Opinion

Where does Israel live in the Egyptian public imagination? Some unfortunate instances are usefully recalled: Jewish settlement in Palestine; a…

There are many things I remember about September 11, 2001. Like almost all New Yorkers on that day, I remember…

I was recently interviewed by an American television channel on the 10th anniversary of the 11 September attacks on the…

On 29 July, a group of around hundred armed men rode into the town of Arish in northern Sinai on…

Where is Egypt headed? I’ve heard this question being asked by everyone, everywhere, as if there were no other questions…

The meteoric rise of the Muslim Brotherhood and Salafis in Egyptian politics has drawn attention, rather unfairly, away from another…

Revolutionary justice in Egypt requires not only that we activate procedures that already exist in Egyptian law, but also that…

What do we mean by a “civil state”? Is it the civil state of supra-constitutional principles advocated by the army…

There’s a new Egypt now — an Egypt where public opinion actually matters. The country has gone through a tumultuous…

Lost in the reports about the Obama administration’s announcement of "limited contacts" with the Muslim Brotherhood in June was any…