Opinion
This is more of a revolution than you think
March 9, 2011
This is more of a revolution than you think
Seeing the images of the storming of the State Security Bastilles in Nasr City, Alexandria, Beheira, Aswan, Siwa and elsewhere,…
Egyptian revolution sidelining women?
March 8, 2011
Egyptian revolution sidelining women?
One hundred years ago, more than a million people marched in streets across Europe on the first International Women’s Day.…
Egypt and Turkey, It’s time to act
March 7, 2011
Egypt and Turkey, It’s time to act
Some of my Egyptian friends, having stood in Tahrir Square during the most critical days, are now engaged in running…
Pyramids of unaccountable power
March 6, 2011
Pyramids of unaccountable power
Unaccountable power in Egypt is diffuse; so must be the resistance to it. The resistance should continue and spread, wide…
Brave new Mediterranean
March 4, 2011
Brave new Mediterranean
Greetings from Athens, the birthplace of democracy, where I have just attended a conference during which Europeans and Americans eyed…
Capitalizing on the revolution: Post-revolutionary knowledge economies
March 2, 2011
Capitalizing on the revolution: Post-revolutionary knowledge economies
As I stand in the square, as I walk in the tense streets of downtown Cairo, as I stare at…
Revolution and counter-revolution: The way forward
February 28, 2011
Revolution and counter-revolution: The way forward
The counter-revolution is the current hype in the on-going revolution’s development. But it is a grave mistake to consider it…
Toward a liberal grouping
February 27, 2011
Toward a liberal grouping
The Egyptian revolution of 25 January, 2011 raised a slogan supported by all Egyptians regardless of their political and intellectual…
The last of the Sultans
February 23, 2011
The last of the Sultans
More than two centuries ago, Thomas Paine held the French revolution to have put an end to a medieval form…