Features/Interviews
Meet your presidential candidate: Hazem Abu Ismail, the rebel
March 8, 2012
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?
March 8, 2012
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
March 8, 2012
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
March 7, 2012
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
March 6, 2012
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
March 5, 2012
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
March 5, 2012
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
March 5, 2012
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
March 4, 2012
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
March 1, 2012
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…