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Assiut, Qursaya, Mohamed Mahmoud: Making the connections

Assiut, Qursaya, Mohamed Mahmoud: Making the connections

Mourning has seemed the order of the day in Egypt this week. Just as Egyptians prepared to remember and mourn…
The draft constitution: Where we stand on social rights

The draft constitution: Where we stand on social rights

The identity-focused controversy on the role of Sharia as a source of legislation has confounded expectations, occupying the main stage…
Potatoes and humans

Potatoes and humans

Bashing the Egyptian state for its utter failure in Sinai is no longer news. But some microcosmic incidents still illustrate…
Bankruptcy as a democratic asset

Bankruptcy as a democratic asset

 Many observers fear that the country may be transiting from one authoritarian regime to another under the rule of the…
Writing Egypt’s constitution: In pursuit of social justice theory

Writing Egypt’s constitution: In pursuit of social justice theory

Of the three demands that Egyptians took to Tahrir Square in the wake of the 25 January revolution — bread,…
Debating Sharia and democracy with a Salafi friend

Debating Sharia and democracy with a Salafi friend

Salafis might accept procedural democracy — that is to say the vote and the ballot box — as a means…
Modifying my belief

Modifying my belief

I decided to deactivate my practice of Islam as a religion because the “cognitive dissonance” between some of its details…
Counting calories and making lemonade in Gaza

Counting calories and making lemonade in Gaza

The calorie is a crucial measurement in our self-imposed scrutiny of the body. As a recently released Israeli government document…
Lemons and raisins

Lemons and raisins

Yassin and Ali, both of generation Tahrir, were embroiled in a heated argument ahead of the presidential election between presidential…
The Cabinet’s lost bet on foreign capital

The Cabinet’s lost bet on foreign capital

The Cabinet’s plans for economic recovery seem to revolve solely around one theme: the attraction of foreign capital inflows. The…
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