How does the history of forced disappearances left unresolved by amnesty shape contemporary politics?
Formerly the Transitional Justice and National Reconciliation Ministry, the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Ministry has been renamed once again as the Parliamentary Affairs Ministry, raising questions about the scope and limitations of its work.
The political future of Islamist groups in Egypt is still up in the air, as rumors of closed-door meetings ahead of the parliamentary elections prompt both Islamists and government officials…
“It is a Salafi dawah, a Sunni tariqa, a Sufi reality, a political establishment, a sports group, a scientific and cultural association, a corporation and a social concept.” These were…
Amr Moussa, advisor for soon-to-be president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Mubarak-era minister, said in an interview to London-based Asharq Al-Awsat that Sisi’s…
Neither the banned Muslim Brotherhood group nor the military-backed interim government have responded to a proposed plan for reconciliation, Hassan Nafaa, the…
Amr Marwan, the spokesperson for the June 30 fact-finding committee, urged members of Islamist movements to come forward with their accounts of…
Following a statement issued by the Muslim Brotherhood apologizing for its mistakes and inviting revolutionary forces to unite on the anniversary of the January…
Hamza Mohamed, a spokesperson for the National Alliance to Support Legitimacy, told Mada Masr on Wednesday that allegations by the Brothers Without Violence movement,…
Amid court rulings and committees dealing with the dissolution of the Muslim Brotherhood and its political arm the Freedom and Justice Party,…
«The scene in Egypt is nothing less than a complicated mess: there are several forces, shifting alliances, political stagnation, mass frustration, a failing economy and conspiracy…»
«It feels like Groundhog Day in Cairo. Again, as in early 2011, masses of people demonstrated against the president; again, the military stepped in and seized…»
«Before I begin, let me state some facts, so that when people begin the ad hominem attacks they can try to rein them in within the…»
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