Bites Fil Beit: Rayesh dany bel a’sal – Lamb ribs with honey
Ramadan offers a whole new challenge to cooking Egyptian food. The breaking of the fast, Iftar, is the main menu of the day and consists of an array of dishes.…
The Cabinet dilemma
The newly appointed Egyptian prime minister is currently undergoing the most difficult part of his job: forming the Cabinet. Hazem El-Beblawi was not the choice of the Egyptian youth. Close…
Egypt in another transition, what to expect this time?
Indeed, Egyptian people together with the Egyptian state have proved to be much more interesting than the majority would have thought. What happened in the beginning of July was surprising…
“Revollusion”
By Dr Mohamed Fouad The following is not for the faint hearted, the revolutionary buffs, the hopeless romantics and the easily agitated ones. You need to “marinate” on these thoughts…
Tactical retreat: Ultras absent from protests in Egypt and Turkey
By James M. Dorsey Militant, highly politicised football fans who played key roles in the toppling of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, opposition to post-Mubarak military rule and last month’s mass…
Part One: A test of democracy for Egypt or a test of democracy for the west?
By Sinem Tezyapar "No system of government can or should be imposed by one nation on any other… Each nation gives life to this principle in its own way, grounded…
From the heart of Egypt: When media betrays history
By Dr Dalia A Kader As history is being shaped yet again in the land of the Nile, politicians and their international media machines are hijacking western public opinion. Both…
Shura Council MPs call for support from abroad
Muslim Brotherhood’s Shura Council parliamentarians call on the world’s parliaments to support their cause
