Opinion
Egypt’s revolution: Patchwork or sweeping reform?
September 27, 2011
Egypt’s revolution: Patchwork or sweeping reform?
Egyptian revolutionary struggle represents a continuing state of revolt that has extended over eras throughout which Egyptians strove to overcome…
Post-revolution Egypt: Change or conformity?
September 26, 2011
Post-revolution Egypt: Change or conformity?
Egypt, post-Mubarak. That long dreamt-about era has finally arrived. A new Egypt! Youth! Revolution! I wonder how many Egyptians imagined…
A new stage for the Palestinian cause
September 23, 2011
A new stage for the Palestinian cause
Israel, along with the United States and some major European countries, is expected to exert all efforts to abort the…
The joke of Palestinian statehood
September 23, 2011
The joke of Palestinian statehood
What can be done with one fifth of a homeland, a quarter of a nation and half an authority? Can…
Something to censor
September 21, 2011
Something to censor
Book censorship in Egypt is alive and well and may signal trouble for the country’s fledgling democracy. It serves as…
The wrong question: Is Erdogan an Islamist or a secularist?
September 20, 2011
The wrong question: Is Erdogan an Islamist or a secularist?
The media circus prompted by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to Egypt demonstrates how Mubarak’s legacy still lingers,…
Which Turkish model?
September 19, 2011
Which Turkish model?
The visit of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Cairo this week was probably the peak of a now…
The EU and Libya after Qadhafi
September 17, 2011
The EU and Libya after Qadhafi
The Qadhafi regime has crumbled, reminding us once again that no regime can rely on batons and bullets to cement…
Shift in Sinai security strategy must include crackdown on torture camps
September 14, 2011
Shift in Sinai security strategy must include crackdown on torture camps
Two thousand Egyptian troops are currently fighting to take back the northern Sinai desert. Bedouin networks have ruled with impunity…
Riots and politics: A mutual salvation?
September 13, 2011
Riots and politics: A mutual salvation?
The scenes of violence and street fighting between the police and the Ahli Football Club fan group Ultras Ahlawy outside…