Ziad A. Akl

Ziad A. Akl is a political analyst and sociologist. He is a senior researcher at the Egyptian Studies Unit in Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies.
96 Articles
Opinion

The Muslim Brotherhood once more

The Muslim Brotherhood remains caught at the centre of the problems that…

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The state’s religious politics

While I was considering what to write in this week’s article, and…

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Egypt: End of democracy

Finally the parliamentary elections are over, and in a couple of weeks,…

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Police brutality over and over again

A new incident involving police brutality takes place in Egypt once more.…

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Honouring Mohamed Mahmoud

“In the name of those who unjustly died in defence of an…

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What we know about the Russian plane crash

    It is almost impossible to write about an incident that…

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Our flooded nation

It’s raining in Egypt! This statement is enough to indicate major catastrophes,…

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Justifying sexual harassment in Egypt

I was caught up last week in following up the wave of…

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What if we all voted?

Last week, I closely followed, in a combination of shock, sarcasm and…

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Youth political participation in Egypt

  A new phase of Egypt’s post 30/6 political proceedings begins today…

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