Militants renew attacks in Sinai
Witnesses in the Al-Muhajir neighbourhood of Al-Arish said they heard loud explosions near the city’s gas pipelines Sunday morning
Contemporary dance programme in peril
Independent artist Karima Mansour gives her point of view on Egypt’s art scene.
Ministry of Culture sit-in continues
Protest will continue until a new minister is appointed and controversial decisions are reversed.
Cairo skies
Military aircrafts drew different colourful shapes in the sky, sending messages to the protesting public
The unprofessional coverage of the ‘coup’
A coup d’etat is, according to Oxford English Dictionary, “a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government”. According to western media, this is what happened in Egypt…
Ousting Morsi: A Pyrrhic victory?
Analysts and pundits inside and outside Egypt are deliberating and wondering what exactly happened in the country. People are asking questions such as: “Was it a coup d’état? What do…
The winding path of Egypt’s revolution
By Dr Brecht De Smet There are many ways to interpret the 30 June protests and former president Mohamed Morsi’s exit. From a formal democratic perspective, the military intervention constituted…