Al-Aswany on the state of Egypt
By Sarah P. Blakemore Novelist and columnist Alaa Al-Aswany launched the English translation of “On the State of Egypt” in an event attended by an eager crowd of journalists and fans…
Egypt ready for democracy
By Daily News Egypt Scarcely a week on, the world has begun to worry whether Egypt's revolution will amount to anything. These worries are not founded on nothing — establishing…
30 years too late
By Joseph Cachia “The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?” Pablo Casals. Egyptian demonstrators and their supporters wondered about all the…
Egypt in the European media
By Sam Vandenbergh When I was in Egypt in 2009 to study Arabic, I went for a walk in Cairo and didn’t need Facebook to notice that there was something going…
The economic future of Egypt’s revolution
By Mark Roe CAMBRIDGE: For Egypt, the question of the day is whether the country will build an open, democratic political system or relapse into some form — new or old…
Reshuffled cabinet met with dismay as new members defend appointment
By Abdel-Rahman Hussein and Mai Shams El-Din CAIRO: The expected reshuffle in Egypt’s interim cabinet has not yet been officially announced, but has been partially leaked by the new Deputy Prime…
Doctors stopped at Libya border, aid allowed through
By Tamim Elyan CAIRO: A group of doctors heading to Libya as part of an aid convoy were stopped at the Salloum crossing in Marsa Matrouh by military officers, who only…
Wikileaks Egyptian activist denies masterminding Jan. 25 revolution
By Heba Fahmy CAIRO: Ahmed Salah Eldin Ali revealed on Monday that he is the anonymous Egyptian activist a Wikileaks cable suggested had discussed a plan with US officials in 2008…
Homecoming: Egyptians return to rewrite history, renew sense of pride
By Safaa Abdoun CAIRO: It was when she watched protesters being hosed down as they performed prayers on TV on Jan. 28 that Kholoud Khalifa decided to get on a plane…
Egypt requests freeze on Mubaraks’ foreign assets
By Tom Perry and Edmund Blair/Reuters CAIRO: Egypt's public prosecutor on Monday told the foreign ministry to seek a freeze on the foreign assets of Hosni Mubarak and his family, the…