Features/Interviews
A class-based vacuum
August 3, 2012
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
August 3, 2012
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
August 2, 2012
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?
August 1, 2012
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
August 1, 2012
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
August 1, 2012
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
July 31, 2012
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
July 30, 2012
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
July 28, 2012
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
July 25, 2012
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…