Opinion
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…
No citizenship without social justice
April 15, 2011
No citizenship without social justice
Since the adoption of neoliberal policies in the 1980s, many countries have suffered from inequality even though they have enjoyed…
Mubarak’s message
April 13, 2011
Mubarak’s message
It appears ex-President Hosni Mubarak is still living in a presidential state of mind. Well-aware that he's a former president…
Why Egypt should join the ICC
April 12, 2011
Why Egypt should join the ICC
When I participated as an NGO observer in the negotiations and deliberations of the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) review conference…
The specter of Egypt’s colonial interior
April 11, 2011
The specter of Egypt’s colonial interior
In the spring of 1896, the British Consul-General and de facto colonial overlord of Egypt, Lord Cromer, submitted his annual…