FICTION: Escaping terror firma, Part 2 – Breaking out of the fish bowl
We live in a fish bowl. It would be more likely for a pink elephant to fall out of the sky than for me to get Faris alone somewhere. But the pink elephant somehow managed to land right next to me.
Read MoreEgypt’s other Tahrir: The invisible social revolution
Tahrir may have been pacified for now, but the revolution is still playing out in Egypt’s economic and social squares.
Read MoreThe leadership vacuum in Egypt is centuries old
Decades of authoritarianism and centuries of non-indigenous rule have led to a shortage of effective native leaders in Egypt, derailing the revolution.
Read MoreEgypt’s rebels who lost their cause
Can the political alliance between Tamarod and the Egyptian military last, especially as the movement turns on the army’s benefactor, Washington?
Read MoreTamarod: Egyptian rebels with a cause… and effect
The dedication and success of the Tamarod rebellion against President Morsi is awe-inspiring, but the movement’s current trust in the army is worrying.
Read MoreA brief history of Western ‘jihadists’
From Guy Fawkes and Lord Byron to Ernest Hemingway and George Orwell, Westerners have an ancient tradition of doing ‘jihad’ in foreign lands.
Read MoreReading between the lines of the Middle Eastern media
Despite its bottom ranking in the Press Freedom Index, the Middle Eastern media is freer than it appears at first sight.
Read MoreHigh time for a fly-in to Syria
Though risky, a civilian fly-in to Syria will send out a clear message that the world cannot stand idly by while ordinary people are slaughtered.
Read MoreLessons in revolt
Although designed to instil loyalty to the regime, Egyptian schools have been breeding grounds for rebellion and revolt.
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