Risk of terrorism in Egypt decreasing due to democratization, analysts conclude
CAIRO: While many observers traditionally feared an increased risk of terrorist activity in Egypt if Mubarak and his iron-fisted approach to counterterrorism fell, many security analysts now see the risk…
Who’s in cahoots with whom?
By Philip Whitfield CAIRO: Remember the double entendre? Hercule Poirot: Love is not everything. Jacqueline De Bellefort: Oh, but it is. Poirot: It is terrible mademoiselle all that I have missed…
On religion and public Space
By Eboo Patel and Samantha Kirby When a suicide bomb exploded as worshippers left New Year’s mass at a Coptic church in Alexandria, 21 people died and 79 were wounded. It’s…
A confused western intervention
By Roberto Aliboni While strategically sensible, the western intervention in Libya to implement United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 is confused in many respects. In particular, the western nations seem poorly…
Let them eat t-shirts: The WSJ’s four-minute solution
By David Faris The neoliberal critique of post-revolutionary Egyptian politics is emerging, and the argument goes something like this: by caving in to demands for social justice, subsidies and welfare, the…
Muslim body urges ‘modern’ secular Egypt
By AFP CAIRO: Egypt’s Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam's top center of religious learning, called on Monday for a "modern, democratic" and secular state in Egypt where places of worship are protected.…
Alex trial of officers accused of killing protesters adjourned
By Heba Fahmy CAIRO: The Alexandria Criminal Court adjourned on Monday the case of six high ranking officers, charged with the murder and attempted murder of peaceful protesters, to Oct. 17…
Army’s poll on presidential hopefuls unacceptable and unethical, says expert
By Heba Fahmy CAIRO: Presidential hopeful ex-IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei swept Egypt’s ruling army’s Facebook poll on preferred presidential hopefuls, winning 36 percent of almost 70,000 votes at press time. But…
Mubarak has cancer, says lawyer
By Agencies CAIRO: Egypt’s ousted president Hosni Mubarak, whose trial on charges of ordering the killing of anti-regime protesters is due to start in August, has stomach cancer, his lawyer…
State Security files should be archived, says German expert
By Tamim Elyan CAIRO: State security documents should be archived, said the man in charge of the secret police and surveillance files of East Germany before the fall of the Berlin…
