The niqab or an education?
CAIRO: Last October, in an editorial titled “Confronting the Niqab” I supported…
We’ve got media, but where are the voters?
CAIRO: Along with a host of respected editors, rights advocates and political…
An ‘ordinary’ Egyptian and his automatic weapon
CAIRO: Egypt doesn’t immediately spring to mind when it comes to peacetime…
Pope Shenouda and the remarriage crisis
CAIRO: Egyptian Pope Shenouda III this week took his most confrontational public…
In defense of Facebook…and yes, I am a Muslim
CAIRO: In Pakistan, people are furious, and fury is contagious. A…
Two more years of emergency
CAIRO: Blatant discrepancies between appearance and reality are the stuff of tragedy.…
The story of DNE's first cartoon strip
I first met Tarek Shahin through his compelling cartoon blog cairofreeze.com. The…
By the people, for the people
CAIRO: With his characteristic biting wit, the brilliant Oscar Wilde once described…