Adel Iskandar

Blood ballots
Opinion

Blood ballots

Ten days before the March 2011 constitutional referendum, hundreds of soldiers went on a rampage in Tahrir Square, tearing up…
Lemons and raisins
Opinion

Lemons and raisins

Yassin and Ali, both of generation Tahrir, were embroiled in a heated argument ahead of the presidential election between presidential…
Watching the demise of journalistic form
Opinion

Watching the demise of journalistic form

I am no wordsmith, but I have a fascination with language. I am no grumpy grammarian, but I admire clean…
The new face of Egypt
Opinion

The new face of Egypt

On Monday morning, Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi woke up and didn’t recognize himself in the mirror. Once the last man…
Egypt’s shooting of an elephant
Opinion

Egypt’s shooting of an elephant

In a span of 10 days, militants killed 16 Egyptian guards near the Israeli border, Amr al-Bunni died trying to…
Patron Saints
Opinion

Patron Saints

Egypt’s revolution was leaderless, but not everyone got the memo. Today legions gravitate towards one notable or another, one visionary…
Egypt’s deafening three-letter yell
Opinion

Egypt’s deafening three-letter yell

When comedian Ahmed Mekky uttered the Latinized acronym for the slang term “aha” in his film “H Dabbour,” he broke…
Morsy’s debts
Opinion

Morsy’s debts

For 16 months, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces has tried to convince us we are indebted to it…
The conscientious objectors
Opinion

The conscientious objectors

In August 1966, at the height of the Vietnam War when the United States was embroiled in a deep and…
Egypt’s three-horned bull
Opinion

Egypt’s three-horned bull

Being a non-smoker in Cairo is a tiring experience, never mind the inhalation of suffocating fumes from vehicle exhausts and…
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