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Recent clashes highlight need for Central Security reform

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…
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