Features/Interviews
The rise and fall of Egypt’s notorious State Security
March 9, 2011
The rise and fall of Egypt’s notorious State Security
In calling for the dissolution of Egypt's notorious State Security, the country’s pro-democracy movement has waged its fiercest battle since…
Families and friends desperate for answers as fate of protesters remain unknown
March 8, 2011
Families and friends desperate for answers as fate of protesters remain unknown
While hundreds of families are mourning the loss of their loved ones who died during the 25 January revolution and…
State security leaks: Victory or hoax?
March 7, 2011
State security leaks: Victory or hoax?
While Egyptians celebrate after breaking into state security buildings all over the country and publishing the captured documents on social…
Fallen faces of the uprising: Gameel Hussein
March 7, 2011
Fallen faces of the uprising: Gameel Hussein
Naeema Abdel Mageed Sharaf sits cross-legged on the bed cradling her seven-week-old grand-daughter.“My son was so happy when Fatima was…
Attempts to steal rare tapes from Egyptian TV foiled
March 6, 2011
Attempts to steal rare tapes from Egyptian TV foiled
Two attempts to steal rare tapes from Egyptian Television have been foiled, a security official said today. The tapes contain…
The road to reviving student activism remains long, say activists
March 3, 2011
The road to reviving student activism remains long, say activists
The recent Supreme Council of Universities (SCU) decision to dissolve all student unions and remove the Interior Ministry-affiliated campus guards…
Egypt grants LE47 million to state-run newspapers ‘to offset losses’
March 2, 2011
Egypt grants LE47 million to state-run newspapers ‘to offset losses’
The government will disburse LE47 million to the state-run newspapers, purportedly to compensate them for losses incurred during the 35…
Q&A: Reformist judge Hesham El-Bastawisi on the revolution, constitution and future of Egypt
March 2, 2011
Q&A: Reformist judge Hesham El-Bastawisi on the revolution, constitution and future of Egypt
Hesham El-Bastawisi is a pro-reform judge who in 2005 threw himself, along with other judges, into a fierce confrontation with…
Old guard seen as threat to Egypt’s revolution
March 1, 2011
Old guard seen as threat to Egypt’s revolution
Egypt's military rulers want elections in six months' time but political activists who ousted Hosni Mubarak fear remnants of his…
Q&A: Newly released Bahraini activist Ali Abdulemam on Bahrain’s past and future
March 1, 2011
Q&A: Newly released Bahraini activist Ali Abdulemam on Bahrain’s past and future
Ali Abdulemam is a prominent digital activist in Bahrain, recently released from prison in a move the government hopes will…