Features/Interviews
Recent clashes highlight need for Central Security reform
July 1, 2011
Recent clashes highlight need for Central Security reform
Clashes between protesters and security forces in and around Tahrir Square this week gave activists a sobering reminder that the…
Storm clouds and a few rainbows as constitutional debate rumbles on
July 1, 2011
Storm clouds and a few rainbows as constitutional debate rumbles on
As the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) maintains the suspense about when exactly parliamentary elections will…
US overtures to Egypt Islamists show pragmatism
July 1, 2011
US overtures to Egypt Islamists show pragmatism
A US decision to resume contact with the Muslim Brotherhood is a pragmatic move that recognizes its popular appeal…
Al-Azhar’s declaration: A new leap into politics?
June 30, 2011
Al-Azhar’s declaration: A new leap into politics?
Al-Azhar’s recently declaration backing a democratic civil state has triggered questions over the political role that the world’s oldest and…
Remembering the forgotten martyrs of Arab al-Maadi
June 29, 2011
Remembering the forgotten martyrs of Arab al-Maadi
On the outskirts of Maadi neighborhood, where much of Cairo’s wealthy elite resides, lies a much poorer area called Arab…
Squalor, fear and desperation for tent city residents
June 28, 2011
Squalor, fear and desperation for tent city residents
Naglaa Mahdy sleeps in a tent with ten other women and their children. She wakes up and dusts herself off,…
Soft-drink giants ride wave of post-uprising optimism
June 27, 2011
Soft-drink giants ride wave of post-uprising optimism
Brightly colored billboards with cheerful messages have become fixtures of Cairo’s urban landscape, feet from the squares and streets where…
Whistleblower interrogated for spilling secrets of carcinogenic wheat
June 27, 2011
Whistleblower interrogated for spilling secrets of carcinogenic wheat
An Egyptian government audit officer, who recently claimed that his superiors had attempted to cover up incidents of corruption, was…
Smuggled, stolen and homemade, guns flood Egypt’s streets
June 27, 2011
Smuggled, stolen and homemade, guns flood Egypt’s streets
A new conversation has been taking place around Egypt for the past five months, one that rarely came up before.…
Egypt’s first freedom of information law in the works
June 26, 2011
Egypt’s first freedom of information law in the works
For the first time in its modern legal history and after various failed attempts, Egypt might see its first freedom…