On owning the memory of the martyrs
«Egypt’s political martyrs have been imbued with various contradictory meanings, vices, virtues and intentions over the last few years. Ownership of the history of the revolution…»
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«Egypt’s political martyrs have been imbued with various contradictory meanings, vices, virtues and intentions over the last few years. Ownership of the history of the revolution…»
«Editor’s note: We found it hard to solicit pieces commemorating the January 25 revolution, mainly because we seem to have hit a certain boundary in revolutionary…»
«Editor’s note: We found it hard to solicit pieces commemorating the January 25 revolution, mainly because we seem to have hit a certain boundary in revolutionary…»
«Egypt’s constitutional referendum is over and now the next round of competition is between the spin-doctors. What does the fact that the constitution passed with a…»
«Three years after a nation took to the streets demanding bread and social justice, poverty in Egypt has been increasing at alarming levels. A recent report…»
«Over the past few years, Egypt’s relations with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates on one hand, and with Qatar and Turkey on the other,…»
«If there were a position more apathetic than boycotting and at the same time more contemptuous than revoking one’s vote, I would have taken it with…»
«I (very) briefly grappled with whether to vote, or boycott this referendum but after the experience of covering the Sisi popularity contest Tuesday, I will not…»
«Over the past three years, most commentators on Egypt’s affairs, and even participants in its public life, have been preoccupied with the present moment, rarely pausing…»
«Their names are Toni, Gigi, Dodi and Suzi. They are multilingual and they like pets. They seem fitter and wealthier than most middle-class Egyptians. They are…»
«He has two hours of fresh air and 22 hours of cell air. He discusses the constitution draft with other inmates from across the wall of…»
«I thought it appropriate to start this article with an excerpt from a poem by the famous Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish. The title of the poem (left) is…»
«It is difficult to write about a friend like Alaa at a time like this. Difficult to write something that stands apart from the sea of…»
«Dear Alaa Abd El Fattah, May every year find you well, and gallant, and free. I write to you on the last day of a miserable…»
«We went up to the sea, to the beach, in the summers. One year it was all kids. A digital camp of some kind. I forget.…»
«Egyptians have a historic opportunity to rebuild their economy and re-activate their investments. This is In the spirit of new beginnings promised by revolutions. The first…»
«Did you know that according to current Egyptian laws, particularly the Code of Military Justice, the commander-in-chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces cannot be put on…»
«The light is different in Zeinhom. The narrow street, arching trees and gentle slope of one of Cairo’s only hills combine to soften the bright, direct…»
«My parents are Nubian. They were both born in Cairo after their families were forcefully displaced during the second reconstruction phase of the Aswan low dam in…»
«Most of us by now realize that Egypt’s January 25 revolution was sparked by a youthful minority that was passionate about a set of core and…»