s parliamentary poll, amid common irregularities.
The son of an independent candidate in the Mattariya district in Cairo died today after he was stabbed on...
Alexandria--On a fairly sedate Friday afternoon in Ramleh Station, it was obvious that elections were in the air. But sometimes, depending on where you looked, it was difficult to tell just who was running for what.
Campaign banners and posters hung...
With just days to go before the parliamentary elections, President Hosni Mubarak’s government seems to have successfully fended off the latest Western campaign of “foreign interference.”
The issue of international election...
State-owned flagship daily Al-Ahram leads things off with a curious editorial decision on Wednesday. With parliamentary elections looming on Sunday and the whole country focused on domestic affairs, Al-Ahram tops its front page with news of...
Egypt’s state-owned media focused on what turned out to be a busy day of public appearances Wednesday for senior government officials.
First there were early morning public prayers to commemorate Eid Al-Adha (The feast of sacrifice). For those...
Mohamed Saieed sat grumpily behind his counter of the Mourad Butcher in Giza.
“I have plenty of time to talk,” he said. “We should be packed. I shouldn’t even be able to talk to you.”
It was less than a week before Eid...
Parliamentary candidate news dominates Monday’s newspapers. State-owned flagship daily Al-Ahram tops its front page with news that "the doors of nomination have been closed” for prospective National Democratic Party (NDP) candidates...
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