All Egyptian Constitutions share ambiguous articles about the court-martialing of civilians, leaving the door open for laws to decide whether or not to use military justice. However, the 2012 Constitution – being currently amended – is the first to clearly recognize the concept. Gray area Lawyer Abdussattar Balshi says that unlike the articles of all […]

Every morning, Mahmud Ali stands near his wooden pushcart, selling lupine in King Abdullah Square, nearly 300 meters away from the Governorate Headquarters, in order to provide for his five-member family. He stands under a huge banner of the Saudi king’s photo and name. He says workers from the Governorate Headquarters placarded it a few […]

The first result of the Cairo Court for Urgent Matters’ ruling on September 23, which banned the Muslim Brotherhood, is that the writers referring to the regime will again use the term “outlawed” when describing the organization. Yet the Muslim Brotherhood had already been dissolved in the 1940’s and it was dissolved again in 1954 […]

Adwa is a small village, 150 kilometers north of Cairo in Sharqia Governorate, which has remained the center of attention for an entire year as the birthplace of now deposed President Mohamed Morsi. Adwa is a small village, 150 kilometers north of Cairo in Sharqia Governorate, which has remained the center of attention for an […]

“What has decisively ended is not political Islam, but its cultural and social dominance,” says Ashraf Sharif, a researcher in political Islamic affairs. “It will never be able to restore its past performance as a movement that can overwhelmingly impose its vision through popular support.”  “What has decisively ended is not political Islam, but its […]

Nubian writer Haggag Oddoul represents the Nubians in the Egyptian 50-member constitution-drafting committee. This is the second time that a Nubian is participating in a constitutional committee. The first was Manal al-Taibbi, who sat in the in the Constituent Assembly, which was also tasked with drafting the Constitution in 2012. Oddoul was nominated to participate […]

Crocodiles were worshiped by ancient Egyptians. They built temples for Sobek, the Crocodile God, in Kom Ombo (50 kilometers north of Aswan) and Edfu (on the west bank of The Nile) and in other places. However, the number of crocodiles sharply decreased in modern times; especially in the 1950’s due to overfishing, threatening crocodiles in […]

Ankara’s pro-Muslim Brotherhood stance after the June 30 revolution prompted many Egyptian entertainment artists to call for a boycott of Turkish television drama series, while others are calling for a separation of art from politics. Ankara’s pro-Muslim Brotherhood stance after the June 30 revolution prompted many Egyptian entertainment artists to call for a boycott of […]

Alexandria Library’s walls have recently been transformed into a battlefield of political slogans between supporters of ousted President Morsi and his opponents. Morsi’s supporters have sprayed phrases against the armed forces and General El-Sisi, which have distorted the library’s walls and cost its administration millions of Egyptian Pounds in restoration costs. Morsi’s oppositionists have campaigned […]

Despite excluding the Red Sea Governorate from the curfew resolution to avoid affecting tourism, the governorate witnessed a collective fleeing of thousands of foreign tourists when several European countries notified their nationals in Egypt, Sinai Resorts and the Red Sea area to evacuate the country and issued a travel warning following the escalated violence in […]