Youth Running Wild in the Chaos of Weapons Adnan Ramadan, Tripoli [ibimage==11717==Small_Image==none==self==null] The youth spurred the revolution but they are also hampering transition. Passing Clouds of the Revolution Youth Running Wild in the Chaos of Weapons Adnan Ramadan, Tripoli [ibimage==11717==Small_Image==none==self==null] The youth spurred the revolution but they are also hampering transition. Passing Clouds of the […]

Observers of the constitutional referendum battle that took place from January 14-15 will not find it hard to discover that the government-organized campaign tried to make the number of voters appear greater than the number of voters in the 2012 Constitution; not to mention make the number of those who said yes to the new […]

  1   If only a dance troupe of homosexuals would occupy the People’s Assembly to proclaim their right to be heard, and ordered that grim place to be turned into a bar… If only the “religion” category on your identity papers were removed and replaced by another unique and entirely voluntary category: My favourite […]

Islam al-Katatni, an Arabic language teacher, abandoned the Muslim Brotherhood because he felt the 2011 revolution exposed the Brotherhood’s contradictory missionary work and its political policy. He introduced the Think and Return initiative to help youth like himself who felt deceived. Despite his familial relationship to Dr. Saad al-Katatni, head of the Freedom and Justice […]

Marsa Matrouh province had one of the lowest voter turnouts in last week’s constitutional referendum (15-20%), which may have been the result of warnings made by religious leaders. The imam from the al-Fateh al-Salafi Mosque in Marsa Matrouh advised people not to go out to vote. Salafist leaders in the province issued fatwas in weeks […]

At the end of March 2010, the judiciary issued a verdict obliging the Egyptian government to set minimum wages for employees in the public and private sectors. Six consecutive governments since that date have ignored the verdict citing many allegations as pretexts, until the current Prime Minister Hazem Beblawi issued a decision last September that […]

“The fisherman lives under life threatening conditions yet does not receive any attention from the government,” said Ali Morshedi, one of the oldest fishermen in Ezbet Elbourg. “The fisherman lives under life threatening conditions yet does not receive any attention from the government,” said Ali Morshedi, one of the oldest fishermen in Ezbet Elbourg. This […]

Taxis stop near the unguarded building fence only a few meters away from a gate, which is bolted with a metal chain. A large sign hangs over the main gate but goes unnoticed, as taxis and tuk tuks are lined up in front of it an orderly fashion, indicating that something links the vehicles to […]

Imagine a TV channel that specializes in football promises its audience to exclusively broadcast a football match whose result is already known. What makes that coverage distinguished? Imagine a TV channel that specializes in football promises its audience to exclusively broadcast a football match whose result is already known. What makes that coverage distinguished? Apply […]

The atmosphere of the referendum on Egypt’s new Constitution reveals that the political conflict in Egypt is made up of two main forces—the army and the Islamists. This is nothing new here yet Egyptians must learn how to go beyond these two confines in order to achieve true democracy. To reach a solution, we must […]