Features/Interviews
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…
Political freedom, competition drives rifts between Muslim Brotherhood factions
March 24, 2011
Political freedom, competition drives rifts between Muslim Brotherhood factions
As the Muslim Brotherhood prepares to unveil a revised party platform, internal splits along generational and ideological lines seem on…
Brotherhood warns of Algerian scenario if Islamists blocked
March 23, 2011
Brotherhood warns of Algerian scenario if Islamists blocked
The Muslim Brotherhood is not planning to seek power in Egypt's elections this year but says it will not limit…
Election monitors celebrate the end of their helplessness
March 20, 2011
Election monitors celebrate the end of their helplessness
Counting votes after 14 hours of supervising the electoral process, elections monitors in Gamal Abdel Nasser School in Dokki were…
Fallen faces of the uprising: Ziyad Bakir
March 20, 2011
Fallen faces of the uprising: Ziyad Bakir
Seeing him announced as a martyr on television, then receiving anonymous phone calls to say he was alive and well,…