Opinion

Who is responsible for the current wheat shortage in Egypt? This very simple question has become a riddle since 2005,…

When the Cairo Court of Appeal passed its unprecedented judgment on 14 June, 1995 separating Islamic scholar Nasr Hamed Abu…

The health of President Hosni Mubarak is not a private matter. It’s a public concern whose smallest details should be…

Gamal Mubarak met with Egyptian university students last week, fielding questions and comments about a range of sensitive issues: corruption,…

A few days ago, the world mourned the passing of Tony Judt, a British historian of repute and engaged public…

The current state of political mobilization and intensifying protests and strikes in Egypt has created a fanciful impression that change…

The Egyptian press recently reported that President Mubarak will soon inaugurate the new Saft el-Laban corridor, connecting Cairo University to…

The potential seems almost endless. More than two hundred thousand people have registered their support on the Facebook page “We…

A big story has monopolized the Egyptian press for days. Not the likelihood of war between Israel and Lebanon, not…

In Tora Prison in the 1970s, the patience of political prisoners who had been held there for years was fraying…