Indiana Hawass and the pharaoh’s curse
Zahi Hawass may liken himself to Indiana Jones, but the minister of antiquities is one artifact of the old regime Egyptians want to live without.... Read more.
Atheists are Egypt’s forgotten minority
Egyptian atheists and religious sceptics are a minority that exists in reality but not in official statistics.... Read more.
Sexual harassment: No online way out
Blogging won't raise awareness about sexual harassment more than it already has. We must focus our efforts on lobbying the government to do more.... Read more.
Hostility to the West may shape Egyptian politics
Egyptian Islamists and Arab Socialists share a history of clashing with foreign influences.... Read more.
The fall of Egypt’s symbol of progressive Islam
Joining itself with an authoritarian regime caused harm to the millennium-long history of al-Azhar University.... Read more.
Living in fear of Egypt’s counter-revolutionary bogeyman
Fear of retaliation from the old regime shouldn't be used to limit Egyptians' hard-won freedoms and attack peaceful protesters.... Read more.
New Egypt, new media
Egyptians will no longer tolerate paying for the state-run newspapers that peddled Hosni Mubarak's propaganda.... Read more.
The Muslim Brotherhood: empowered by its weakness
The revolution in Egypt succeeded because it had no Islamist face, and the Muslim Brotherhood has benefited from maintaining a soft presence.... Read more.
Revolutionary idealism triumphs over Egypt’s cruel political reality
The power of an idea proved stronger than tanks, water cannons and bullets.... Read more.
Why Mubarak shouldn’t stay until September
If Mubarak’s security apparatus tightens its grip on power, Egypt will turn into a North Korean-style dictatorship.... Read more.