Opinion
Egypt’s changing foreign policy
May 3, 2011
Egypt’s changing foreign policy
There have been clear shifts in Egypt’s foreign policy since the ouster of ex-President Hosni Mubarak, long considered a “strategic…
Saving Cairo Station
May 2, 2011
Saving Cairo Station
A crime is being committed in Cairo’s main train station. For years, Egyptian academics and state planners have been re-discovering…
A test for the Muslim Brotherhood
May 1, 2011
A test for the Muslim Brotherhood
Since the 1970s, the Muslim Brotherhood has been gaining valuable political experience by participating is student and trade union union…
Why Prime Minister Sharaf should resign
April 27, 2011
Why Prime Minister Sharaf should resign
It pains me to hear criticisms of Prime Minister Essam Sharaf and his cabinet, especially since I had enthusiastically nominated…
Good morning, Sinai
April 26, 2011
Good morning, Sinai
Prime Minister Essam Sharaf did well by visiting Sinai on 25 April, a day that marks the peninsula’s liberation from…
New governors, old ways
April 25, 2011
New governors, old ways
Curious is the process by which 13 new governors have been appointed across Egypt. It's as if most of them…
Police reform: Getting it right
April 24, 2011
Police reform: Getting it right
It's widely believed that regimes that lack popular legitimacy often resort to torture. Desperate to retain control over their people,…
Remaking Cairo from below
April 21, 2011
Remaking Cairo from below
The rush to erect a monument to mark the revolution and the martyrs in Tahrir Square is an insult to…
The dissolution of the NDP
April 19, 2011
The dissolution of the NDP
Like millions of Egyptians, I rejoiced at the Higher Administrative Court’s ruling to disband the National Democratic Party (NDP) and…
Egypt beyond Mubarak
April 16, 2011
Egypt beyond Mubarak
I’ve sometimes wished I was a fly on the Mubaraks' living-room wall watching the drama unfold. I pictured the former…