Nathan Brown on Egypt’s Constitutional Conundrum
Daniel Tavana | 14 Dec 2012
(Photo credit: Naharnet) Nathan Brown’s newest article analyzes Egypt’s most recent constitutional crisis. Brown, a constitutional scholar at the George Washington University, provides a sober review of the more controversial articles in the constitution, though admitting that the constitutional process has not lived up to expectations. Brown argues that,...An Algerian Apocalypse for Egypt? Not Quite.
Amanda E. Rogers* | 16 Jul 2012
In this photo, Egyptian Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, left, President Mohammed Morsi, center, and Chief of Staff Sami Anan, right, attend a ceremony at an Air Force base in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, July 10, 2012. (Photo credit:AP) On June 20, 2012, Egypt’s Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) announced that results of the presidential electoral campaign...National Lawyers Guild Delegation Returns from Egypt With Evidence of Systematic Human Rights Abuses, Calls for Transparency and Accountability from U.S. Government
Muftah Editors | 28 Jun 2012
(Photo credit: REUTERS/Suhaib Salem) The following is a press release from the National Lawyers Guild, the United States’ progressive bar association, on its recent fact-finding mission to Egypt June 28, 2012 Contact: Azadeh Shahshahani, President-Elect, (212) 679-5100, ext. 15, azadeh@nlg.org This April, the National Lawyers Guild sent a delegation of...Ahmed Shafiq Enters the Dustbin of History
Muftah Editors (with some help from Carlos Latuff) | 24 Jun 2012
On the occassion of his defeat by Mohammed Morsi in Egypt’s presidential elections, a tribute to Mubarak crony, Ahmed Shafiq, from our friend Brazilian cartoonist, Carlos Latuff Read More →Egyptian Police Can Shoot to Kill
Muftah Editors | 24 Jun 2012
(Photo credit: REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany) As we all wait for the results of Egypt’s presidential elections, due to be announced today, it’s worth remembering a recent government policy that could turn any resulting demonstrations into a bloody affair. The following press release, issued by the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, details an...Separating Religion from Politics: the Future of Egyptian Democracy
Ammar Maleki* | 27 Jul 2012
Egyptian President and Muslim Brotherhood member, Mohamed Morsi One year after the fall of Arab dictators, Islamist political parties have emerged victorious in the first democratic elections in both Tunisia and...State Media in Egypt
Thalia Beaty | 7 Jul 2012
An Egyptian man reads a newspaper in downtown Cairo, Egypt. (Photo credit: AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill) The battle over state media reform in Egypt continued to unfold this week. Egypt’s upper house of parliament...Egypt’s Revolutionary Socialists: “Do Not Leave the Square Before We Win Our Demands!”
Muftah Editors | 25 Jun 2012
(Source: http://www.nwoow.com/muslim-brotherhood-wins-egypt-presidential-election/) In the wake of Mohammed Morsi’s victory in Egypt’s presidential elections, Egypt’s Revolutionary Socialists...Notes from Kansastan: Morsi Wins Presidency in Egypt – Let the Media Spin Begin
Massoud Hayoun* | 24 Jun 2012
Mohammed Morsi (Photo credit: AP/Fredrik Persson) Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Morsi is the winner of the Egyptian presidential elections, the Egyptian election council finally announced today. Morsi...Egypt’s SCAF: a Wolf in Wolf’s Clothing
Sarah Yerkes* | 23 Jun 2012
Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi (r.) the head of Egypt's ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), and Egyptian armed forces Chief of Staff Sami Anan (l.). (Photo credit: Mohamed Abd El-Ghany/Reuters/AP) The...
