“Rights, equality, democracy,” reads a large banner pinned high on the wall of the headquarters of Masr al-Hurreya (the Egypt Freedom Party), on a quiet side street just away from the hustle and…
There are more workers than there are customers. In ordinary circumstances, that would not be the case at 10 pm on a Friday in a well-stocked grocery store on a…
Two ousted presidents behind bars in two years can be more than one country’s transition to democracy can handle. But in Egypt, the trials of former President Mohamed Morsi and…
The Cairo Criminal Court, where ousted President Mohamed Morsi will be tried in the early hours of Monday, is witnessing a case that has some arguably significant political implications. Morsi…
Within days of President Mohamed Morsi’s ouster, members of the group from which he hails started reliving the kind of political alienation and oppression that marred the reign of his predecessor.…
As the political tension between the military and the Muslim Brotherhood continues to unfold inside university campuses, the turbulent power dynamics of Al-Azhar have resurfaced. The Brotherhood are claiming that…
When 25 members of the Ultras Ahlawy fan club were arrested in October following clashes with airport security forces, many recalled the ongoing conflict between a group of youths largely…
As waves of student protests rise to a new level of violence, dozens of students have been arrested in recent weeks — most of them mostly belonging to the recently…
The dim-light, broken furniture and cracks on the walls at the headquarters of the United Nasserist Party in downtown Cairo stand as reminders of how far away the Nasserist legacy…
In his come-back episode after a period of self-imposed silence, renowned satirist Bassem Youssef didn’t disappoint. And while it may well have been on account of what he said, the episode’s…
Last year, shortly after the recently deposed Mohamed Morsi was elected president, I met a man who I was surprised to learn had been shot in the leg during the…
As events in Egypt unfold, Jordan watches closely. But while Egypt is the topic of conversation, in a sense Jordan is really thinking about itself. “It’s not healthy or precise,…
In her hospital bed, Houwaida Refaat calls out for her 12-year-old daughter Mariam, who she still doesn’t know has lost her life in the Warraq church attack the night before.…
Cairo’s streets have been overtaken by a new kind of political rhetoric. A barrage of hastily scrawled “anti-coup” graffiti covers walls, billboards, sidewalks, garbage cans, trees — almost any surface…
In the early hours of August 30, five young fishermen left the southern Gaza Strip in a small boat, joining other boats seeking sardines. Two of them were teenagers.…
As increasing numbers of Islamists are being arrested and facing military trials, there is a certain irony that it was the Constitution, essentially authored by the Muslim Brotherhood, that was…
The first of many surreal moments that filled my two-day work visit to Aswan happened when I looked out of the felucca, a small sailboat that I was delighted to…
Outside the Nour Party’s new headquarters, there’s nothing that bears the party’s name. Inside, there’s not much either. A few bare desks, a new tile floor, two prayer mats slung…
When Tunisia first revolted in early December 2010, columnists and political commentators were quick to debate whether Egypt would follow suit. A dispute about whether Egypt was or was not…
The months of 2011 are remembered less by their names than acts of violence — clashes of varying intensity between protesters and security bodies took place in every month except…
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