Opinion
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…
Photojournalists in the land of sectarian strife
April 11, 2013
Photojournalists in the land of sectarian strife
I reject the return of any of my photojournalists to the site of the clashes in front of St. Marks…
In defense of the Lemon Squeezers
April 10, 2013
In defense of the Lemon Squeezers
The revolutionaries who reluctantly voted for President Mohamed Morsy in the runoffs in the presidential election — the “Lemon Squeezers,”…
Blog: Rooted in religion
April 8, 2013
Blog: Rooted in religion
It is a motley crew that finds shelter in Tahrir Square these days. On the afternoon of 7 April, a…
The mills of God grind slowly but surely
April 5, 2013
The mills of God grind slowly but surely
A few days ago, the pro-Muslim Brotherhood prosecutor general pressed charges against a number of iconic youth revolutionary figures. The…
Higher education reform in post-revolution Egypt
April 3, 2013
Higher education reform in post-revolution Egypt
Higher Education Reform in Post-Revolution Egypt by Anthony J. Perzigian, PhD, Board of Trustees Chair Adviser, Future University in…
Electoral gains here and there: The best is yet to come
April 1, 2013
Electoral gains here and there: The best is yet to come
Over the past three weeks, Egypt has witnessed several electoral experiments that deserve deep reflection and analysis.
Why Egypt fails
March 31, 2013
Why Egypt fails
I suppose that, apparently, policy designers in Egypt did not come across a recently published book titled “Why Nations…