Coup

There is no doubt that in all of its modern history Egypt has never been exposed to the chaos, turmoil, polarisation and division which now threaten its social and...

The people of Egypt will be called upon to vote on a new constitution over the next few days. The strange thing about this is that during its final...

By designating the Muslim Brotherhood as a "terrorist organisation" the interim Egyptian government has hammered the final nail in the coffin of any political settlement that could have mended...

The results of a number of security solutions to national and international issues will not last long despite their current effectiveness. While some regimes have managed to suppress their...

What role can the Muslim Brotherhood, with its current ideological standpoint, play in the post-Arab Spring era in Egypt and following the ouster of its political leader Mohamed Morsi...

For some Egyptian politicians to oppose the Muslim Brotherhood and its leaders is expected; for most of the media to be recruited in an attack against the movement is...

Last week, after an evening pasting 'No to the Constitution' posters to walls in Cairo's downtown Garden City, three volunteers from the Strong Egypt party headed to take a...

The international legal team appointed by the Freedom and Justice Party announced yesterday in London that representatives of the "legitimate Egyptian government" have launched an international case against the...

Last Saturday, an Egyptian government fact-finding committee met to discuss the events that took place during the June 30th coup. At the same time, a group of human rights...

I will not argue the power of Colonel Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi's popularity, but I will allow myself to argue him being the "necessary" man and that there is no...

The spectacle of a senior American diplomat emphasising how much she is going to work for Israel was surprising only in its openness. When Samantha Power told a Senate...

From Lebanon to Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Yemen and Iraq, not to mention its support for the Syrian opposition, Saudi Arabia's foreign policy appears to be contradictory. While attacking the...

Towards the end of July, General al-Sisi delivered a new 48-hour ultimatum for the Brotherhood to end their protests against the military coup. Even as he demanded that the...

King Abdullah fears the Muslim Brotherhood, which challenges the kingdom's claim to be the protector of Islam It took almost 60 years for the CIA to own up to...

The Egyptian army and Israel have grown much closer in the weeks since the coup d'etat. In a Ha'aretz report, Amos Harel, suggested that the Egyptian and Israeli relationship...

In a fractious Middle East that is rife with conflicts nothing is spared; houses of worship are attacked and sports clubs, schools and markets are unsafe thanks to the...

The Obama administration's decision to suspend some military aid to Egypt is a clear case of better late than never. Although an announcement was originally planned for August, its...

Change is happening in the Middle East, much more than is reflected in a fifteen minute phone call between Iran's President Hassan Rouhani and his US counterpart Barack Obama...

The level of absurdity in Egypt currently knows no limitations, and it is for this reason alone that I will mention only one particular absurdity that caught my attention....

We should not allow current events to distract us from Egypt's strategic constants and its ultimate interests, because while these events will fade away with time, the ultimate interests...

When you find a report titled "The story of the secret meeting in Beirut: Lines of communication restored between Damascus and Washington" in the pro-resistance newspaper Al-Akhbar, it means...

It seems that there are two very surprising reconciliations underway and they involve two very significant Middle Eastern powers as they develop relationships with two world powers. These two...

It appears that the Arab Spring's aftershock/counter-revolution, culminated with the military coup in Egypt, has given a strong push for the peace process with Israel; encouraging the Israeli-American party...

The narrative of the Syrian revolution has been transformed from a story of peaceful protests demanding democracy to a civil war involving all members of Syrian society. In fact,...

In October 2013, the Egyptian writer Alaa al-Aswany gave a talk in Paris, to promote the French translation of his new book. The event ended in chaos, as a...

The daughter of the deputy leader of the Muslim Brotherhood has described the moment when her father was arrested by the Egyptian police following the coup last Wednesday. Zahraa...