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 MoreCompeting 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 MoreThe toxic Buddhist-Sinhala supremacism and triumphalism in Sri Lanka means the country’s fragile “peace” is just the prelude to another war.
Read MoreEgyptian women are under attack from a failing patriarchy. But what is overlooked is that they are fighting back through grassroots emancipation.
Read MoreCan the political alliance between Tamarod and the Egyptian military last, especially as the movement turns on the army’s benefactor, Washington?
Read MoreIslamism is not the solution but is built on an illusion. Islam’s past strength was actually a secular one based on free thought.
Read MoreWhy do some Western liberals committed to democracy, gender equality and minority support a president and movement in Egypt that respect none of these?
Read MoreIn Egypt, neither Islamism nor jingoism is the solution. We need is a visionary founding document, and the stillborn 1954 constitution fits the bill.
Read MoreA child’s vision of freedom, infamous last words, street democracy, loving men in uniform, and men in hijabs. Seeing Egypt through Egyptian eyes.
Read MoreUnlike eye colour and skin tone, religion is not hereditary. This reality must be reflected in Egyptian identity documents and personal status laws.
Read MoreEvents in Egypt are not just a conflict between Islamists, secularists and the military. It is a fundamental clash over conflicting ideas of “freedom”.
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