Posts Tagged ‘ egypt ’

Egyptian presidential election: Who should the revolution vote for?

Egyptian revolutionaries dream of electing a president who emerged from Tahrir square, but should they vote for pragmatism or principle?

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The battle for the soul of the Arab man

The polarised debate over Arab women overlooks the fact that men can be victims of the patriarchy too and their identity is a cultural battlefield.

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Confessions of a would-be Egyptian revolutionary

Confessions of a would-be Egyptian revolutionary

Returning to Egypt for the first time since the revolution, an expat desktop rebel discovers the inspirational, the troubling and the simply bizarre.

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Egypt’s Nubians: damned by the dam

Half a century after the inundation, Nubians may finally gain recognition and redress for the loss of their homeland.

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International Women’s Day: Empowering the average Mo

Arab men who do not fit the traditional ideal of manhood are often regarded as inferior, and this stereotype holds back the emancipation of women.

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The Arab media paradox

Despite the general Arab decline in the press freedom rankings, the region’s media have, in many ways, actually become freer.

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Detained Egyptian musician vows: “I will not be silenced” about police brutality

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Mohammed Jamal, the lead singer of the popular Egyptian indie band Salalem, tells The Chronikler his story about a night of hell in police custody.

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Egyptian football violence: Between hooliganism and state thuggery

The deadly battle of Port Said may be another attempt to make a return to a police state the most attractive option for Egypt.

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Revolution@1: Foreigners without an agenda

State-sponsored conspiracy theories have been bad for foreigners in Egypt. But Egyptians must not succumb to xenophobia and must be open to the world.

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Revolution@1: Sex and the citizen in Egypt and America

Revolution@1: Sex and the citizen in Egypt and America

Fundamentalists in America and Egypt are obsessed with "virtue "and "vice". But the rise of Islamists threatens to bind Egyptian women in a moral vice.

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