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Final Issue: Liberal illusions

Final Issue: Liberal illusions

This piece was written for Egypt Independent's final weekly print edition, which was banned from going to press. We offer…
Final Issue: Pulling the plug, again

Final Issue: Pulling the plug, again

This piece was written for Egypt Independent's final weekly print edition, which was banned from going to press. We offer…
Final Issue: An editor-in-chief who is nobody’s boss

Final Issue: An editor-in-chief who is nobody’s boss

This piece was written for Egypt Independent's final weekly print edition, which was banned from going to press. We offer you…
Final Issue: Chaotic thoughts to the editor

Final Issue: Chaotic thoughts to the editor

  This piece was written for Egypt Independent’s final weekly print edition, which was banned from going to press. We offer…
‘Awaiting Abu Zayd’

‘Awaiting Abu Zayd’

  Religious sectarianism has a particularly bitter taste, and Egypt is presently witnessing one of its darkest chapters amid a…
The president’s new clothes

The president’s new clothes

In an interesting story called “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” Danish author Hans Christian Andersen tells the story of an emperor…
Anti-Coptic sectarianism: Hope turned into despair

Anti-Coptic sectarianism: Hope turned into despair

Copts are being persecuted in Egypt. So, what’s new about that? This has been the norm in our “beloved homeland”…
None of your business

None of your business

During the particularly hair-raising moments of the revolution, when some of the popular committees manning checkpoints on the streets were…
Time to let go of futile binaries

Time to let go of futile binaries

Time to let go of futile binaries   Since the polarization of pro-revolution and counter-revolution camps in the aftermath of…
Imperialist liberalism and the Egyptian revolution

Imperialist liberalism and the Egyptian revolution

In the following lines, I level four criticisms against what I term the imperialist liberal trend of thought and how…
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