Opinion
Final Issue: Liberal illusions
April 25, 2013
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
April 25, 2013
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
April 25, 2013
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
April 25, 2013
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’
April 24, 2013
‘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
April 22, 2013
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
April 18, 2013
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
April 16, 2013
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
April 15, 2013
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
April 13, 2013
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…