Stagnated Competition in Egypt’s People’s Assembly
David Jandura* | 29 May 2012
On January 23, 2012, the lower house of Egypt’s Parliament, the People’s Assembly, came into session. It was the first Parliament since the revolution that toppled Hosni Mubarak and the first in decades that had been filled through a democratic election. The activity inside and outside the chamber reflected the conflicted nature of Egyptian society. ...National Lawyers Guild International Committee Condemns Egyptian Military Violation of Human Rights
Muftah Editors | 12 May 2012
The National Lawyers Guild, the United States’ progressive Bar association, issued the following statement on May 11, 2012, condemning the violence meted out against against the Abbasiya protestors: The National Lawyers Guild International Committee joins fifteen Egyptian human rights organizations in condemning violence and other political repression...PODCAST Interview with Egyptian Activist and Artist, Yara Kassem
Muftah Editors | 25 Apr 2012
Victims of Mohammed Mahmoud Street In this Muftah podcast, we speak with Yara Kassem, the Egyptian political cartoonist, about her body of work and thoughts on the Arab Spring. Click through this post to see Yara’s stark renderings of Arab Spring events in Egypt and other parts of the region. Listen here Download audio file (yara.k...Out with the New, In with the Old: Omar Suleiman Enters Egypt’s Presidential Race
Siham Nuseibeh | 11 Apr 2012
Omar Suleiman In the year since Egyptians overthrew their octogenarian dictator, Hosni Mubarak, the country has been through a whirlwind of parliamentary elections, continued protests, sectarian violence and political gerrymandering. And the saga has yet to end. Ahead of next month’s presidential elections – the first since the ouster of Mubarak – Omar...Porn: Egypt’s Public Enemy #1
Joseph Farag | 30 Mar 2012
Caption: "No Bikinis!" Balls with chains read, right to left: water pollution, martyrs of the revolution, a loaf of bread, poverty, unemployment, (rising) prices I am pleased to announce that Egyptians everywhere can breathe a sigh of relief. Yes, Egypt has been beset by myriad problems and obstacles since the overthrow of Mubarak (not that it was...Military Decision-Making During the Arab Spring
Daniel Steiman* | 29 May 2012
Protesters shout slogans against military rulers in front of Egyptian military police standing guard near the Ministry of Defense in the Abbassiya district of Cairo As the mass protests of the Arab Spring spread...On Mona El Tahawy’s “Hate” Argument
Mohamed Daadaoui* | 2 May 2012
Mona El Tahawy’s latest article in Foreign Policy has provoked a firestorm of controversy in the blogosphere. Her provocative title “Why do they hate us?” evoked the much-loathed question posed by Bernard...PODCAST Interview with Shahinaz Ahmed on Employment and Education in Egypt
Muftah Editors | 18 Apr 2012
In this Muftah podcast, we speak with Shahinaz Ahmed, CEO of Education for Employment, Egypt, about the challenges facing educated young Egyptians seeking employment. We caught up with Ms. Ahmed at the first...The IMF & the Muslim Brotherhood: Between a Rock & a Hard Place
Ali Shafei | 10 Apr 2012
Egypt’s benchmark stock index, EGX 30, the country’s equivalent of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, has been in a near free-fall for the past month. The last time the Egyptian market witnessed...Grassroots Mobilization, Social Entrepreneurship, & the Future of Egypt
Nancy Elshami* | 30 Mar 2012
Photo credited from The Society Pages. Egypt, February 2011 As Egypt devolves into partisanship and apprehension ahead of the upcoming presidential elections, optimism may seem out of reach. However, a closer...
