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Egypt: As Impoverished Crowds Gather in Support Of Morsi, Well-Heeled March Behind Their…
Hundreds of thousands of people turned out outside Cairo’s Rabaa mosque yesterday to protest against the coup…
Obama Ignores U.S. Law to Ignore Egypt’s Coup
Heard the one about the law that says the U.S. must cut aid to a country that has had a coup? Apparently the Barack…
Egypt, Repression or Reconciliation? When Egyptians Are Right and Wrong
In Egypt, a country that is terribly polarized and dangerously tense, facts get in the way. Each side claims their…
Mubarak Redux: Egypt’s Military Coup Unmasked
The Arab Spring with uprisings that signaled a desire for a new way forward, an overthrow of the established order…
Egypt’s Sissi is not Moving toward Democracy
Gen. Abdel Fatah al-Sissi, Egypt’s new deputy prime minister and de facto strongman, has called on Egyptians to…
Ex FinMin: Egypt Needs One-Year Moratorium on Street Protests – Ex FinMin
A year ago, it became clear to me that the Arab Spring would not succeed in Egypt unless a deadlock between the…
A Faustian Pact: Egypt Generals as Democrats
The luxurious officers’ club of Egypt’s elite Republican Guard sits near downtown Cairo, its pool and patios…
Egypt’s Army Should Release Mohamed Morsi for Its Own Sake
Egypt's first democratically elected president was overthrown on 3 July after mass protests. Since then he's not…
In Egypt’s Madness, Only Salafists Are Sane
You know Egypt is spinning from the world of reason when the only people making sense are ultra-conservative…
From Egypt With Love
Someone hung a large full-color banner in the center of the roundabout near my apartment during the demonstrations…
