Features/Interviews
Sisters’ bid for parliament: a real or cosmetic move?
November 17, 2011
Sisters’ bid for parliament: a real or cosmetic move?
Like most Muslim Sisters, Fatma Abdel Hafez grew up within the Muslim Brotherhood's tightly knit networks. She was born to…
Israeli network reveals tape ‘proving’ USS Liberty attack was an accident
November 17, 2011
Israeli network reveals tape ‘proving’ USS Liberty attack was an accident
Forty-four years after Israeli pilots bombed the American ship USS Liberty during the 1967 War, an Israeli news outlet Wednesday…
Egypt-Gulf cooperation motivated by strategic interests
November 17, 2011
Egypt-Gulf cooperation motivated by strategic interests
Recent announcements that Qatar and Saudi Arabia have both granted Egypt US$500 million in budget support raised eyebrows among some…
Seeds of dissent in the state TV fortress
November 16, 2011
Seeds of dissent in the state TV fortress
A group of employees inside the Egyptian state TV and radio building, Maspero, are hoping to revolutionize the decades-old media…
Damietta protesters show determination as controversial factory keeps working
November 15, 2011
Damietta protesters show determination as controversial factory keeps working
DAMIETTA — Hundreds of protesters demonstrating against expansions to a factory in this Mediterranean port city are maintaining their sit-in for…
Islamic social networking site to launch in Istanbul
November 14, 2011
Islamic social networking site to launch in Istanbul
A new Islamic social networking website is set to launch in Istanbul, Turkey. It is funded by prominent Muslim businessmen,…
Q&A: Damietta security chief on current crisis
November 14, 2011
Q&A: Damietta security chief on current crisis
Protests continue in the Damietta area after a man was killed yesterday and several injured in clashes with military forces…
Amid security problems and desperation, Egypt’s hospitals struggle
November 14, 2011
Amid security problems and desperation, Egypt’s hospitals struggle
A man walks into a hospital, asking to be admitted as a patient into the neurology department. The receptionist apologizes…
Islamists and NDP remnants duke it out on north coast
November 13, 2011
Islamists and NDP remnants duke it out on north coast
The winter deluge arrived early in Alexandria, but this year it is different. It is not the rains coming from…
Q&A: Islamist presidential candidate on Egypt’s future
November 13, 2011
Q&A: Islamist presidential candidate on Egypt’s future
Last month, Mohamed Selim al-Awa, a moderate 69-year-old Islamist intellectual, announced the temporary suspension of his presidential campaign to protest…