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A class-based vacuum

A class-based vacuum

Ever since the revolution forced the police from the streets, the country has been plagued by a security vacuum and,…
Technocratic cabinet won’t cut it, observers say

Technocratic cabinet won’t cut it, observers say

As Prime Minister Hesham Qandil announced his mostly technocratic Cabinet on Thursday, many reacted with disappointment. Observers say that, in…
Cheap food, to no end

Cheap food, to no end

  Not much in the new small-to-medium-sized supermarket Zad hints at its religious or political affiliation. But the store, sitting…
Morsy’s choices: Is the president interested in getting advisory help from outside the Brotherhood?

Morsy’s choices: Is the president interested in getting advisory help from outside the Brotherhood?

In an attempt to break with the past and to overturn toppled President Hosni Mubarak’s legacy of autocratic rule, Egypt’s…
A problem like Maria

A problem like Maria

Sheikh Abu Islam Abdullah is a man on a mission to shake up Egypt’s media establishment. He says, the “traditional…
Wednesday’s papers: Two to tango

Wednesday’s papers: Two to tango

If it wasn’t obvious before that Egypt is being run with something akin to a power-sharing agreement between the Muslim…
Renaissance man: Gehad El Haddad works as the Islamist project’s pragmatist

Renaissance man: Gehad El Haddad works as the Islamist project’s pragmatist

Three weeks ago, Gehad El Haddad divided his time between volunteering for the Muslim Brotherhood and heading the Cairo office…
Going local

Going local

During the past two weeks, Egyptians have been raging over repeated power cuts and water shortages that last for hours,…
The real estate pirates behind Alexandria’s collapsing tenements

The real estate pirates behind Alexandria’s collapsing tenements

That just three people — a mother and her daughters — died when a building collapsed in Alexandria on Monday places the incident amongst…
Infighting in Constituent Assembly as draft articles presented

Infighting in Constituent Assembly as draft articles presented

Political infighting dominated half of the general meeting of the Constituent Assembly on Tuesday, but eventually five of the assembly's…
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