Opinion
The Salafi movement: Competing visions (Part 1)
November 1, 2012
The Salafi movement: Competing visions (Part 1)
The Salafi Nour Party was hit by a spate of crises with organizational divisions leading to conflicts over the party’s…
Kuwait’s protests and the Arab Spring: Old roots, new shoots
November 1, 2012
Kuwait’s protests and the Arab Spring: Old roots, new shoots
When security forces cracked down on a mass protest march in Kuwait on 21 October, Egyptians tweeting under the hashtag…
A new pope, a new approach?
October 28, 2012
A new pope, a new approach?
Roughly 2,400 electors on 29 October will cast ballots to narrow the field for the papal seat of the Coptic…
Egypt’s killing conundrum
October 27, 2012
Egypt’s killing conundrum
President Mohamed Morsy decided on 6 July to form a fact-finding committee to determine legal liability for the killing of…
A message to freedom fighters: Choose a pole!
October 25, 2012
A message to freedom fighters: Choose a pole!
To my mind, the revolution was only an escalation of the polarization between those who want change and others adamant…
The Brotherhood’s miserable saga
October 23, 2012
The Brotherhood’s miserable saga
The Muslim Brotherhood did not do anything odd when their Supreme Guidance Bureau decided to mobilize members and send them…
The Lebanese powder keg
October 22, 2012
The Lebanese powder keg
The serenity of Ibrahim Monzer Street in Ashrafieh in the eastern suburbs of Beirut was shattered Friday when a bomb…
The fate of the ‘Brotherhoods’ outside Egypt
October 21, 2012
The fate of the ‘Brotherhoods’ outside Egypt
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood today is the political group that calls the shots, affecting not only Egypt but also countries where…
How the last Mubarak aide won his battle against the Brotherhood
October 18, 2012
How the last Mubarak aide won his battle against the Brotherhood
Prosecutor General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud won his battle against Muslim Brotherhood President Mohamed Morsy by exploiting the latter’s violation of…