Amr el-Zant

Opinion: Escaping the Cairo Eye
Opinion

Opinion: Escaping the Cairo Eye

The fact that Cairo is not attractive from above is no secret for those who look at it from the…
The burning of Paris and the memory of Alexandria
Culture

The burning of Paris and the memory of Alexandria

There was a story about the city where what mattered most was the human crisis, disregarding the danger that threatened…
Egypt’s continuing struggle with Western modernity
Opinion

Egypt’s continuing struggle with Western modernity

"He who signed his orders of the day, the Member of the Institute, Commander-in-Chief of the Army in the East,…
Militarized perceptions and the fate of liberal Egypt
Opinion

Militarized perceptions and the fate of liberal Egypt

According to a recent statement by a prominent member of the Egyptian junta (Major General Mamdouh Shahin), Mubarak could not…
The accelerating universe and us
Opinion

The accelerating universe and us

Our universe is not only expanding; it is also doing so at an accelerating rate. For this remarkable empirical discovery…
The politics of symbolic forms
Opinion

The politics of symbolic forms

Where does Israel live in the Egyptian public imagination? Some unfortunate instances are usefully recalled: Jewish settlement in Palestine; a…
After the spectacle
Opinion

After the spectacle

The entry of our stretcher-borne ex-dictator into that courtroom cage marked a watershed between two qualitatively different Egyptian worlds: A…
The council’s greatest challenge
Opinion

The council’s greatest challenge

By definition, those who participated in the revolution rejected the Mubarak regime. The reasons for the revulsion varied however, and…
Egypt’s Islamist prospects
Opinion

Egypt’s Islamist prospects

Many at home and abroad are apprehensive of an eventual Islamist takeover should the popular revolt in Egypt lead to…
Egypt’s worlds
Opinion

Egypt’s worlds

A clash between two worlds. One world aspires to break the chains of humiliation that have long robbed it of…
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