Nationally, regionally and internationally, government’s time is running out
The Egyptian government recently assembled a new cabinet in order to deliver on the promises of the “Renaissance Project” (mashru’ al-nahda). It comes not a moment too soon, as the national, regional and international scenes read the rest…
Read More →It’s the people, not the paper
In another country, at another time, writing about the Egypt Independent might be considered writing about the competition. After all, there are only a few English-language dailies in Egypt – and fewer that are not read the rest…
Read More →The responsibility of opposition
For months, from these pages and elsewhere, I have written a rather large number of articles criticising the conduct and performance of Egypt’s post-uprising political forces. The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), which read the rest…
Read More →J’accuse
Was the issuing of an arrest warrant for Bassem Youssef meant to be an April Fools’ joke? If so, the joke ended up not being on the political satirist, but on the Egyptian authorities. Bassem read the rest…
Read More →Military intervention and Egypt’s future
The military may be coming – and it seems like everyone knows and is waiting for it, except the Muslim Brotherhood. The irony is: they are the ones who have the most to lose. A read the rest…
Read More →“The Revolution continues”: No longer a slogan
When the crowds swelled in the Square of Liberation in January 2011, the chant of al-sha’ab yurid isqat al-nidham (‘the people demand the fall of the regime’) was a pithy slogan. By the time Hosni read the rest…
Read More →Tahrir Squared: the discussion continues
There is no stopping the train, and it is important to do all that is possible to try to get to the right destination, rather than just go faster
Read More →Egypt is not Somalia (it isn’t Switzerland, either)
The last two weeks were not a huge surprise. For some, it seems that the last couple of weeks were the result of a strategy by forces opposed to the presidency of Mohamed Morsi—that the read the rest…
Read More →Blame the ‘OmniOpposition’
This OmniOpposition is labelled as such because, it seems, it is everywhere – and does everything
Read More →On hope and gratitude in 2013: the rock and the tide
I am not particularly enthusiastic about New Year’s Eve. My favourite in the last decade was in 2007/8; my wife and I watched a movie, and fell asleep at 11pm. That is usually the extent read the rest…
Read More →Sometimes, I am not sure whose shenanigans are worse
Egypt does not stand at a crossroads – it stands on quicksand.
Read More →The nurseries: a dutiful father goes AWOL for Arabic
When my wife and I were choosing nurseries in Cairo, we wanted, naturally, the best education for our child that we could afford. Of course, our choices were not the same as most Cairenes; we read the rest…
Read More →Defeatism cannot be allowed to overcome Syria
“Today our revolution enters its toughest stages and the cruelty of the regime against our people is proven limitless.” For all the issues that the Egyptian revolution has yet to resolve, Egyptians did not pen read the rest…
Read More →President…but not yet for all Egyptians
It would be a mistake for the presidency and its allies to consider that all the country is neatly divided into people who love the president and those who hate him.
Read More →Non-Islamists need to get their act together
It is in the interest of Egypt to have a strong political opposition in parliament to hold the government, and the presidency, to account.
Read More →Muslim Brotherhood: Victimhood in Power?
Power begets responsibility, which should beget accountability
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