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Islamists Press Blasphemy Cases In A New Egypt
Egypt’s prosecutors have been flooded with blasphemy complaints since 2011 as Islamists exercising their new…
Egypt’s First Democratically Elected President Is Terrified
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi violates the law, implicitly supports intimidating the judiciary and judges,…
Egypt’s Perilous Drift
MARSA ALAM, Egypt — ON Tuesday, I visited a bakery in Cairo’s dirt-poor Imbaba neighborhood, where I watched a…
Egypt’s War Of The Waters
For the past year, Egyptians have been jokingly providing evidence on how the president brings bad luck wherever he…
How Democratic Is Turkey?
It seems strange that the biggest challenge to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's authority during more…
No More Tunnels: Gaza Held Hostage To Egypt’s Turmoil
An air of uncertainty is engulfing most matters related to Egypt. Since the Egyptian revolt started over two years…
Turbulent Middle East Will Only Strengthen U.S.-Israel Alliance
Today, I arrive in a thriving Israel, but there is trouble in the neighborhood. From Egypt to Syria and beyond, the…
Safeguarding Religion In Egypt For The Wrong Reasons
Last Sunday, Pope Francis canonized the 800 Christian martyrs executed by Muslim Ottoman forces raiding southern…
The Egypt-Israel Peace Test
The rocket strikes that a militant Islamist group recently fired from the Egyptian Sinai into the Israeli city of…
Spectre Of Bankruptcy Haunts Egypt
There were two worrying pieces of news from Egypt this week. One was the reshuffling of Prime Minister Hesham…
