‘Collaborator!’– a charge that has plagued Egypt
Egyptians are routinely accused of being in league with foreign forces, from the US to Iran, but this propaganda is wearing thin
View ArticleShould Egypt’s next president be old guard or vanguard?
Amr Moussa is very popular with Egyptians, but should Egyptians play it safe with the best of the old guard or choose someone from the vanguard.
View ArticleHostility to the West may shape Egyptian politics
Islamists and Arab Socialists share a history of clashing with foreign influences.
View ArticleIslamist-driven democracy is not a snowball in hell
Islamists are not all Osama bin Laden and secularists are not all Atatürk . They can work together to achieve democracy.
View ArticleEgypt’s general discontent
As millions of Egyptians cast their first democratic vote in decades, recent upheavals confirm that Egypt’s military is the biggest threat to freedom.
View ArticleFrom the Chronikles: My plan for a democratic Egypt
With the right president, Egypt could rid itself of nepotism and inequality to become a prosperous and egalitarian society.
View ArticleEgypt’s false state of security
Handing Egypt's security services a licence to repress the Muslim Brotherhood will return us to the police state the revolution worked to overthrow.
View ArticleThe Arabs, apartheid South Africa and Israel
Reactions to apartheid South Africa differed across the Arab world and were coloured both by anti-colonial solidarity and the Arab-Israeli conflict.
View ArticleThe tip of Egypt’s snobbery iceberg
The replacement of one snobbish justice minister in Egypt with another who believes judges are lords and masters shows how deep elitism runs.
View ArticleEgyptian government fears a Facebook revolution
Talk of banning Facebook is only the surface of a greater crackdown on independent media by an insecure government. The post Egyptian government fears a Facebook revolution first appeared on The...
View ArticleShould Egypt’s next president be old guard or vanguard?
Amr Moussa is very popular with Egyptians, but should Egyptians play it safe with the best of the old guard or choose someone from the vanguard. The post Should Egypt’s next president be old guard or...
View ArticleHostility to the West may shape Egyptian politics
Egyptian Islamists and Arab Socialists share a history of clashing with foreign influences. The post Hostility to the West may shape Egyptian politics first appeared on The Chronikler.
View ArticleIslamist-driven democracy is not a snowball in hell
Islamists are not all Osama bin Laden and secularists are not all Atatürk . They can work together to achieve democracy. The post Islamist-driven democracy is not a snowball in hell first appeared on...
View ArticleEgypt’s general discontent with its military
As millions of Egyptians cast their first democratic vote in decades, recent upheavals confirm that Egypt’s military is the biggest threat to freedom. The post Egypt’s general discontent with its...
View ArticleFrom the Chronikles: My plan for a democratic Egypt
With the right president, Egypt could rid itself of nepotism and inequality to become a prosperous and egalitarian society. The post From the Chronikles: My plan for a democratic Egypt first appeared...
View ArticleEgypt’s false state of security
Handing Egypt's security services a licence to repress the Muslim Brotherhood will return us to the police state the revolution worked to overthrow. The post Egypt’s false state of security first...
View ArticleThe Arabs, apartheid South Africa and Israel
Reactions to apartheid South Africa differed across the Arab world and were coloured both by anti-colonial solidarity and the Arab-Israeli conflict. The post The Arabs, apartheid South Africa and...
View ArticleThe tip of the snobbery iceberg in Egypt
The replacement of one snobbish justice minister in Egypt with another who believes judges are lords and masters shows how deep elitism runs. The post The tip of the snobbery iceberg in Egypt first...
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