Opinion
Egypt, I like your style
May 8, 2011
Egypt, I like your style
The Fatah-Hamas reconciliation that was inked in Cairo on 4 May is important mainly for Palestinian reasons: For the first…
Egypt should re-embrace progressive taxation
May 5, 2011
Egypt should re-embrace progressive taxation
Many would agree that tax reform in Egypt is a necessity, especially after the abolition of progressive taxation and the…
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…