Features/Interviews
2013 Journalists Syndicate elections: Back to the old rules of the game
February 28, 2013
2013 Journalists Syndicate elections: Back to the old rules of the game
Hours before nearly 6,000 journalists head to the polls, the streets of downtown Cairo — where the headquarters of most…
Armed Forces tiptoe through democracy’s minefield
February 28, 2013
Armed Forces tiptoe through democracy’s minefield
As cities along the Suez Canal erupted in violence in late January, the leader of the Armed Forces feared for…
Deja vu: Egypt’s electoral laws marred by controversy
February 28, 2013
Deja vu: Egypt’s electoral laws marred by controversy
In November 2010, two months before the 25 January revolution, rigging marred the country’s parliamentary elections, with the then-ruling and…
Merchant city of Port Said calls for dignity and justice
February 28, 2013
Merchant city of Port Said calls for dignity and justice
PORT SAID — In the ongoing protest movement that has gripped the city of Port Said for the past month,…
Boycott bind: Opposition parties grapple with election strategies
February 27, 2013
Boycott bind: Opposition parties grapple with election strategies
In an anticipated move, the National Salvation Front (NSF), the biggest opposition bloc in Egypt, decided Tuesday to boycott the…
Opposing currents: Internal rifts may risk the credibility of Egypt’s religious institutions
February 25, 2013
Opposing currents: Internal rifts may risk the credibility of Egypt’s religious institutions
Sheikh Shawky Ibrahim is due to begin his tenure as grand mufti in March, when the term of the current…
Dereliction of duty by Egypt police continues to claim lives
February 24, 2013
Dereliction of duty by Egypt police continues to claim lives
On the evening of 8 February, Hassan Shaaban visited his brother-in-law at a Khalil Pharmacy branch in Alexandria’s middle-class Sidi…
With poor economy and lack of political incentives, newspapers struggle to survive
February 21, 2013
With poor economy and lack of political incentives, newspapers struggle to survive
Over the last two years, the number of privately owned newspapers in Egypt has multiplied — but so also have…
Down in the Delta: Frustration at state failures spurs fiery protests in Gharbiya and Sharqiya
February 21, 2013
Down in the Delta: Frustration at state failures spurs fiery protests in Gharbiya and Sharqiya
Clashes last Friday in the central Delta governorate of Gharbiya and across the broader Nile Delta are part of a…
Nour Party seeks to distance itself from FJP ahead of elections
February 20, 2013
Nour Party seeks to distance itself from FJP ahead of elections
A tirade launched by the Salafi Nour Party’s usually diplomatic and collected spokesperson Nader Bakkar against the president and…