Opinion

 Pictures of unemployed, self-immolated 26-year-old Mohammed Bouazizi line the offices of Tunisian officials, who emphasize a clear break with the…

This is the revolution of rural dwellers. Urban dwellers are more calculating, it seems. But rural folks, inside and outside…

Drafting Egypt’s post-revolution constitution has been quite a troublesome process. Whereas the formation of the first Constituent Assembly stirred a…

 The Constituent Assembly tasked with drafting Egypt's new constitution plans to hold a meeting today to decide the fate of…

In one week, I heard these words from two taxi drivers: “I can either put food on the table or…

On the eve of the infamous “Battle of the Camel” on 2 February last year, Hosni Mubarak gave an emotionally-charged…

Egypt’s revolution was leaderless, but not everyone got the memo. Today legions gravitate towards one notable or another, one visionary…

In Ramadan, the frenetic pace of political events in Egypt has given way to a semblance of tenuous calm. The…

Egyptians who feel buffeted by one startling judicial ruling after another seem at first glance to have been given a…

Now is a good moment to revisit the idea of a “technocratic government,” the type of government which the just-appointed…