Tahrir Square: For the sake of the forsaken
For ordinary Egyptians, Tahrir is now a terrifying black hole, but for its marginalised occupiers, it is a liberator from political and social tyranny.
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Egypt’s rebels without a pause
The failure of Egypt’s new leaders to address the needs and aspirations of young people means the revolution will not stop until there is real change.
Read moreThe Mubarak regime’s legalised robbery
Since the ‘Mubarak mafia’ were not outlaws but were the law, proving that Egypt’s lost billions were ill-gotten is an elusively difficult challenge.
Read moreEgyptian presidential election: Anti-revolution v counterrevolution
Should Egyptians side with the anti-revolutionary military old guard or the counterrevolutionary Islamist vanguard when choosing their next president?
Read moreConfessions 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.
Read moreOpposing the Egyptian opposition
The ornamental ‘official opposition’ in Egypt is as dangerous as the authoritarian regime itself.
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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