Features/Interviews
Looking beyond protests, 6 April to form NGO
April 7, 2011
Looking beyond protests, 6 April to form NGO
In front of an enthusiastic crowd of hundreds at Cairo’s Journalists' Syndicate Wednesday night, Ahmed Mahir, the founder of the…
Q&A with Mohamed Radwan: Egyptian-American detained in Syria
April 6, 2011
Q&A with Mohamed Radwan: Egyptian-American detained in Syria
On Friday, 25 March, Egyptian-American engineer Mohamed Radwan, 32, was arrested and detained in Damascus by Syrian authorities while photographing…
Sufis feel pressure as Salafi power grows
April 5, 2011
Sufis feel pressure as Salafi power grows
Adherents of Sufism, a mystical sect of Islam that has long been popular in Egypt, now see their tolerant traditions…
Muslim Brotherhood-Coptic relations: A dubious rapprochement
April 4, 2011
Muslim Brotherhood-Coptic relations: A dubious rapprochement
As the Muslim Brotherhood begins its life as an official political player, it is attempting to revamp its image to…
Students revolt at private universities
April 3, 2011
Students revolt at private universities
Egyptian society has been under the influence of revolutionary fever since the ouster of former President Hosni Mubarak. Now, that…
Student union elections present litmus test for campus politics
March 31, 2011
Student union elections present litmus test for campus politics
Student elections around Egypt are underway for the first time in a free and unhindered way. Hopes that these elections…
Egyptians grapple with political overhaul
March 30, 2011
Egyptians grapple with political overhaul
Egypt's politics have been transformed since Hosni Mubarak was toppled on 11 February but the prospect of elections may put…
Egypt clerics protest at graft in religious bodies
March 27, 2011
Egypt clerics protest at graft in religious bodies
Egyptian clerics and employees of state Islamic religious bodies are demanding an end to what they say is rampant corruption…
What’s left of Egypt’s Left
March 26, 2011
What’s left of Egypt’s Left
Gehan Shaaban has come a long way since her youthful days as a radical Trotskyite student. In the early 1990s…
Cairo University student elections begin amid charged atmosphere
March 25, 2011
Cairo University student elections begin amid charged atmosphere
Cairo University is littered with campaign material, organizing committees and general election paraphernalia as the first student union elections since…