Opinion
A new authoritarian regime in Egypt? Controlling power and eliminating dissent
November 6, 2014
A new authoritarian regime in Egypt? Controlling power and eliminating dissent
Egyptian President Abdul Fattah Al-Sisi has succeeded in overcoming international and regional challenges to consolidate the new regime. Will this…
The Geneva timing
November 4, 2014
The Geneva timing
The meeting of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva tomorrow comes at an awkward timing because the prevailing…
International relations: Between values and interests
November 3, 2014
International relations: Between values and interests
Within the framework of the so-called people's diplomacy, the Evangelical Organization for Social Services organized discussions in Washington between Egyptians…
Poems of hope and revolution
November 3, 2014
Poems of hope and revolution
However difficult were the days after the January 2011 revolution, the fact remains that the people, who had lost hope…
Marketing Facism
November 2, 2014
Marketing Facism
I once heard a story on someone's Facebook account of a upper-class woman running into a TV presenter who had…
Were they really good ol’ days?
October 31, 2014
Were they really good ol’ days?
We always hear people talk about the good ol’ days. But were they really good? Which period of time was…
The green belt
October 31, 2014
The green belt
This is a tale stranger than fiction. When a country builds a new city it surrounds it with a green belt,…
My Danish experience
October 29, 2014
My Danish experience
Once I received an invitation from the Danish-Egyptian Dialogue Institute to visit Denmark, the first thing that came to my…
Distorting the golden pharaoh
October 28, 2014
Distorting the golden pharaoh
The Daily Mail published a report last week about King Tutankhamun that completely distorted the pharaoh, whose treasures and tomb…
It is rather hypocrisy that kills our soldiers
October 28, 2014
It is rather hypocrisy that kills our soldiers
Since 30 June 2013, a tide of adulation has been on the rise; it was not meant for the regime, not…