Opinion

Mungo Park, the famous 18th century Scottish explorer, had few good things to say about the Muslims he encountered on…

Looking for ways to improve my English when I first arrived in the US, I chanced upon a book about…

Nobody could have mistaken the horror this 6-year-old girl was experiencing. Nothing more tells of the fear that gripped her…

Women activists have protested all over the world against sexual violence in Egypt. The protests, which took place in front…

Egyptian politics are somewhat like a dining and dancing establishment. Egyptians attend to eat a filling meal, while being entertained…

 “The transitional period is officially over,” President Mohamed Morsy said following the ratification of the country’s first post-revolutionary Constitution. Indeed,…

From the outset of the revolution, we had dreamy romantic perceptions that it would move us forward. We perceived the…

As Tunisia reels from the implications of the assassination of Tunisian opposition leader Chokri Belaid, once again, events in the…

At the beginning it was Ultras Ahlawy. On 27 January, a judge ordered the execution of 21 civilians in the…

 Egypt’s foreign reserves have fallen to a startlingly low US$13.6 billion — the lowest level for reserves since 1997, and…