Features/Interviews
Profile: Bassem Youssef professionalizes satire
February 20, 2012
Profile: Bassem Youssef professionalizes satire
Bassem Youssef is visibly exhausted. A man known for his vitality and humor both on and off-screen, he seems tired,…
Fixing for Anthony, fixing the practice
February 20, 2012
Fixing for Anthony, fixing the practice
On Thursday night, I was bragging to an American tourist on a plane back to Cairo about having worked with…
Children in jail: Did the Interior Ministry violate children’s rights?
February 19, 2012
Children in jail: Did the Interior Ministry violate children’s rights?
In a small cell in South Cairo Court Complex, a 12-year-old child sat behind bars awaiting his hearing earlier this…
Workers and farmers try their hand at constitution writing
February 19, 2012
Workers and farmers try their hand at constitution writing
In Shamma, a small village north of Cairo in Monufiya Governorate, about a hundred farmers gathered eagerly last Monday at…
Abu Ismail: Consensus candidate a conspiracy against Egyptians
February 19, 2012
Abu Ismail: Consensus candidate a conspiracy against Egyptians
Al-Masry Al-Youm met with presidential hopeful Hazem Salah Abu Ismail, who expounded on his criticism of political deals surrounding presidential…
One night and two days in a military hotel
February 18, 2012
One night and two days in a military hotel
A harp with no player, a piano and no pianist, opulent seats but no people, a Garden of Eden without…
Sectarianism, reconciliation and complexity in El-Nahda
February 16, 2012
Sectarianism, reconciliation and complexity in El-Nahda
El-Nahda is a tough rural hinterland of lush green interspersed with the glowering, metallic silhouettes of industrial plants. The village…
SCAF’s Parliament appointee may be illegal
February 16, 2012
SCAF’s Parliament appointee may be illegal
On 21 January, the head of Egypt's ruling military council, Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, appointed 10 members to the lower…
Parliament review: Facts and follies
February 16, 2012
Parliament review: Facts and follies
Continuing to showcase an outright disregard for all things orderly and restrained, parliamentary sessions plowed through the week, with members…
Muslim Brotherhood: Operating outside the law?
February 16, 2012
Muslim Brotherhood: Operating outside the law?
A leftist lawmaker dropped a bombshell earlier this week in the Islamist-dominated Parliament by filing a request to question the…