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Long-standing government intervention remains an obstacle to reforming the organization and makeup of university student groups, giving high ranking government…

A miniature Tahrir Square has bloomed on the desert outskirts of Cairo, in front of the gates of the German…

For almost three decades, Mansour Hassan, a former stalwart of Anwar Sadat’s regime, remained aloof from the political arena. But today,…

Disappointed but not surprised, lawyers and supporters of Samira Ibrahim blamed a verdict issued Sunday acquitting the military doctor that…

Egyptian NGO workers appeared in court on 8 March. New judges have been appointed to hear the trial of 43…

For a man whose political program champions moderate Islam and citizenship, it is unfortunate that Mohamed Selim al-Awa became a…

Although he was forced to resign as prime minister in the face of raging protests just one year ago because…

For several years, Hazem Abu Ismail appeared on Salafi satellite channels in traditional Salafi garb — a robe and a…

In a transition period dominated by Islamists and where women’s issues are generally dismissed as a trivial concern, many worry…

On 24 May 1919, an unidentified photographer shot a scene in which a woman with her face veiled addressed a…