Features/Interviews
Final Issue: Job security, financial problems and dangers plague journalists
April 25, 2013
Final Issue: Job security, financial problems and dangers plague journalists
This piece was written for Egypt Independent’s final weekly print edition, which was banned from going to press. We offer you…
Final Issue: Media stuck between the state and the corporate sector
April 25, 2013
Final Issue: Media stuck between the state and the corporate sector
This piece was written for Egypt Independent’s final weekly print edition, which was banned from going to press. We offer you…
Final Issue: 50 on 50
April 25, 2013
Final Issue: 50 on 50
This piece was written for Egypt Independent's final weekly print edition, which was banned from going to press. We offer…
Egypt Independent speaks to Jama’a al-Islamiya about its role in today’s society
April 24, 2013
Egypt Independent speaks to Jama’a al-Islamiya about its role in today’s society
The most noticeable thing about Assiut city’s Abu Bakr al-Sideeq Mosque isn’t the building itself, which stands almost camouflaged among…
Justice in jeopardy
April 19, 2013
Justice in jeopardy
"I think you can see how many [former regime officials] have been released from prison. They’ll give them bonuses next,”…
Mubarak’s trial slips out of public consciousness
April 19, 2013
Mubarak’s trial slips out of public consciousness
Olfat Mohamed, whose son Islam Abdel Wahab was killed at Sayeda Zeinab Police Station on 28 January 2011, was devastated…
Qatar: A global player with underdeveloped internal politics
April 15, 2013
Qatar: A global player with underdeveloped internal politics
DOHA — In 2011, Qatari Emir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani said the country would hold its first elections for the…
Newspaper price rises reflect threat to sustainability of Egypt’s press
April 14, 2013
Newspaper price rises reflect threat to sustainability of Egypt’s press
Last month, the private daily newspaper Youm7 announced to readers that it would raise its print edition’s price from LE1…
Roots of religious violence lie in both state and society
April 13, 2013
Roots of religious violence lie in both state and society
While reflecting a deep societal malaise, sectarian violence in Egypt has always been associated with political power play, particularly…
State backs down on forcing striking train drivers into army
April 11, 2013
State backs down on forcing striking train drivers into army
State authorities halted attempts at conscripting striking train drivers into the service of the Armed Forces on Wednesday, a campaign…