Features/Interviews
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…
Most Egyptians want Tantawi as president, says campaign head
November 11, 2011
Most Egyptians want Tantawi as president, says campaign head
Mahmoud Atteya, the coordinator of the Egypt Above All Coalition, said he has launched the Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi for…
Captured in international waters en route to Gaza: An eyewitness account
November 5, 2011
Captured in international waters en route to Gaza: An eyewitness account
Lina Attalah, Al-Masry Al-Youm English's managing editor, recently took part in the "Freedom Waves" flotilla carrying aid to Gaza. She…
Supra-constitutional debate heats up again
November 3, 2011
Supra-constitutional debate heats up again
With less than a month left to elect Egypt’s first post-Hosni Mubarak parliament, the controversy over the promulgation of a…
From Tahrir to Gaza: The faces of ‘Freedom Waves’
November 2, 2011
From Tahrir to Gaza: The faces of ‘Freedom Waves’
FETHIYE, Turkey - "It doesn't matter what we do for Gaza this month or this year. What matters is how…
The military and the state-owned media: One hand?
November 1, 2011
The military and the state-owned media: One hand?
Despite the promise that it would not involve itself in politics beyond the transition of power to a civilian government,…
Blog: “We shall be victorious”
October 31, 2011
Blog: “We shall be victorious”
A long night of reporting about the Maspero violence that claimed 28 lives on 9 October ended with a heavy…
Blog: When pictures are worth a thousand woes
October 30, 2011
Blog: When pictures are worth a thousand woes
Over a year ago, a picture of a young man bludgeoned to death sent shockwaves through the country. The picture…