Features/Interviews
Israeli media frets little over Morsy power grab
August 16, 2012
Israeli media frets little over Morsy power grab
Following President Mohamed Morsy’s firing of Hussein Tantawi, head of the formerly ruling military council, and other leading generals on…
Q&A with Rajaa Ben Slama: Tunisia’s Islamist-secular divide
August 16, 2012
Q&A with Rajaa Ben Slama: Tunisia’s Islamist-secular divide
Raja Ben Slama, a professor of Arab civilization at Manouba University in Tunis, founder of The Tunisian Cultural Association to…
Under new leadership, media face old oppressive policies
August 16, 2012
Under new leadership, media face old oppressive policies
More than a month ago, the Muslim Brotherhood’s mouthpiece newspaper coined two dichotomous categories of media. One was “the black…
Egypt’s Shia pay the price of regional struggle
August 15, 2012
Egypt’s Shia pay the price of regional struggle
In the working-class neighborhood of Bulaq al-Dakror, a group of men gathered 28 July to prevent what they called a…
Olympic pleas: Egypt’s poor performance attributed to defective sporting system
August 14, 2012
Olympic pleas: Egypt’s poor performance attributed to defective sporting system
Karam Gaber, Egypt’s Greco-Roman wrestler, won the silver medal in the 84 kilogram division Monday, raising the country’s tally to…
A lost enemy: Secularists fear Morsy move paves road for grip on power
August 14, 2012
A lost enemy: Secularists fear Morsy move paves road for grip on power
By claiming legislative authorities and canceling a military-issued constitutional charter that gave the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces the…
Fresh edits: New leadership at state-run media raises concerns about Brothers’ grip
August 14, 2012
Fresh edits: New leadership at state-run media raises concerns about Brothers’ grip
A number of columnists in privately-owned newspapers such as Al-Watan, Youm7 and Al-Tahrir published blank opinion articles on Thursday to…
Morsy grooms a new rank of officers, experts say
August 13, 2012
Morsy grooms a new rank of officers, experts say
“Breaking: Mohamed Morsy is the president of the Egyptian Republic,” said activists on social media websites jokingly as an expression…
TV and the people: Ramadan channel trades soaps for politics
August 12, 2012
TV and the people: Ramadan channel trades soaps for politics
Cairo’s street and bridges were strewn with billboards bearing the phrase “Al-Qahira wal Nas” — “Cairo and the People” —…
Israeli soldiers preemptively arrest African migrants in Egyptian territory
August 10, 2012
Israeli soldiers preemptively arrest African migrants in Egyptian territory
“The catching of the three [infiltrators] occurred in the early morning, a few tens of meters from the border, inside…