Opinion

In the years leading up to January 2011, Egypt’s past often appeared as an admonishment to the present. While their…

Amid Egypt's troubled transition, news from Sinai is emerging again, albeit in its old familiar form. Lawlessness is the story…

 The Muslim Brotherhood’s surprise announcement nominating Khairat al-Shater for the presidency has ruffled feathers not only in Egypt but also…

The Muslim Brotherhood’s nomination of Khairat al-Shater can be read as a deal to field Shater as a “consensus president,”…

In the past two days, social media has witnessed an outrage over statements made by MP Azza El-Garf of the Freedom and…

The contemporary Saudi-led counterrevolution, fierce as it has been throughout the Arab world, is perhaps most relentless inside the Kingdom’s…

Last week, the managing editor of Al-Masry Al-Youm's internet portal and I received an unexpected invitation from the director of…

Working for an organization whose job is to stand up for justice and freedom, and to expose abuses and injustices,…

Sixty years ago, when military elites, namely the Free Officers, ruled Egypt, they learned several amazing tricks from the former…