Features/Interviews
Eye on elections: Does the workers and farmers quota help workers and farmers?
November 27, 2011
Eye on elections: Does the workers and farmers quota help workers and farmers?
In 1964, during the height of “Arab Socialist” President Gamal Abdel Nasser’s popularity, a new constitution was drafted that included…
Q & A with the Information Minister: State TV is not immune to making mistakes
November 26, 2011
Q & A with the Information Minister: State TV is not immune to making mistakes
Al-Masry Al-Youm sat with Minister of Information Osama Heikal in an interview conducted in conjunction with New Yorker magazine. The interview took…
Prominent Israeli official calls for military preparations to re-enter Sinai
November 23, 2011
Prominent Israeli official calls for military preparations to re-enter Sinai
In the midst of escalating violence between Egyptian protesters and security forces, former Deputy Chief Staff of Israeli Defense Forces…
How’s business? Tear gas economy flourishes in Tahrir Square
November 22, 2011
How’s business? Tear gas economy flourishes in Tahrir Square
I went on a shopping spree today, but not my normal kind, for food or clothes. On Tuesday I bought…
Tahrir clashes throw election plans into doubt
November 21, 2011
Tahrir clashes throw election plans into doubt
With the scent of tear gas lingering over Tahrir Square, the future of Egypt’s first post-Mubarak election appears uncertain. Only…
What remains of street politics?
November 20, 2011
What remains of street politics?
Amid fears of the upcoming parliamentary elections yielding unsatisfactory results and renewed protests in Tahrir Square, many with unmet demands…
Losing eyes, but not vision
November 20, 2011
Losing eyes, but not vision
An atmosphere of hope and determination dominates at the International Eye Hospital, where two activists and a journalist are being…
Newly-formed bloc seeks to beat Brotherhood in Engineers Syndicate elections
November 18, 2011
Newly-formed bloc seeks to beat Brotherhood in Engineers Syndicate elections
A group of engineers has formed a bloc in the Engineers Syndicate in order to beat Muslim Brotherhood candidates in…
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…