Disaster in Egypt has been delayed, not averted
I have spent many hours of the last week in conversation with Egyptians, both with supporters of the removal of the elected Islamist government of Mohamed Morsi and his...
January 27, 2014
I have spent many hours of the last week in conversation with Egyptians, both with supporters of the removal of the elected Islamist government of Mohamed Morsi and his...
January 27, 2014
A fool may throw a stone into a well but 100 sane people cannot remove it, says the proverb. To paraphrase its sentiments, a few crazy people can put...
January 27, 2014
Not in their worst nightmares could the coup leaders have imagined that events would have unfolded as they did. They had carefully drafted each detail and planned the coup...
January 27, 2014
In January 1924, Saad Zaghloul became the Prime Minister of Egypt after the Wafd Party won the parliamentary elections. This victory came after the birth of a new Egypt...
January 27, 2014
Egypt’s coup appears to be surrounded by protest sit-ins. Just as the military is suppressing civil unrest, with the backing of a compliant media, so too are the coup...
January 27, 2014
Over the past few weeks, I have been dismayed by the degree of intolerance and rigidity of the quarrelling parties in Egypt; both have been on the defensive, unwilling...
January 27, 2014
On Friday, in Egypt’s largely lawless Sinai Peninsula, a drone strike killed at least four suspected Islamic militants and destroyed a rocket launcher. The attack, which came one day...
January 27, 2014
The analysis of the events in Egypt after the military coup remains of vital importance, especially for those interested in political affairs. This not only includes those within the...
January 27, 2014
Palestinians know that if Cairo sneezes then Palestine, especially Gaza, is first to get the flu. Indeed, Gaza often serves as a tool of regime policy, as was the...
January 27, 2014
It goes without saying that Egyptians are divided. They were divided before the January 25th revolution of 2011 and they were divided once again after the short honeymoon period...