Is atheism Egypt’s fastest-growing ‘religion’?
Despite the risks associated with atheism, more and more atheists are coming out of the closet in Egypt, emboldened by the revolution’s ethos of freedom and dignity.
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Remembering the real Raba’a
Competing myths have emerged around the Raba’a protest camp. But it was neither a terrorist den nor a gathering of freedom and democracy lovers.
Read moreEgypt’s women of mass destruction
Does a gaff about rural women’s breasts belie the belief among Egypt’s new Islamist leadership that women are the source of all society’s ills?
Read moreThe paradox of military-backed civilian rule
Supporting a military dictatorship to impose secular ideals is paradoxical and will only perpetuate and entrench the deep state in Egypt.
Read moreRevolution@1: The Egyptian army’s mutiny against the people
Egypt’s junta and its army of collaborators have betrayed the Egyptian revolution, but the people will rise again.
Read moreThe 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.
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