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Meet your presidential candidate: Hazem Abu Ismail, the rebel

Meet your presidential candidate: Hazem Abu Ismail, the rebel

For several years, Hazem Abu Ismail appeared on Salafi satellite channels in traditional Salafi garb — a robe and a…
Is Egypt’s women’s movement strong enough to face threats?

Is Egypt’s women’s movement strong enough to face threats?

In a transition period dominated by Islamists and where women’s issues are generally dismissed as a trivial concern, many worry…
Women’s movement: A look back, and forward

Women’s movement: A look back, and forward

On 24 May 1919, an unidentified photographer shot a scene in which a woman with her face veiled addressed a…
Meet your presidential candidate: Hamdeen Sabbahi, the anachronistic

Meet your presidential candidate: Hamdeen Sabbahi, the anachronistic

When Gamal Abdel Nasser died in 1970, he left behind a progeny of like-minded ideologues who adhered to his form…
Meet your presidential candidate: Abdel Moneim Abouel Fotouh, the reformer

Meet your presidential candidate: Abdel Moneim Abouel Fotouh, the reformer

Abdel Moneim Abouel Fotouh was the leader of the Cairo University Student Union when he rose up to his feet…
Profile: MP Abou Hamed’s unlikely attributes bring him into spotlight

Profile: MP Abou Hamed’s unlikely attributes bring him into spotlight

It has become a routine in every parliamentary session to watch Islamist MPs shouting to interrupt MP Mohamed Abou Hamed…
US Israel lobby group issues harsh rhetoric on treatment of Copts

US Israel lobby group issues harsh rhetoric on treatment of Copts

WASHINGTON, D.C. — At a high-profile conference hosted by an America-based pro-Israel lobbying group, a panelist said that Christians in…
Meet your presidential candidate: Amr Moussa, the vacillator

Meet your presidential candidate: Amr Moussa, the vacillator

With a strong and steady voice, and the ability to alternate at will between the image of the intimidating statesman…
Football offers Egyptians in Qatar a taste of home

Football offers Egyptians in Qatar a taste of home

DOHA — With its three friendly matches scheduled for Cairo last week scuttled by the Interior Ministry after the Port…
Parliament review: Of the past and the future

Parliament review: Of the past and the future

Parliament this week housed several heated discussions about the current economic impasse and lingering cases of corruption. Prime Minister Kamal…
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