Paul Sedra
A new pope, a new approach?
Opinion
October 28, 2012
A new pope, a new approach?
Roughly 2,400 electors on 29 October will cast ballots to narrow the field for the papal seat of the Coptic…
Martyrdom at Maspero: Searching for meaning
Opinion
October 9, 2012
Martyrdom at Maspero: Searching for meaning
One year ago, nearly 30 Egyptians, almost all Coptic Christians protesting against sectarian violence, were murdered as they marched at…
The urgency of peaceful protest in today’s Egypt
Opinion
September 22, 2012
The urgency of peaceful protest in today’s Egypt
The hysteria that now afflicts the American media with reference to the anti-US protests in the Arab and Muslim worlds…
September 11th, Islamophobia, and the ‘Persecution Industry’
Opinion
September 11, 2012
September 11th, Islamophobia, and the ‘Persecution Industry’
In one of the last pieces he published at Salon before moving to The Guardian, the American columnist Glenn Greenwald…
The cultural project of the revolution
Opinion
August 25, 2012
The cultural project of the revolution
Anxiety is running high among Egypt’s liberals and secularists. President Mohamed Morsy and the Islamist constituency that elected him pose…
Time to reject the language of Coptic victimhood
Opinion
August 10, 2012
Time to reject the language of Coptic victimhood
The casual observer of Egypt’s politics could hardly be blamed for thinking that Egypt’s Copts are facing the worst crisis…
The pope’s predicament
Opinion
March 18, 2012
The pope’s predicament
Just over ten years ago, before the illness that took his life yesterday had sapped his body’s strength, I had the…